Both Funky Kit and XtremeSystems recently put the SteelSeries Xai Laser Mouse through their labs with awesome results.
Funky Kit’s Will Smith found that he “[..] never would have thought that professional gaming accessories such as a laser mouse, can be so technically advanced.”, while Winkston over at XtremeSystems “[..] really enjoyed this mouse, and [..] would strongly recommend its purchase.”
Check the full reviews below:
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Fnatic and TyLoo at IEM Shanghai.
The past couple of weeks have been packed with action and I sadly haven’t had time to update the blog on the achievements of our teams, so I figured I’d give you guys a quick overview. Better late than never-ish. :P
Both on PC and console there’s been quite a few grand slam events across the globe, and naturally a big involvement from the SteelSeries teams.
Fnatic’s Gux at IEM Shanghai.
At Intel Extreme Masters in Shanghai end-July, Fnatic, once again assisted by the SteelSeries 7H headset, came out victorious with local Chinese heroes TyLoo having their two Counter-Strike teams take 2nd and 4th place:
Counter-Strike
1. Fnatic ($14,000)
2. TyLoo raw ($7,000)
3. Natus Vincere ($5,000)
4. TyLoo ($3,500)
TyLoo at IEM Shanghai.
Same weekend saw the first European Console League event take place in the UK. ECL is a new series of competitive Xbox 360 gaming events offering Halo 3, Gears of War and Call of Duty 4 tournaments with cash prizes in the realm of $40,000.
Fnatic at ECL in Liverpool.
Power Gaming came through strong and beat Fnatic to take home the Halo 3 gold medal, while Fnatics CoD4 team came out victorious in the their respective tournament. Full results (in GBP) below:
Halo 3
1. Power Gaming (£4,000)
2. Fnatic (£2,000)
3. LowLandLions (£1,000)Call of Duty 4
1. Fnatic (£,2000)
2. Team Gamerhut (£,1000)
3. Royalty Gaming (£,500)
Power Gaming at ECL in Liverpool.
Oh yeah, and on a final note: This weekend SK Gaming took home the World Cyber Games Nordic qualifier, beating Power Gaming in the finals, which means we will be seeing SK Gaming’s Swedish Counter-Strike team represent the Nordics at the WCG Grand Finals later this year.
Last weekend as well, Power Gaming’s Call of Duty 4 PC team scored 1st place and €6,000 at the SteelSeries supported Antwerpen Esports Festival in Belgium.
Coming up this weekend is the e-Stars 2010 in Seoul, Korea - an event offering over $70,000 in cash prizes to the Counter-Strike and WarCraft III tournaments. Keep yourself posted picture-wise over on HLTV.org or SK Gaming.
I’ll keep you posted!
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If you haven’t heard, Bloodline Champions is the new, thirsty kid on the block. If you dig fast-paced PVP’ing, then you will love this new game where developers Stunlock Studios have put focus on short cooldowns, no grinding, farming and even no mana, to put complete focus on the duel itself.
Anyways - we’ve just announced a serious load of product prizes for the upcoming SteelSeries Beta Cup for the game which is happening on the 5th of September. To compete in the tournament, simply enter your 3-player team and climb up the Bloodline Champions team ladder. The top8 teams will battle it out for the following prizes on the 5th of September:
1st Place:
1x In-game title “The SteelSeries Cup Champion” and qualification to the Beta Championship finals
3x SteelSeries Xai Laser Mouse
3x SteelSeries Merc Stealth keyboard
3x SteelSeries 9HD mousepad2nd Place:
3x SteelSeries Siberia v2 Headset
3x SteelSeries 4HD mousepad3rd Place:
3x SteelSeries Kinzu Optical mouse
3x SteelSeries 4HD mousepad
Finally, as an extra drool-feature and to celebrate the announcement of this tournament, Stunlock Studios will open arms this Friday and invite an additional 500 gamers who have been on the e-mail waiting list, to play the Bloodline Champions beta. Well done, guys. :-)
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A big piece of news is announced from the SteelSeries camp today, as our sponsorship of ESL’s Go4SC2 Cup is now public.
The sponsorship ensures a weekly €200 cash prize as well as a monthly €500 cash prize for the monthly finals, in one of Europe’s largest, free-to-enter StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty online tournaments.
