Sony Interactive Entertainment Australia has today announced changes coming to PlayStation Plus in June, introducing a new tiered system that aims to provide customers with a high-quality portfolio of diverse games.
Australian players will have access to three tiers; Playstation Plus Essential, PlayStation Plus Extra, and PlayStation Plus Deluxe. The evolution of PlayStation Plus builds upon 25 years of expertise in gaming innovation with these changes highlighting PlayStation’s continued efforts to evolve its network services business to match customer preferences.
At launch, PlayStation plans to include titles such as Death Stranding, God of War, Marvel’s Spider-Man, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Mortal Kombat 11, and Returnal. Additionally, PlayStation is working closely with first and third-party partners to include some of the best gaming experiences available with a library that will be regularly refreshed.
Below is an overview of the three membership tiers:
PlayStation Plus Essential
Benefits
Provides the same benefits that PlayStation Plus members are getting today, such as:
Two monthly downloadable games
Exclusive discounts
Cloud storage for saved games
Online multiplayer access
There are no changes for existing Playstation Plus members in this tier.
Price* for Playstation Plus Essential Remains the same as the current price for PlayStation Plus
PlayStation Plus Extra
Benefits
Provides all the benefits from the Essential tier
Adds a catalogue of up to 400* of the most enjoyable PS4 and PS5 games – including blockbuster hits from our PlayStation Studios catalogue and third-party partners. Gamers in the Extra tier are downloadable for play.
PlayStation Plus Deluxe
Benefits:
Provides all the benefits of Essential and Extra tiers.
Includes a catalogue of beloved classic games from the original PlayStation, PS2 and PSP generations to download and play.
Time-limited game trails will also be offered in this tier, so customers can try select games before they buy.
To find out more about the updates to PlayStation Plus head to the PlayStation Blog.
Paradox’s award winning medieval strategy game now on latest Xbox and PlayStation models
Sydney, Australia – 30th March 2022 – New kingdoms are ready to be founded, and new dynasties will be honoured worldwide as Crusader Kings III comes to Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5. Paradox’s much loved grand strategy role-playing game has been thrilling PC gamers since 2020, and now players on other platforms have the chance to relive and rewrite medieval history.
In Crusader Kings III, players lead a royal family through the centuries, controlling characters and their heirs as they try to establish and protect their claims to land, titles and glory. The realm of a warlike adventurer could be inherited by a more devious son, changing how you see and use the levers of power. Warfare, spycraft, diplomacy and religion are all available and active fronts in the grandest historical adventure ever to come to consoles.
Watch the Launch Trailer:
Features of Crusader Kings III include:
Character Focused Gameplay: Every character you play or interact with has their own unique personality. Events and options in the game are largely determined by the type of person you are.
Infinite Possibilities: Play as any noble house from Iceland to India, Finland to Central Africa, over five centuries. Interact with wandering guests, stubborn children, devious spymasters, and saintly holy men in an elaborate tapestry of medieval life.
Waging War: Rally your vassals and raise your men-at-arms to besiege enemy castles or put down rebellions. Personal prowess on the battlefield can win you great honour, but strategic planning is the path to victory.
Royal Marriages: Spread your dynastic DNA throughout the world, stamping your royal seal on the crests of kingdoms and duchies far and wide. Marry for power and raise children to press claims on new lands.
Saints and Sinners: Keep faith with your religious leaders or perform great crimes in the interest of the state. When the going gets tough, you can always embrace a heresy or craft a new religion more in line with your character’s priorities.
Crusader Kings III on console features an adapted interface and control scheme specifically tailored to larger screens and console gamepads. The all-new control map lets players quickly and easily navigate the game’s menus via triggers, bumpers, and quick flicks of the analogue stick. The console edition also utilises the key capabilities of the Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5, like super-fast load times for a seamless gameplay experience as well as Haptic and Adaptive Trigger controller feedback. On the Xbox Series X|S, players will be able to switch between gameplay and other applications, like YouTube, using Quick Resume, where they can consult a tutorial on how to quell a peasant revolt.
