Thursday, September 3rd 2009
SteelSeries Introduces Limited Edition Aion Zboard Keyset, QcK Aion Asmodian Mousepad
SteelSeries, a leading manufacturer of game peripherals and accessories, introduced today the new SteelSeries Zboard Limited Edition Aion Keyset and SteelSeries QcK Limited Edition Aion Asmodian Mousepad. Co-designed with NCsoft Corporation, Aion's publisher and developer, the limited edition gear provides customized functionality and original artwork from the game that allows players to battle and quest with ease into Aion's breathtaking world of Atreia.
Aion, the most anticipated MMO of 2009, is a visually stunning massively multiplayer online RPG where players fight in an epic celestial war between twin races of winged beings. Aion has received numerous international industry awards and will be available in stores this September in North America, Europe and Australia."The popularity of Aion internationally was so impressive that when the opportunity arose to partner with NCsoft to create branded products for the release of Aion in several of the largest western territories, we were thrilled," said Bruce Hawver, CEO of SteelSeries. "The limited edition gear is designed for Aion players to customize their experience and help improve their game."
The SteelSeries Zboard Limited Edition Aion Keyset will offer the full breadth of in-game commands on color-coded keys across the board. The keyset also provides players with:
"SteelSeries has a reputation for designing high quality products that resonate with gamers. NCsoft believes that SteelSeries creates great gear that visually represents Aion and provides excellent tools for our players to have a great gaming experience," said Chris Lee, Senior Global Brand Director for NCsoft in charge of Aion.
The SteelSeries Zboard Limited Edition Aion Keyset and SteelSeries Limited Edition QcK Aion Asmodian Mousepad will retail for $19.99 USD and $14.99USD.
Products are now available for pre-sale at Game Stop and Amazon.com.
Source:
SteelSeries
Aion, the most anticipated MMO of 2009, is a visually stunning massively multiplayer online RPG where players fight in an epic celestial war between twin races of winged beings. Aion has received numerous international industry awards and will be available in stores this September in North America, Europe and Australia."The popularity of Aion internationally was so impressive that when the opportunity arose to partner with NCsoft to create branded products for the release of Aion in several of the largest western territories, we were thrilled," said Bruce Hawver, CEO of SteelSeries. "The limited edition gear is designed for Aion players to customize their experience and help improve their game."
The SteelSeries Zboard Limited Edition Aion Keyset will offer the full breadth of in-game commands on color-coded keys across the board. The keyset also provides players with:
- Dedicated action keys, menus, and chat commands that are labeled across 69 keys
- Full customization of each key through the SteelSeries Z Engine
- Quick-access emote keys for greeting, intimidating, or taunting your opponents
"SteelSeries has a reputation for designing high quality products that resonate with gamers. NCsoft believes that SteelSeries creates great gear that visually represents Aion and provides excellent tools for our players to have a great gaming experience," said Chris Lee, Senior Global Brand Director for NCsoft in charge of Aion.
The SteelSeries Zboard Limited Edition Aion Keyset and SteelSeries Limited Edition QcK Aion Asmodian Mousepad will retail for $19.99 USD and $14.99USD.
Products are now available for pre-sale at Game Stop and Amazon.com.
10 Comments on SteelSeries Introduces Limited Edition Aion Zboard Keyset, QcK Aion Asmodian Mousepad
I spend 15 dollars on 2 shots in my first minute at a club or 2-3 beers over 30 minutes
People that rent movies pay that much for a couple movies for what... 4-6 hours?
You have to remember that money pays the salaries of the development staff that styays with the game till it goes offline, the entire time they are reading user feedback and creating new content, this isnt like Madden 2010 when you have a dev team make a game, then move to the next project... these types of games are on going projects.
And as far as support, what kind of support? Most games come with support with no monthly fee anyway. And if not, there's usually at least a forum to turn to.
The problem is you can get the same level of entertainment out of games, without the monthly fees.
It's the same reason I'll never buy xBox Live Gold either. My PC and my PS3 play online for free.
The situation now is that only the regular keyset functions at all, its intermittent and drops out sets of keys (at the moment L.alt has become m, Z doesnt work nor does the left shift key, and only the left hand portion of the space bar works), this occasionally changes to none of the windows, ctrl shift or alt keys working, although all keys can be made to work by unplugging the keyboard and plugging it back in, but the problems return after five minutes or so. To add to that all 64bit versions of the drivers have been dreadull, crashing frequently.
To anyone thinking of buying i would seriously avoid, there are far better keyboards available for similar money with far better build quality, key action and features.