Check out the full news over on ESL, sign up for the tournament and give it a shot! :-)
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StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is out and as with any other awesome happening in life, a serious celebration is appropriate.
Blizzard’s Senior Art Director for StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, Samwise Didier, and Blizzard Illustrator Wei Wang (who created the iconic Kerrigan vs. Zeratul, Nuke and Spectre images) have put their signatures on some SteelSeries Limited Edition QcK Tychus Findlay (signed by Wei) and SteelSeries Limited Edition QcK Marauder (signed by Samwise) mousepads, which we are now giving away. To you.
The give-away is extremely simple: To enter, simply upload your favorite in-game screenshot from StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty to the gallery on our SteelSeries Facebook page.
Wei Wang’s “Nuke” artwork for StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty.
On Friday August 6th we will randomly draw out 5 winners on our Facebook page, who will each walk away with one exclusively signed mousepad of their own choice, depending on whether they would want Samwise’s or Wei’s autograph.
Let’s go - get your entries in!
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LanOC just published their review of the SteelSeries 7H headset, concluding in both a Recommended- and Editor’s Choice Award. Here’s a few quotes from reviewer Wes Compton:
“The audio quality of the 7H when listening to music was truly impressive. In game it was no different. Not only was the audio quality top notch but the directionality in game is great as well. The 7H’s audio quality is where it shows why this is Steel Series’s flagship headset. In fact my biggest problem was finding MP3’s of the higher quality in my collection.”
“At just under $130 this isn’t a cheap headset but you are no doubt getting your money’s worth.”
Check out the full review here. :)
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SteelSeries teams TyLoo (CN) and Team Immunity (AUS) managed to pull in 1st places at their respective regional World Cyber Games 2010 qualifiers last weekend, which means that we’ll be seeing both teams represent their countries at the WCG 2010 Grand Finals, end-September in Los Angeles.
Team Immunity in action (Image source).
Big congratulations to the teams - I’ll keep you posted as more qualifier results pop in. :)
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I forgot to mention - we teamed up with Xfire and their official StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty community to take care of those of you who didn’t cop any SteelSeries StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty gear last night at the midnight openings. Check out full info below:
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Launch Contest
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is here! Xfire and SteelSeries are celebrating the release of the most anticipated sequel of all times by hosting a special Launch competition.
Our prize pool is worth one thousand dollars (!) and yet it is super easy to take part in the contests and have a chance to win one of the prizes. Simply join the Official StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Xfire Community and the Official SteelSeries Community, and then post your Xfire profile link in this topic on our forums. That’s it! You’ve entered the contest and you have a chance to win one of these wonderful prizes from SteelSeries! Here’s the list:
The contest is running through to August 27. :-)
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This weekend saw Fnatic cruise to the top of the podium at GameGune in Bilbao, while also taking the SteelSeries 7H headset out on its first date.
Fnatic cashed in €12,000 and could not have kickstarted their Summer 2010 World Tour in a more elegant way.
More pictures available over on HLTV.org.
Next up: The $57,000 Extreme Masters V Global Challenge Shanghai starting Thursday July 29th, where also TyLoo (Counter-Strike), EHOME (DotA) and Grubby (WarCraft III) will be in attendance.
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Join us, as we host another “SteelSeries Pro Night” tomorrow, on July 27th. This time around, we’ve invited Europe’s undoubtedly #1 Call of Duty 4 PC team, Fnatic.
Be a part of the live chat session with the entire team, experience the tricks’n'tips broadcast by team captain, and “Call of Duty Player of the Year 2009″, Stevy ‘Stevy’ Verheyen - and finally play alongside the team on the public Xfire servers. The full time schedule looks like this:
19:00-20:00 CET: Chat with FnaticMSI
During the Live Chat you will have a chance to ask all your questions to these Call of Duty 4 experts about the game, eSports, their careers and much more LIVE on Xfire.20:15-20:45 CET: Live Broadcast by Stevy (Xfire Streaming Series)
Stevy from FnaticMSI, one of the greatest Call of Duty players of all time, will reveal various tips and tricks while broadcasting live over Xfire. Over the course of the tutorial Stevy will also provide commentary and personal insights.21:00-22:30 CET: Play with FnaticMSI
Last but not least we will end this event with Play with the Pros! Play with FnaticMSI on various public Call of Duty 4 servers.
You’re welcome to bring friends and family. See you tomorrow. :P
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