PlayStation 5 users will experience the game’s stress mechanics themselves, as their DualSense controllers physically react to in-game events as they unfold. The more stress a character has accrued, the more resistance will be applied to the DualSense controller’s Adaptive Triggers, for instance. The PS5’s Activities and Game Help also provide a platform to assist new players as they take their first steps in the world of Crusader Kings.
About Paradox Interactive:
The Paradox Interactive group includes development, publishing, and licensing of games and brands, consisting of a portfolio of more than 100 titles created both internally and by independent studios. Paradox owns an array of award-winning and top-selling brands including Cities: Skylines, Stellaris, Crusader Kings, Victoria, Age of Wonders, and the World of Darkness catalogue.
From the company’s start in 2004, Paradox has published its games worldwide, with top markets including the USA, UK, China, Germany, France, Russia, and Scandinavia. Today, over five million gamers play a Paradox game each month.
Paradox Interactive AB (publ)’s shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm First North Premier under ticker PDX. FNCA Sweden AB is the company’s Certified Adviser. For more information, please visit www.paradoxinteractive.com
About Koch Media
The Koch Media Group is a global developer, publisher and distributor of video games, VR games, gaming hardware and merchandise.
The group’s publishing activities, marketing and distribution extend throughout Europe, America, Australia and Asia. Koch Media has more than 25 years of experience in the digital media business and has risen to become a leading global publishing partner. The Koch Media Group runs a multi-label strategy with fully owned publishing units such as Prime Matter, Deep Silver, Milestone, Vertigo Games and Ravenscourt, publishing games for consoles, PC and VR platforms across all physical and digital channels.
Additionally, as global publishing partner Koch Media has formed long-term multi-national publishing collaborations with numerous game publishers including Activision Blizzard, Bethesda, Capcom, CI Games, Giants Software, Kalypso, Koei Tecmo, Konami, Paradox, Sega, SNK, Square Enix, Techland, Tripwire, Warner Bros, and many others. With its parent company in Höfen, Austria, and the Publishing HQ in Munich, Germany, Koch Media owns local publishing companies in Germany, UK, France, Spain, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Australia, the United States as well as Japan and Hong Kong.
The Koch Media Group owns nine game development studios: Deep Silver Volition (Champaign, IL / USA), Deep Silver Dambuster Studios (Nottingham / UK), Deep Silver Fishlabs (Hamburg / Germany), Warhorse Studios (Prague / Czech Republic), Milestone (Milan / Italy), Voxler (Paris / France) , Flying Wild Hog (Warsaw, Kraków, Rzeszów / Poland), Free Radical Design (Nottingham / UK), Vertigo Games (Rotterdam /The Netherlands) and DigixArt (Montpellier, France). Additionally, the Koch Media Group collaborates with numerous independent development studios around the world.
Part of the Koch Media Group is also Koch Films, a leading European independent film distributor with business primarily in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy as a cinema, TV, online and Home Entertainment distributor. The Koch Media Group also owns Gaya Entertainment, a leading video game merchandise company in Munich, Germany, and the Quality Assurance Facility in Olomouc, Czech Republic.
We are excited to announce the first 2022 quarterly update on Diablo IV development is now officially live!
In this update, Art Director Chris Ryder, Associate Art Director Brian Fletcher, Associate Lighting Director Ben Hutchings, Lead Exterior Environment Artist Matt McDaid, and Lead Props and Interactives Artist Chaz Head share how they approach each of the distinct areas in Diablo IV and how they come together to form the immersive environment art.
You can check out the blog for all the details here.
The darkest and most grounded of the series, Diablo IV strives for believability over realism in its environments. To do this, the team has established two foundational pillars to filter concepts, locations, and implementation: “old masters” and “a return to darkness”. Using these pillars, the environment has been created with a controlled use of detail and colour palettes to give a distinct visual style. Weather and physically based lighting also play a larger role in creating the dangerous world of Sanctuary and allowing the atmosphere to feel more tangible.
