$40 Nexus Player Gamepad Up For Pre-Order

You can now pre-order the Nexus Player Gamepad; it allows you to play your Android games on a big screen HDTV at home with Nexus Player.

The Nexus Players controller looks a bit like a mix of PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 controllers. The front of the Gamepad features two analog thumbsticks at its bottom, a D-Pad on the left, A, B, X and Y buttons the right and a trio of navigation buttons in the middle. Up top are two bumpers and two triggers, and around back is a bulge that likely houses the devices two AA batteries.

The Google Nexus Player actually costs $99 can be connected with the gamepad to enjoy the multiplayer games; you can connect up to 4 gamepads on a Nexus Player. Each Nexus player gamepad costs $40 and Google says that the controller will ship in three to four weeks. You can pre-order them using Google Play Store.