Razer Imperator Gaming Mouse With Slip-Slidey Thumb Buttons

Razer's Imperator is pretty standard right-handed Razer gaming mouse (5600dpi tracking, etc.), but it has sliding thumb buttons, so you can adjust exactly where they sit on the mouse. Could be gimmicky, but I'm definitely intrigued. [Razer]

Razer's No-Frills Abyssus Gaming Mouse Needs More Frills

I'm a minimalist when it comes to mouse bling, but for $50, Razer's Abyssus is a little too lean—there aren't even any thumb buttons—just raw 3500DPI tracking and a 1ms response time with on-the-fly adjustment. More »

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Razer Mamba Gaming Mouse Is Lag Free, Can Kill You With a Single Bite

The Razer Mamba looks like a winner for gamers or anyone looking for a high-performance mouse: Lag free, 2.4GHz wireless or wired, with teflon base, and 1ms polling rate, rather than the usual 8ms. More »

Razer Arctosa Budget Gaming Keyboard for Cheapass Gamers

Razer has a pair of new keyboards, both spins on their Lycosa keyboard. The more noteworthy of the two is Arctosa, a stripped down model that retains the form factor, macro capabilities, anti-ghosting and response time while dumping the tricked out, flashing bells and whistles like backlighting to bring the price down to $40 $50. More »

Razer Death Adder Gaming Mouse for Mac (Wha? Mac Gamers?)

Sure, you might play a game or two on your cute little Mac, but that doesn't make you a gamer. (If you were, you'd have a PC.) If you're about to rear up and flame me, chill out, Razer has a new gaming mouse for just for you. The Death Adder is an 1800dpi righty with a 1ms response time. Say what you want about gaming on Macs, you can't possibly defend using the Mighty Mouse in fragfests. Death Adder drops May 20 for $60. [Razer]

Razer THX Mako 2.1 Speakers Reviewed (Verdict: Gorgeous, Best 2.1 System Ever)

Razer is (justifiably) known for their gaming peripherals, particularly their keyboards and mice (which you love or hate, depending on what kind of games you play). On the audio front, they're slightly less battle hardened, and, by and by, most 2.1 systems are dreck. (I'll totally vouch for Logitech's ZX-2300 setup, though.) And the Mako 2.1 Advanced Desktop Audio's' premise sounds a little gimicky: rounded satellites with 360-degree, omni-directional sound. Yet Gadget Lab says "there's nary another 2.1 system that can match the Mako's performance." More »

Razer 4000DPI Lachesis Mouse Reviewed (Verdict: Great on a 30-Inch Screen)

With 3200dpi gaming mice becoming de rigeur, Razer needed to step it up to 4000 to keep the pissing match going. Even though a 3200dpi mouse is already too fast for some, I4U's reviewer says that Razer's 4000dpi Lachesis "is very accurate and tracking is great," particularly in Crysis. But, most of you probably aren't twitching around a 30-inch screen like the reviewer. More »

Razer Boomslang CE: Back to the Beginning

For a few days now, Razer has teased hardcore mouse enthusiasts with something very welcome: a mouse using the original Boomslang design with Razer's high precision technology under the hood. After six years, the beloved Boomslang is finally back, and hopefully not for the last time. Pricing and specs after the jump. More »

Razer Pro|Solutions Pro|Type Multimedia Keyboard: iPod Dock to Finally Ship

We heard of a lot of big talk a year ago about the Razer Pro|Solutions Pro|Type Multimedia Keyboard, but it hasn't actually shipped since then. That's all changing now, where Amazon will offer it for the first time, for $129.99. If you can remember back that far, it has a universal iPod dock at the top of its keys, and also includes a dedicated button to launch iTunes. More »

Zune Pro|Type Keyboard Shots Promise Ergonomic Convenience

Remember the Zune Pro|Type keyboard renders we saw last year? There wasn't much information then, other than 32KB of memory on board, but we just got some new shots in right now. More »

