A fresh Xai video review just popped in - this time from Germany. Now, non-Germans might be thinking “right, useless..” - but even if you don’t understand a single word, this video is still worth watching.
I can reveal that the reviewer is recommending this mouse, but what really impressed me was the quality, crispness and depth of the video review. YouTubers, get inspired!
Have a great weekend. :-)
/Casper
Yep - you read it right! After having exhibited at the Burton US Open Snowboarding Championships in Vermont this weekend (pictures are coming up), we’re invading Norway’s largest LAN, The Gathering, over Easter and are bringing along Norway’s Olympic Skiing champion, Petter Northug.
Now - first off, Petter’s record of medals is just way too large, but to kind of boil it down for you, he has taken home 8 World Championship titles, additionally 8 podium places and most recently took home two gold medals at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver.
At The Gathering, Petter is visiting the Amentio booth on the first day of the event where he will teaming up with another World Champion, Fnatic’s Patrik “f0rest” Lindberg, to challenge visitors in 2vs2 Counter-Strike matches.
Make sure to stop by the SteelSeries booth to challenge the guys, hang out, take pictures, try out SteelSeries products or whatever you’re up for. We’re guaranteeing a bunch of give-aways, special offers in cooperation with Amentio.no and a good vibe through out the event. :)
Don’t miss out on this one - see you there!
/Casper
Seeing as our North American office is located in Chicago, where the city river is colored green every year on St. Patrick’s Day, we thought that it would be kinda fun to do some “greenifying” ourselves.
Therefore we’re putting up a SteelSeries Siberia Full-size Headphones to the SteelSeries Facebook fan, who posts the best greenified IRL or in-game photo in our fan album section. Our judges will pick from the five most “liked” entries, and the winners will be picked on the 22nd of March - so you got the weekend to go crazy with your camera and photo editing app. ;)
Check the SteelSeries Facebook fan page for more info. Below is a few of the entries so far:
Have a great Paddy’s Day!
/Casper
In cooperation with the Australia and New Zealand based QuakeLive community, 4Seasons Gaming, we’ve kicked off a partnership offering SteelSeries products in the prize pool for their different varieties of QuakeLive tournaments and contests.
Whether it’s duel, CTF or FFA competitions, 4Seasons are definitely set to push QuakeLive forward down-under, and we’re happy to be supporting the organizers and the involved QL gamers.
Head on over to the 4Seasons Gaming website to read more about the upcoming tournaments - which are of course free to enter. :-)
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In cooperation with eSport Open and the Cop3nHag3nRobot expo taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark from April 30th to May 2nd 2010, we’re happy to announce the SteelSeries eSport Challenge CoD4 tournament.
Now, this is a serious one to consider for the CoD4 teams in Europe who believe they are on top of their game, as we are pulling out a whooping €10.000 total cash purse for the top8 finishers. Oh yeah - and as the icing on the cake, all €10.000 will paid out in cash to the winning teams at the event.
The prize breakdown is as follows:
1st - €5.000
2nd - €2.500
3rd - €1.250
4th - €500
5th-8th - €250
Read more about the SteelSeries eSport Challenge over on the event website. Ticket sales start on the 17th of March. :-)
/Casper
WoodTV and Elite Bastards published each of their SteelSeries product reviews today, which both turned out to be too good not to mention. Check below for a few snippets of the reviews and direct links. :)
/Casper
As done with Grubby last month, Xfire is hosting another Pro Event on the 23rd of March - this time with European top CoD4 and Counter-Strike team eSuba.
A wide selection of SteelSeries prizes (as seen below) will be given away throughout the event, where you’ll have the chance chat and play with the professional players from the different eSuba teams.
Read more about the event over on Xfire and don’t forget to hook up with us over on the SteelSeries Xfire community.
/Casper
In cooperation with Fnatic and MSI, we’re supporting an upcoming female Counter-Strike tournament over on Fnatic PLAY, boasting an awesome $500 1st place cash prize as well as SteelSeries iron.lady Siberia Full-size Headsets, SteelSeries Kinzu mice and SteelSeries iron.lady QcK’s for the top3 finishers.
The tournament is happening on the 21st of March and signups are still open - you can add your team by contacting the tournament organizer at street@fnatic.com.
zAAz and her Pink Zinic will be attending the tournament.
Read more about the tournament over on the Fnatic PLAY event page. Good luck to the attending teams. :-)
/Casper
We’re kicking up the pace down-under, as we’ve just announced SteelSeries product availability across all 120 JB Hi-Fi stores in Australia and New Zealand.
Here’s a quick snippet from the press release:
“The ability to offer SteelSeries professional gaming gear at a distribution level this broad, with a quality partner like JB Hi-Fi, is a huge step forward for SteelSeries in Australia,” commented Flemming Gyldenhammer, Regional Sales Manager for SteelSeries. “This partnership strongly underlines the demand for professional gaming peripherals in the Australian market; a demand that we look forward to fulfilling with the help of JB Hi-Fi.”
The full press release can be read here. :)
/Casper
Last weeks grand slam events were nothing but an incredible ride for the SteelSeries teams.
First off, at the Intel Extreme Masters World Championships in Germany, Team EG grabbed the World of Warcraft PvP trophy, followed up by SK Gaming’s Shane “Rapha” Hendrixson taking home gold in the QuakeLive tournament and finally Fnatic and SK Gaming grabbed 2nd and 3rd place in the Counter-Strike tournament.
Rapha used the first SteelSeries 7H Headset prototype to win the EM World Championships.
Additionally, at this years’ largest Call of Duty 4 grand slam event, the Crossfire Challenge 7 in the Netherlands, Fnatic managed to take 1st place and Power Gaming 3rd.
Fnatics CoD4 team on their way to 1st place at the Crossfire Challenge 7.
Check out final standings for the World Championships at ESL World and for Crossfire Challenge at TeK-9. Galleries are available at Cadred, SK Gaming and HLTV.org.
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