For the first time in the series, Diablo IV features a shared open world with 5 captivating zones to explore. From the Dry Steppes to the Scosglen coast to the glacial ridges, each area has been carefully handcrafted by the Diablo Art and Design teams. Dynamic props populate many of these areas to breathe a sense of life into the architecture and terrain. Interactable and breakable props frequent many environments as the team has pushed themselves to create realistic and variable destruction.
Diablo IV also features over 150 randomised dungeons utilising a combination of handcrafted and procedural creation. To make dungeon creation effective and flexible, the team set out to create a variety of tile-sets that could be cleverly reused and paired with different props, interactives, and lighting. To give tile-sets a natural feel, the tile-set transition scenes were created as a new feature to seamlessly transition between two tile-sets within the same dungeon.
We hope you enjoy the first Diablo IV development update of 2022, and we are very excited to share more this year.
Pixel Action RPG Anuchard Restores the Souls of Consoles, PC on April 21, 2022
Location – Mar. 29, 2022 – Anuchard, the civilization restoration action RPG from developer stellarNull and publisher Freedom Games, rescues the spirits of Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, as well as Windows PC via Steam and Epic Game Store on Thursday, April 21, 2022.
Orchard, known for its close-knit community in a quaint farming village, slowly crumbles. Many integral citizens have been lost to the mysterious underground dungeons underneath the peaceful town. As the population dwindles, the remaining inhabitants hold out hope for legends prophesying a dauntless hero destined to wield the powerful Audros Bell.
Emerge as one of the great Bellwielders and take on the noble duty of restoring Orchard’s lost souls trapped underground. Follow the guidance of fallen Bell Spirits to journey deep into derelict caves and conduits full of brain-testing puzzles. Swing the Audros Bell in fast-paced, classic action RPG combat to knockback monsters and release the souls they’ve claimed.
Hurl environmental elements at fiendish foes taking advantage of their weaknesses and brutalize bosses to release crystallized spirits of ruined adventurers. Return to town after each conquest to return key members back to the community like chefs, farmers, herbalists, and more specialists who can help rebuild the village.
Collect pieces of ancient technology, called Spires, to assist in combat and create life-replenishing recipes to upgrade the hero’s stats. Build relationships around town throughout the main storyline to learn of the fabled guardians of old. Uncover the revelations of what truly befell Orchard and the world at large.
“Anuchard is a clear nod to old-school PS1 RPGs, authentically showcased in nostalgic favorites of the 90s titles like Legend of Mana and Soul Blazer,” said Rico Lemba, Designer, stellarNull. “I’ve wanted to create this dynamic top-down dungeon crawling experience packed with action for some time. The depths of Orchard’s secrets will finally be revealed next month!”
Anuchard comes to Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, as well as Windows PC via Steam and Epic Game Store for $19.99 with English, French Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese (Simplified) language support.
To learn more, visit the official site and join the community on Twitter, Facebook, and Discord, and search #Anuchard on social media.
About stellarNull
StellarNull is a small development team of passionate industry professionals who strive to turn fresh ideas into enjoyable creations, taking inspiration from the NES, SEGA Genesis, SNES, and PSX era.
To learn more, visit the official stellarNull website.
About Freedom Games
Freedom Games is a publisher dedicated to offering best-in-class services to partners and providing players around the world with unique and memorable experiences. With over 50 years of combined industry experience at the executive level, Freedom! Games seeks to leverage its expertise to facilitate great games and even better publishing experiences.
Rome, Italy –March 29, 2022– Independent publisher IndieGala is announcing that a new video for Vorax, the upcoming atmospheric open world survival horror game coming in Winter on Steam, is now live.
Vorax is set on a Mediterranean island where a mysterious pathogen has infected the local population. As part of a NATO special intervention team, you have been sent to the island to investigate what is actually happening.
Craft tools, build barricades, and construct traps. Upgrade, and maintain your shelter to survive as you uncover the dark origins of the virus, and its horrible mutating effects. How long can you survive on the island when you are being hunted by voracious creatures?