Mako Desktop Speakers Actually Worked Today, Sounded Just Fine

Remember yesterday when I had a one-on-one with the 2.1-channel Razer Mako desktop speakers and they didn't work? Magic must have happened overnight and they worked just fine today. The speakers sounded great from all over the demo room with no "dead spots" to speaker of. Audioslave bellowed from the tiny satellites and as we cranked up the volume to 11 you can tell we were upsetting the other nearby companies. – Nicholas Deleon More »

Microsoft's Reclusa Gaming Keyboard Doesn't Read Fingerprints, Is Cool

Microsoft sent us an odd announcement pairing the Reclusa gaming keyboard with a fingerprint reader for Vista. I'm not sure why you'd need a fingerprint reader attached to a gaming keyboard. CSI: The Game? Police-state parental control? Two totally different products that don't work great together. The Reclusa has just about every other feature, so maybe they're throwing the fingerprint reader in just for kicks. Along with blue LED backlighting, two gold-plated USB ports, they keys have got latency-busting Hyperesponse Gaming Key Action. Pair it with the Linksys tattooed Wireless-N Router and you're all set. –Noah Robischon

Razer's Mako Desktop Speakers Look Like Spaceship, May Actually Sound Good

Razer, known for its high end PC gaming peripherals, is trying to break into the more general home entertainment market. The first step? The Mako desktop speakers, designed in conjunction with THX's mad scientists to sound, you know, better than the average piece of junk PC desktop speakers. There was only one small catch in today's presentation: the speakers didn't work. So we'll have to wait until tomorrow to find out how they actually sounds. More »

Twenty-Two Mice Benchmarked: Which Frags Best?

By using a cheap Ikea lamp, a turntable, and random things they found around their house, ESReality turned unscientific reviews of gaming mice into something benchmarkable. Taking 22 different mice and graphing out their performance in terms of response, movement speed, DPI and other factors, they came up with a way to rank which mouse was the best in absolute terms. More »

Razer Unveils DeathAdder Mouse with 3G Infrared Sensor Technology

Razer has announced the DeathAdder, their new mouse that utilizes the highly touted 3G infrared sensor technology.

Razer's 3G infrared sensor technology is a quantum leap over current generation optical technology with enhanced precision of up to 1800 Dots Per Inch (DPI) and is fully optimised for high speed motions, factors that are critical to high performance gamers. The 3G infrared sensor also minimizes the lift-off distance of the mouse and disables surface tracking immediately when the mouse is lifted off, thus rectifying swiping issues.

Hrm, could be worth a shot, I guess. Although I'm wondering why Razer hasn't made the leap to laser mice. They have always been a couple years behind on technology—didn't they just ditch the mouseball a year ago or so? – Travis Hudson More »

Apple Goofs and Ships New iPod Keyboard to Customers

We've been chasing after Razer's Pro|Type keyboard for quite some time now. It's the only keyboard that lets you dock your iPod (or in some instances your Zune) directly onto your keyboard. The problem is, it's only a prototype. But apparently Apple has its own iPod keyboard in the works and has mistakenly shipped a small number of them to a lucky bunch of customers that had taken their standard keyboards in for repair. I'm gonna call bluff on this one (just cause I don't think Apple would make a mistake that big), but MacWorld is just around the corner, so here's hoping I'm wrong. – Louis Ramirez More »

Win a Razer Tarantula Keyboard for Destroying your Current Keyboard

With the Optimus keyboard on a downward spiral towards death it is time to begin looking for other high-end keyboarding solutions. The Razer Tarantula may be it. This $100 keyboard is macro-able and designed with the gamer in mind. Razer will be giving away five of these bad boys, but at a cost. More »

