ASUS’ ROG Balteus Mouse Pad is purpose-built for gaming. With its massive 14.5” X 12.5” dimensions, it gives your mouse plenty of surface area for clean tracking. The brand is also offering upgraded versions of the ROG Balteus that feature Qi charging for your phone as well as 15 RGB LED lighting zones that are fully customizable using their Aura Sync RGB software.
If your mouse doesn’t offer wireless charging, what are you waiting for? The gaming geeks at Razer have upgraded their offerings with the new Mamba HyperFlux mouse and Firefly HyperFlux mouse pad. The mouse is charged entirely by the mouse pad and with no battery inside, it’s much lighter. Plus, a built-in Micro-USB port allows you to plug directly in and use even when you’re away from your mouse pad. Available as a bundle sometime in Q1.
The G502 Lightspeed is Logitech’s new wireless gaming mouse. Like their popular G502 Hero, this model features 11 customizable buttons and a set of weights that allow you to set-up a custom speed, feel and flow to your mousing. 48-hour battery life, Lightsync LED light & a wireless charging mousepad make the upgrade complete.
Logitech’s MX Vertical mouse puts a new ergonomic twist on mouse design by turning it on its side, to a near vertical 57º angle; reducing wrist strain and eventual wrist pain. Designed to fit the natural resting position of the hand, it still offers the familiar point & click functionality of a normal mouse as well as 2 customizable buttons and a comfy, grippy rubber pad for your hand.
In the race for the ultimate gaming display, Alienware’s 55 OLED Gaming Monitor has just pulled away from the pack. It’s a 55-inch OLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate plus support for Radeon’s FreeSync technology resulting in smoother, stutter-free gaming. Port array includes a single DisplayPort 1.2, three HDMI 2.0 ports, four USB, 1 headphone, and a SPDIF audio line-out. Available 9/30.
Razer’s BlackWidow is one of the most popular gaming keyboards for serious players. Now the brand has created one that really works for work, too. The new BlackWidow Lite is a mechanical keyboard with illuminated keys designed to go effortlessly from work to gaming and back. It has a built-in “gaming mode” that disables the Windows key and alt+tab keyboard and the keys are also fully programmable using macros.
Designed to work seamlessly with your favorite gaming consoles, including Xbox One X, Xbox One S, & PlayStation 4 Pro, 4, & Slim, the GAEMS Sentinel Pro Xp is a portable 1080p gaming monitor that comes with everything you need to take your games on the road: IR remote control, HDMI cables, power supply, etc. The 1920 X 1080 display features an anti-glare finish, there are built-in 3W speakers, and the monitor travels safely in its hard-shell protective case that gives you 105 degrees of hinge angle.
The gaming company Razer just introduced a phone. Designed specifically for gaming, Razer Phone features a spec sheet that rivals, if not surpasses iPhone X, Google’s Pixel 2, & Samsung’s best Galaxy devices from a performance perspective. It’s got a 5.7-inch Quad HD 2k display, a Snapdragon 835 processor, a huge 8 gigs of RAM, 64GB of built-in storage, dual front-facing Dolby’s Atmos speakers, and a whole lot more.
Origin PC’s Big O is the ultimate gaming PC. One big box that outdoes them all, packing every major gaming console into a single, super-sized system. It’s got an Xbox One X, a PlayStation 4 Pro and a Nintendo Switch inside. They were also able to wedge in an Ethernet switch, individual USB 3.0 ports for each console and 2TB SSDs for storage and faster load times. Sadly, the Big O isn’t actually going into production. Yet.
Yesterday Vision looks like the TV in the pictures from your grandparent’s photo album. In reality, it’s a mahogany enclosure that houses a 19” 4:3 monitor, full-range loudspeakers and a built-in Raspberry Pi computer that emulates classic gaming systems like SNES, NES, Genesis, NeoGeo, MAME, Atari 2600, N64, & PSX. The 1280X1024 monitor has an HDMI input on the back for external devices such as a laptop, Chromecast, modern gaming consoles, etc. They can also be made in custom sizes.