Features
A Large and Detailed Game Environment
Urban areas, sewers, caves, and various different areas to explore
Unique enemies with different attack patterns
A unique and realistic tactical helmet with military HUD
Building barricades, fences and traps to fortify the base.
Craft tools and weapons
hunting and cooking food
Treat wounds and other injuries
Wide array of both conventional and non conventional weapons
Indie Gala is a digital distribution platform, an independent video game developer and publisher based in the city of Rome, Italy. The studio has published hits such as Die Young, Blockstorm, Stayin’ Alive, Gates Of Nowehere, Red Rope: Don’t Fall Behind, Tyler, Downward, TITANS: Dawn of Tribes.
SYDNEY – March 8, 2021 –Winter Ember, the isometric stealth sandbox action game from publisher Blowfish Studios and developer Sky Machine Studios, infiltrates PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows PC via Steam and GOG on Tuesday April 19, 2022.
Wickedness walks the streets of Anargal. The once-great city suffers under the watchful eye of Greater Heaven, a religious faction feared for its military might and zealous devotion to cleansing the world of darkness. Only Arthur Artorious, a disgraced noble long thought dead, offers hope for Anargal’s future as he returns to his home to seek vengeance.
Stalk Victorian-inspired locations throughout Anargal, relying on shadows and unguarded passageways to move about unnoticed. Make use of Arthur’s trusty bow, crafting and firing elemental arrows to distract foes, shock pursuers, and destroy barricades. Or elevate your infiltration with the rope arrow, allowing for rapid ascents through the city’s mansions, prisons, and more, each filled with alternative routes that reward intrepid exploration.
Dart in and out of cover to avoid detection while looting. Purchase health tonics, crafting supplies, and lockpicks off the black market before missions to bolster Arthur’s chances of survival. Unlock skills across three distinct branches that increase Arthur’s combat prowess, stealth, and investigative abilities to gain the upper hand in the city that thinks him dead.
Scour Anargal’s richly detailed districts to uncover hidden passageways, traps, and vital resources while waging a fight against Greater Heaven from the shadows. Step out from the darkness and into a grand conspiracy as Arthur learns more about the events that befell his homeland, interacting with an eclectic cast driven by complex goals and desires.
“Winter Ember is a stealth game driven by player exploration and intrigue,” said Ben Lee, CEO, Blowfish Studios. “Within the darkness, the truth can be revealed, and we can’t wait to let players uncover the mysteries of Anargal when Winter Ember launches on April 19.”
Winter Ember will be available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam and GOG on April 19, 2022, with English, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Slovak, Japanese, and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) language support.
For more on Winter Ember, please visit the official website and join the Blowfish Studios community onTwitter andFacebook.
About Sky Machine Studios
Sky Machine Studios is a young Sydney-based independent game developer that aims to create great, imaginative, and ultimately fun games. Winter Ember is the team’s first title and was funded in part by anEpic MegaGrant.
For more on Sky Machine Studios, check out theteam’s website.
About Blowfish Studios
Blowfish Studios is an award-winning game developer and publisher based in Sydney, Australia. The studio strives to release original multi-platform games, while also collaborating with developers from around the world. As developers first, they bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to any partnership. The studio provides development services to get the game release ready, porting to all major platforms, platform approval, marketing, and promotion to the world. Blowfish Studios is a part of Animoca Brands gaming focused endeavors.
Animoca Brands, ranked in the Financial Times list of High Growth Companies Asia-Pacific 2021, is a leader in digital entertainment, blockchain, and gamification. Animoca Brands develops and publishes a broad portfolio of products including the REVV token and SAND token; original games including The Sandbox, Crazy Kings, and Crazy Defense Heroes; and products utilizing popular intellectual properties including Formula 1®, Marvel, WWE, Power Rangers, MotoGP™, and Doraemon. Animoca Brands’ portfolio of blockchain investments and partnerships includes Sky Mavis (Axie Infinity), Dapper Labs (CryptoKitties and NBA Top Shot), OpenSea, Harmony, Bitski, and Alien Worlds. Its subsidiaries include The Sandbox, Blowfish Studios, Quidd, Gamee, nWay, Pixowl, Bondly, and Lympo.