Death Looms Over Razer, Microsoft Viral Marketing

The last viral marketing campaign from Microsoft and Razer was anticlimactic, so we expect this one to be, also. The old viral marketing site, notfornoobs.com, now redirects to deathloomsnear.com. At least we have an official date for whatever this. December 1 will be the date that Microsoft and Razer should be dropping some gargantuan product ready to take the world of PC gaming by storm (most likely not). We'll keep you posted on December 1. – Travis Hudson More »

Razer Tarantula Keyboard Reviewed (Verdict: Gives Your Gaming Some Bite)

The first keyboard from high-end gaming moue extraordinaer, Razer, is about to ship, finally. The Razer Tarantula was first announced at CES 2005, yes almost a year ago, and it again made a debut at E3 back in May with promises of an August release. A few months past the expected release and many refinements, the Tarantula is ready to hit the shelves.

Overall, Razer did a nice job with the Tarantula. If their goal was to develop a keyboard for the hardcore gamer- not your average keyboard with some lighting and a few extra buttons, but actually a keyboard just for gaming- then I would call the product a success. The Tarantula is packed with functions and when the drivers are used properly (this may take a lot of time and effort) the keyboard can help your gaming performance.

Good stuff. The Tarantula is currently available for $99. – Travis Hudson More »

Microsoft Habu Gaming Mouse Tracks Motion to 20Gs and Glows Crazy Blue

Microsoft can't write operating systems, but they sure as hell can make mice. I love me some M$ft ergos, yes sir. Razer, on the other hand is known for making insanely accurate mice for gamers, with thousands of dots of resolution on their optical sensors. Here's a mouse they've worked on together. More »

Microsoft Viral Marketing: Gaming Hardware?

Another day, another sad attempt by Microsoft for a viral marketing campaigh. Yeah, that I Love Bees campaign worked really well for them, but since then they have a new gig every damn week. This one can be found at www.notfornoobs.com. Which is an interesting domain, to say the least. More »

E3 2006: Razer Tarantula Gaming Keyboard

This keyboard made its debut at CES back in January, but since then it has gotten quite a makeover with some new fantastic features. The Tarantula has added complete macro functionality. Any kind of macros can be bound to the outside keys on the left and right sides using Razer's software. In addition to the programmable keys on the side, every key on the keyboard can be programmed to do something else or disabled entirely Get the rest of the scoop after the jump. More »

Razer Pro|Solutions Pro|Type Multimedia Keyboard

Here's the first keyboard to integrate a universal iPod dock, and the Razer Pro|Solutions Pro|Type Multimedia Keyboard also has a dedicated button to launch iTunes. It's loaded with ten macro command hot keys which give you dedicated transport controls for your iPod and let you do things such as undo, zoom in and out, and of course, turn the Mac on and off. Plus, all the standard keys are fully programmable. Sync and charge your iPod using USB 2.0 without having to deal with a rat's nest of wires. Nice. No release date was set yet, but it'll be $99. More »

Razer Copperhead Reviewed (Verdict: Expensive Hotness)

The hardware gurus over at GameSpot gave the new Razer Copperhead a full review. As a quick refresher, this mouse features 2000dpi and 1000 MHz USB response rate, both of which were unheard of in mice until now. This mouse also features built in memory to store all of your personal settings. The shape of the Copperhead allows for all type of mouse-grippers: lefties, righties, people who grope the mouse with their entire hand and also people who barely touch the top. More »

Razer Copperhead, the Uber Mouse Reviewed (Verdict: Uberish)

It is good to see that Razer is finally migrating out of ball-mice and into the new age of optical and laser, but this thing is crazy. Two freaking thousand dpi laser, adjustable weight and even 32kb of memory. Yes, memory in the mouse! The memory is used to store user profiles inside of the mouse itself, so regardless of what machine you are on, button and sensitivity will remain the same. The laser samples the data at 1000mhz with a 1ms response time, that is almost nine times faster that most conventional mice. The mouse also has some nice LEDs to impress all of the ladies you know at the LAN parties. Available in late August, expect to pay around 80 bones for this fine piece of meat. More »