Gamers are gonna snap over this thing. The LG UltraGear Nano IPS 1ms is the brand’s latest & greatest gaming monitor. It delivers lightning-fast one millisecond response times—a world-first for an IPS gaming monitor. Color reproduction & vibrancy is flawless with Nano IPS technology, it supports HDR10 & VESA DisplayHDR 400. Two sizes are available: a 27-inch standard display with 2560 x 1440 resolution & curved screen 38-inch model with an ultra-wide 21:9 aspect ratio.
If you’ve been waiting for a new Logitech mouse with a trackball, it’s been a long seven years. But finally, it’s here. The MX ERGO. As the name suggests, it features a naturally ergonomic design and navigates using a smooth, gray ball at the thumb position. It’s got customizable forward and back buttons plus a dedicated button for switching tracking speed. Battery-life is 4 months on a full charge.
Chisel & Mouse make plaster desktop-size models of iconic architecture from New York, London, Chicago & unique places like the Bauhaus Dessau building & LA’s Capitol Records Tower as well as 1:5000 scale cityscapes of these & other urban centers around the world. Another option is having them model your own home.
Sure to knock Apple’s groundbreaking “Pencil” out of the headlines for at least a day or two is news that the latest versions of Mac wireless accessories are finally rechargeable. No more AA batteries. Your new Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse, & Magic Trackpad can now be re-charged via Lightning cable. The battery will keep them running for about a month but then plugging them in for just 2 minutes will get you 9 hours of power.
Marking the 90th anniversary of the most famous cartoon character ever, the new 751-piece Lego set celebrates Mickey Mouse as he was seen in his screen debut in the 1928 black-and-white Disney animated short film Steamboat Willie. This Lego brick version of the S.S. Willie features steam pipes that move up and down and paddle wheels that rotate when the boat is pushed along.
Like a Microsoft Surface designed just for gaming, the Asus ROG Mothership is a 17.3-inch laptop with a 1080p vertical display, an auto-deploying kickstand, and a detachable folding keyboard. It is powered by Nvidia’s RTX 2080 GPU and Intel’s flagship Core i9-8950HK processor. It’s got an USB-C Thunderbolt 3 port, a standard USB-C port, four USB Type-A ports, HDMI, an SD card slot, and an Ethernet port. Available sometime in Q1 2019.
Most people know Panic from their phone-based Firewatch adventure game, now the brand has created the pocket-size Playdate portable gaming system. It features a small black & white screen, a directional control pad with A and B buttons, and hand crank on the side for creating your own untethered power. Instead of buying new games, users receive a “season” of 12 surprise games delivered over 12 weeks by high-profile developers.
The Razer Core X Chroma is the latest upgrade to the brand’s range of external GPUs designed to enhance laptop gaming. In addition to boosting the power supply to a 700W unit, the Core X Chroma got four USB-A ports for plugging in peripherals, and a gigabit Ethernet connector. The GPU connects to your laptop via a Thunderbolt 3 port, and you can use the device to charge a USB-C capable laptop with up to 100W of power simultaneously. The LEDs from your laptop also sync with the lights in the GPU.
Quest is the latest VR headset from Oculus, the brand’s first all-in-one virtual reality gaming system. It combines features of the tethered Rift system with Oculus Go, giving users the freedom to move & walk around while playing in what they call “arena scale” tracking with a range of 4000 square feet. There are 4 cameras built-in giving the optics a resolution of 1600 x 1440 per eye, plus audio with deep bass. Oculus is launching the Quest system with a catalog of 50 game titles and many more on the way.
At 49-inches across, Samsung’s CHG90 is a curved QLED mega monitor designed specifically for immersive gaming. Specs include 3840×1080 double full HD and a 32:9 aspect ratio. If for some reason you want to split the massive screen up, on-board Samsung software allows your Windows 10 system to display up to 6 applications at once.
