– June 7th, 2011 – Razer™, the world's leading high-end precision gaming brand, is proud to send your Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ gaming experience into hyperspace with the release of a licensed Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ product line, expected to launch in conjunction with the hotly anticipated title. Razer™, BioWare™, and LucasArts™, announce a suite of MMO gaming peripherals designed for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™Ĭarlsbad, Calif. THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE EMPIRE AND THE REPUBLIC GETS FIERCER WITH RAZER™ The Battle Between The Empire and The Republic Gets Fiercer With Razer™ Sean Hollister contributed to this report. Last but not least, you'll get some serious geek cred when you switch the keyboard's backlight off, because the only thing physically printed on each key are the letters of Star Wars' Aurebesh alphabet. ![]() Razer also has grand plans for that LCD-equipped keyboard, telling us those adaptive keys will automatically switch function based on signals from the game itself, and that multitouch LCD trackpad can display a variety of things and be used to program macros. Update: We just got our first glimpse of the new peripherals, and it sounds like Razer actually put some thought into the keyboard and headphones here - while the mouse is just a jagged, Imperial-flavored wireless Naga MMO rodent, the headsets look fairly sweet, and Razer tells us their garish LED lighting apparently syncs with The Old Republic to throw signals on your shoulders to warn you of approaching enemies. Check out the gallery below and the PR after the break. The keyboard will run you $200, while the mouse or headset will cost $130 when they launch alongside The Old Republic later this year. ![]() The most ostentatious is easily the keyboard, which sports both a multitouch screen and two rows of adaptive buttons over an LCD (à la the Switchblade handheld). All three are slathered in interchangeable Sith or Jedi insignias, bright LEDs, and a texture not unlike the exterior of a Star Destroyer. In addition to mixing up his sci-fi references, whoever approved this gaming keyboard, mouse, and headset also abandoned any notion of subtlety. a designer (flanked by marketing execs) pitched an idea for a set of Star Wars: The Old Republic branded peripherals, and the CEO of Razer told his troopers to "make it so." Or, at least that's how we imagine it happened. it's nothing you need to be a good player by any means.A long time ago, in a boardroom far, far away. and I don't regret spending ~100€ on my gaming keyboard with little led-display and glowing wasd keys, buuut that's still something people have to think about. I definitely noticed that tiny little details such as being able to change your mouse's weight add a HUGE 'gaming feeling'. while I personally am not a huge Naga fan (I do think they are way overprized for something I can get cheaper, and on top of that they are a bit too blocky for my tiny hands ). So what are the opinions here, do keyboards and mouse effect game play? The most I ever spend on a keyboard is about €25 so I will not feel bad when I spill food and drink all over it. ![]() If people want pay €300 for a keyboard I'm fine with that. To be honest I was a shocked when I saw the price. To me - personally - there would really be no point in having a keyboard that is arranged like the Razer I developed the habit of throwing default keybindings over board, with the result that I have the left side of my keyboard with lots of bindings, using skills even with keys such as E, R, F and C and shift+1 instead of using silly buttons such as '7' or '8' it looks nice, sure, but it actually wouldn't fit with the rest on my 'work place' at all since it's all black/orange D However, the reason with the keys is actually why I would not buy it. it anyway since everyone defines that differently That may well be true (though by spending money for my rig means high quality high functionality and not just 'oh look, shiny fancy buttons!') but we really shouldn't discuss if it's. If you have a hobby you enjoy then putting your time and money into it makes sense just like somebody who buys season tickets to their football team or goes the pub every week. For some gamers putting the time, effort and money into the gaming rig is worth it.
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