Cataclysm MMO Gaming Mouse In December
This new MMO has Cataclysm written all over it.
Friday SteelSeries revealed a new MMO gaming mouse co-developed by Blizzard Entertainment and themed around the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion, Cataclysm. Slated to hit stores on December 7 for $99.99 USD, the new Cataclysm mouse will offer PC gamers 14 buttons and more than 130 preset game commands.
"Since the release of the original World of Warcraft MMO Gaming Mouse in 2008, we’ve received feedback from thousands of World of Warcraft players, both Horde and Alliance, on how they’ve customized their World of Warcraft mice and what they would like us to do next," said Bruce Hawver, SteelSeries CEO. "For two years, our R&D team worked hard with Blizzard Entertainment to incorporate the great feedback and to enhance the mouse technology and game integration. The new Cataclysm mouse is the result of that collaboration: it provides a wide range of customization options and delivers a more comfortable, intuitive, and ultimately better experience."
Even for PC gamers who aren't fans of World of Warcraft, the new mouse looks hot, sporting a metallic armor-like surface with the illuminated, fiery soul of Deathwing the Destroyer searing through the plates. The MMO mouse is both PC and Mac compatible, and features a lift distance of 1 to 5-mm, a tracking speed of 150 inches per second and 11,750 frames per second, up to 5,040 DPI and more.
According to SteelSeries, macros and controls can be assigned to all buttons directly within the game. "Together with its 16-million color illumination options, 4 pulsation levels, the ability to save up to 10 character-linked profiles in the software and 1 profile directly on the mouse, players have a wide range of options to customize their gaming experience," the company said.
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm is slated to hit the PC on December 7, 2010, the same day the mouse becomes available to subscribers and gamers alike.
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Those of us actively playing World of Warcraft might say that the Cataclysm started this past Tuesday with patch 4.0 which drastically changed most aspects of the game. Suffice it to say, for the denizens of Azeroth, we are living in interesting times.
With regard to the mouse... that's pretty slick. One of those would be a welcome addition to help me with my new Subtlety (Rogue) spec.
I'll keep using my $17 mouse, thanks.
Hopefully it won't suck massively like its predecessor did?
That is a good virginity test.
Yeah, the new changes in patch 4.0 are taking me a little time to get used too. Setting up my key binds, etc due to new spells.
Overall, I am unsure how much I like it...but at least its out
14 buttons on a mouse? Good lord.
That is a good virginity test.
One could say posting on Tom's would be a good virginity test as well, computer nerds aren't known for their bed exploits.
am I the only one who finds it amusing how the spammers keep on accidentally making sad faces?
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Anyways that mouse looks pretty sick, not really my style though
.... computer nerds aren't known for their bed exploits.
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14 buttons on a mouse? Good lord.
Yeah, so when you're not in the mood for gaming, you can always do your taxes with it...
.... computer nerds aren't known for their bed exploits.
I have a tissue here that would disagree ;-)
14 is nothing, the razr naga has an entire keypad on the side, like 21 buttons total. It sounds like a ton but for an mmo being able to bind that many macros and abilities to your mouse is invaluable. Most classes have 30 or so spells plus macros. However I'm not a big fan of steelseries, hopefully this one will be better quality.
.... computer nerds aren't known for their bed exploits.I have a tissue here that would disagree ;-)
lol
Why is mmo hardware always SO ugly?
Its a neat mouse and all, but I could never justify spending tthat much on a mouse alone.
F-ing spammers, man. Please kill yourselves.
the WoW mouse is very cheaply made, and has a terrible feel. For that kind of money, get a nice Razer or Logitech.
In which game you can use more then 10 shortcut buttons on yer mouse?
wait...health was on number... 12! BANG-dead.
Sure has a high DPi for an MMO. a REALLY high DPi. I have like what, 800 DPi on my mouse? I seem to get along just fine even where I need more speed.
the WoW mouse is very cheaply made, and has a terrible feel. For that kind of money, get a nice Razer or Logitech.
correction, the current wow mouse is crap.. we'll have to wait till this one is out to se ehow it actually performs... i'll probably stick with my razer diamondback, but i'm not gonna judge this until i get to play with one myself, or at least read a few reviews... btu i agree with some for an mmo the dpi is high but hey maybe they want to appeal to cross genre fps players as well
The ad problem is becoming more pathetic each day.
Mice have so many buttons these days, I wonder if it wouldn't be easier to just stick an optical sensor under the keyboard.
Any mouse that has to be sponsored by a video game, probably isn't going to be good, it's like those video games that are developed after movies, tend to be horrible. As far as Cataclysm, not really interested, most MMOs are failing horribly, I'm hoping that Guild Wars 2 will be good.