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Friday, August 24th 2007
Press Releaseby malwareDiscuss (7 Comments)
SteelSeries, a leading manufacturer of innovative professional gaming gear, today announced the SteelSeries Ikari Optical and SteelSeries Ikari Laser professional gaming mice. The new, ergonomic right-handed multi-grip mice mark the company's entry into the market for gaming mice.
The SteelSeries Ikari mice are the result of 15 months extensive research of ergonomics, technology, shape, motion, hand grip and play styles by gamers. The SteelSeries Ikari mice sets a new industry standard for input, research and co-development with professional gamers for gaming mice. The shape, materials and specifications of the SteelSeries Ikari mice are based on input from professional players from Team 3D, compLexity, mousesports, SK Gaming, Team NoA and other world-class gaming organizations, who collectively represent the world's most accomplished gamers in Counter-Strike and other gaming disciplines. The development of SteelSeries Ikari was also driven by community input and feedback from more than 5,000 gamers from the competitive gaming segment.
The SteelSeries Ikari chassis is shaped to accommodate the three predominant methods of grip utilized by gamers today: Swipe, Claw, and Palm. The chassis features five buttons with high quality gaming grade contacts. The SteelSeries Ikari mice also have an anti-sweat and slip-resistant surface coating to improve mouse control during intense gaming sessions. The SteelSeries Ikari mice boast the largest SteelSeries Glide surface ever utilized on gaming mice (more than a 300% increase over traditional gaming mice) that is specifically designed to reduce friction between the pressure points on the mouse and the surface under the mouse.
Both models of the SteelSeries Ikari mice feature plug-and-play features that will allow gamers to play at LAN events and tournaments without the need to install specific mouse drivers. The SteelSeries Ikari mice operate at 500Hz and feature "on-the-fly" DPI settings.
Special features of the two SteelSeries Ikari models:
SteelSeries Ikari Optical
- Specific design for FPS gamers
- Driverless, plug-and-play feature for LAN gamers
- Pressure points that reduce friction for optimized glide
- Ability to toggle between 2 DPI settings
SteelSeries Ikari Laser
- Specific designed for RTS & MMO gamers
- Programmable macro buttons with driverless plug-and-play feature
- Pressure points that reduce friction for optimized glide
- Ability to toggle DPI range with LCD readout
The SteelSeries Ikari Optical was designed as a no-bullsh*t, top performer for FPS gamers. The research and development emphasized a "no nonsense, no crap" approach with proven optical technology that allows gamers consistent, fast movements without technical difficulties of any kind.
The SteelSeries Ikari Laser mouse was specifically designed for RTS and MMO gamers in mind that features programmable macros and custom settings designed to increase the users Actions Per Minute (APM) count. The mouse can be programmed from home and will remember the settings for tournament use even without installing drivers.
The new gaming mice from SteelSeries will be released Q4 2007.
It's evident that this is going to be the first Games Convention with so many new gamers "weapons" released. :D
Ill stick with razer for this one, the new microsoft one looks real cool
Bird of Prey
I want them all, but this mouse just looks so comfortable. And, seeing as how I play RTS and MMO, Ill also take the laser.
I'd like to have the laser one with optical features. Maybe I'm just not good enough, but I don't see any reason why the FPS version can't be laser as well, or is it because the "professional ones" want to use glass surfaces and that's a no-go for laser mice. Seems nice, but won't go back to optical and that laser one is propably more expensive and has too much stuff.
Anyways I do ok with my laser mouse 6000 in "FPS" 
it looks sleek, but might your hand slip slightly foward becouse of the shape?
TheGuruit looks sleek, but might your hand slip slightly foward becouse of the shape?
Hmm, good point, it's guite high and those sidescirts can't help. More pics on their webpage at every angle. I use the glaw (don't know about the terms?) style, using mouse just with fingers, wrist resting on gel pad. Maybe it would push the mouse a bit back, or maybe not.
-1nf1n1ty-Ill stick with razer for this one, the new microsoft one looks real cool
yea like me, if you think the MS one looks real cool, give it a try. (if you don't like it, return it lol)