Get ready for a return to the fantastic worlds of Dungeons & Dragons, as publisher SNEG has unlocked a veritable treasure trove of Gold Box classic RPGs on Steam today.
Beloved adventuring titles including Eye of the Beholder, Pool of Radiance, Curse of the Azure Bonds, Champions of Krynn, Shattered Lands, Strahd’s Possession, and more are now available! And to make things more awesome, SNEG is ensuring the games include free add-ons such as digital versions of the original manuals, hint books, adventurer journals, and more!
On the technical side, they’ve also updated the games to make use of a new game launcher, party transfer tools, and improved DOSBox performance. SNEG is also partnering with the original creator of the All-Seeing Eye and Gold Box Companion apps to improve the Gold Box gaming experience for players. These apps automate dungeon mapping, give better access to journals, make it easier to access spellbooks, and much more!
To celebrate the launch of the Gold Box Classics, SNEG is discounting them by 15% for one week, ending April 5, 2022, so grab them ASAP and get exploring!
Launched in 1988, the Gold Box series of computer role-playing games (CRPGs) are beloved by millions of players worldwide. Veteran Dungeons & Dragons players and CRPG newcomers alike enjoyed these games and their variety of unique settings and challenges. Whether it’s exploring the high-fantasy worlds of the Forgotten Realms and Dragonlance, surviving the brutal hellscape of Dark Sun, or battling a supreme vampire in the Ravenloft games, there was a Gold Box game for everyone! Grab your sword, spellbook, or Bag of Holding, and get ready for a return to nostalgia-laden adventures!
“Today is a great day for fans of these iconic Dungeons & Dragons digital experiences and CRPGS in general, and of course, for modern gamers,” said Oleg Klapovskiy, Director at SNEG. “These games have created so many wonderful memories of fantastic adventures for players young and old, and now we’re pleased to bring them to Steam while updating them to run on modern PC hardware and include add-ons to make the experience even better than before.”
The following collections are available now:
Forgotten Realms: The Archives Collection One (Eye of the Beholder I, II, and III) – $9.99 USD
Forgotten Realms: The Archives – Collection Two (Curse of the Azure Bonds, Gateway to the Savage Frontier, Hillsfar, Pools of Darkness, Pool of Radiance, Secret of the Silver Blades, Treasures of the Savage Frontier, and Unlimited Adventures) – $9.99 USD
Forgotten Realms: The Archives – Collection Three (Dungeon Hack, Menzoberranzan) – $5.99 USD
Krynn series (Champions of Krynn, Death Knights of Krynn, The Dark Queen of Krynn) – $9.99 USD
Dark Sun series (Shattered Lands, Wake of the Ravager) – $9.99 USD
Ravenloft series (Strahd’s Possession, Stone Prophet) – $9.99 USD
D&D Stronghold: Kingdom Simulator – $5.99 USD
Al-Qadim: The Genie’s Curse – $5.99 USD
To view the full catalog of currently available collections, visit the site here:
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Limited Run Games believes your favorite games belong in a place of prominence on your shelf alongside your most cherished collector’s items! If you love the art and craftsmanship that comes with boxed set Collector’s Editions and super cool collectibles, you’ll find like-minded fans and great offerings at the grand opening for the company’s very first physical Limited Run Retail store on Saturday, Apr. 30, 2022 in Cary, NC.
Who:
Founded in 2015, Limited Run Games is the gold standard in bringing beloved games to physical form for casual fans and collectors alike. Limited Run Games has published over 1,000 physical games and soundtracks and are recognized as the industry leader and pioneers of curated collectible physical games. The team has received numerous critical accolades and awards for their bespoke Collector’s Editions. Limited Run Retail is the first of its kind and has been in development for over two years. You can check out this blog post to see what went into creating this store.
What:
Join the Limited Run Games crew for an all-day grand opening celebration at its first-ever retail video game store in Cary, North Carolina. Expect a fun-filled day filled with activities and events. The first 100 people in line will receive a swag bag, and each visitor will get a raffle ticket for a chance to win a Limited Run Games prize pack and an exclusive event trading card.1
The full offering of festivities includes:
– Over 800 curated games and limited-edition merch available spanning the entire Limited Run Games catalog2
– Event exclusive items, including Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Game SNES Edition (with exclusive cover for Switch and PS4), Shantae and Shantae: Risky’s Revenge (both available in an oversized Game Boy styled box), a River City Girls 1 Commemorative NES Box and Soundtrack, and an exclusive Grand Opening Trading Card3
– Signings with special guests husband and wife team Matt and Erin Bozon, Co-Creators of Shantae and Shantae series
– Signings with special guests Adam Tierney and Bannon Rudis, directors of River City Girls games
– Signings and merchandise available with special guests from hit internet sensation Mega64
– An outdoor market with a vinyl section, a build-your-own merch box area, community trading card swap, exclusive item pop-up, and game trade-in area, and more
– Trade-ins: Fans who trade in their used games with a $25+ value will receive a ticket that allows them to purchase an additional exclusive item and an exclusive trading card. Fans can get a head start on trades by visiting the store on Friday, Apr. 29 (1:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT)and/or during the grand opening in the outdoor tent area (10:00 AM – 4:00 PM EDT)
When:
The brand-new Limited Run Games physical video game retail store will be open with special hours on Saturday, April 30, 2022 from 8:00 AM until 8:00 PM EDT. In addition, outdoor activities, including the guest signings, pop-up shops, and card swaps, will be held in the parking lot from 10:00 AM until 4:00 PM EDT.
Normal store hours are Fridays 12:00 PM – 9:00PM EDT, Saturdays 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM EDT, and Sundays 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM EDT. The store will be closed Sunday April 31 and resumes regular hours the following week.
Fight For Advanced Energy Resources By Air, Land, and Sea in Massive 64-Person Open-World Battlefields
SEONGNAM, SOUTH KOREA – MARCH 29, 2022 – Publisher ThumbAge Co., Ltd. and developer Royal Crow have announced that free-to-play, team-based, multiplayer shooter CROWZ is now available via Steam Early Access. After meteorites devastate Earth and cause a global environmental disaster, mercenaries – called CROWZ – engage in all-out warfare on behalf of the most powerful nations to secure a new precious energy resource, Q-on, from the crash sites. Coordinate as a team and conquer extraction sites with a variety of weapons and vehicles, including heavy tanks, attack choppers, and high-speed combat boats. Leverage realistic physics in different environments to ambush the enemy and secure the upper hand.
Media interested in publishing preview features for the game (i.e. hands-on, first impressions), unlocked CROWZ accounts are available to give an overview of some cosmetic items, equipment, and emotes available for purchase. If interested, please reply to this email with your Steam ID.
Watch the newest CROWZ trailer here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iHRzVHqc5w
In CROWZ, players can compete in two different modes:
Squad Operation: Shoot enemies on sight as a four-person mercenary squad while collecting Q-on from extraction devices in this open-world Battle Royale-style game mode. Falling meteorites and asphyxiating gas can derail the objective at any moment. Once enough resources have been collected, call a helicopter to escape but be wary that all combatants will know its whereabouts.
Blood Zone: Two 32-person CROWZ factions wage all-out war to secure Q-on extraction sites littered across the battlefield. Seize control with coordinated flanking assaults, request weapon loadout drops, commandeer heavy tanks, and more to earn the most resources in a match and the greatest payday imaginable.
Additionally, players will be able to purchase items such as tactical equipment, combat gear, and weapon skins via the in-game store.
CROWZ is now available as a free-to-play game on Steam, with an extensive roadmap planned for 2022. For more information, please visit its Steam Page.
About ThumbAge (KOSDAQ 208640) ThumbAge is a Korea-based company that develops role-playing and action games for mobile and PC. The company’s products include Hero for Kakao, Ultimate Hero, INTERPLANET, DC Unchained, Ghostbusters World, Defense War: Destiny Child PVP Game, and Dekaron M. ThumbAge was founded in April 2013 and is headquartered in Seongnam, South Korea.
About Royal Crow Royal Crow is a Korea-based video game development studio that specializes in creating immersive military action shooters. The developer’s first title, CROWZ, will launch on March 29 via Steam.
White Plains, NY – March 29, 2022 – ROCCAT, Turtle Beach Corporation’s (Nasdaq: HEAR) award-winning PC gaming peripherals brand, today announced the retail availability of its all-new Kone XP ergonomic PC gaming mouse. Already revered for the Kone’s perfected ergonomics, ROCCAT’s new Kone XP mouse pairs the brand’s iconic shape with 15 buttons and 29 assignable functions, making it one of the most customizable PC gaming mice available and perfect for gamers who play a variety of game types. Hardcore PC gamers will appreciate the Kone XP’s top performance features like ROCCAT’s Owl-Eye 19K DPI sensor and ridiculously fast Titan Optical Switches, while heat-treated pure PFTE mouse skates and the PhantomFlex™ cable provide a near-wireless feel for smooth coasting across desktops. For PC gamers who love RGB lighting, ROCCAT’s Kone XP once again takes peripheral lighting to new heights and is sure to standout on any desktop with over 20 LEDs and the new transparent 4D Krystal Wheel.
Top PC publications including T3.com and PCMag.com recently posted reviews of ROCCAT’s new Kone XP mouse. T3 notes, “The ROCCAT Kone XP is a superb choice for your next mouse,” and has already included it in their “Best Gaming Mouse 2022” list, adding, “Kone XP has plenty of features to tempt gamers and non-gamers alike.” PCMag.com gave the Kone XP a 4.5/5 review score and Editor’s Choice designation, saying, “ROCCAT nearly perfects its AIMO line with the Kone XP, a gaming mouse with a cornucopia of top-shelf components and features.”
ROCCAT’s all-new Kone XP PC gaming mouse is available today at participating retailers worldwide for a MSRP of $89.99. “We’re delighted to see the new Kone XP receiving such positive feedback from our community since its recent reveal,” said René Korte, ROCCAT Founder and General Manager for PC Products at Turtle Beach. “The Kone XP is a testament to ROCCAT’s devotion to pushing the boundaries of comfort and customization. Its mix of refined ergonomics, groundbreaking aesthetics, and our latest technologies make Kone XP the perfect choice for any PC gamer, creator, or power user.”
The Kone XP‘s multi-button design, along with its revised ergonomics, reduced weight, and overall comfort will appeal to fans of ROCCAT’s earlier Kone AIMO Remastered, as well as PC gamers who play a range of games across different genres. The Kone XPmouse features the most buttons of any mouse in its price range. It has 15 buttons, with 29 different button functionalities thanks to ROCCAT’s Easy-Shift[+]™ technology — perfect for strategy games and MMOs like the recently released Lost Ark or Elden Ring. The Kone XP‘s ridiculously fast Titan Optical Switches sit under the left and right click buttons, giving a responsive click with incredibly rapid actuation for unparalleled speed and precision. The Titan Optical Switch is twice as fast as a mechanical switch and twice as durable, clocking in at a scorching 0.2ms actuation speed for up to 70 million clicks. Kone XP also allows for customizable debounce timing – critical for drag-clicking, making it a great companion for Minecraft.
With the Kone XP‘s amazing 22 LED lights, 8 light pipelines and translucent shell, ROCCAT is once again reinventing RGB lighting. The Kone XP’s translucent shell sets the stage to showcase ROCCAT’s AIMO lighting engine and ecosystem, synchronizing with other AIMO-enabled ROCCAT products such as the Magma membrane keyboard or the award-winning Vulcans. AIMO produces vibrant lighting displays in 16.8 million colours right out of the box, without the need for extensive configuration. Kone XP also features ROCCAT’s innovative 4D Krystal Wheel, which diffuses RGB lighting through its smoky transparent design to produce a unique lighting effect. In addition to the typical vertical click and scroll functions, the 4D Krystal Wheel also provides left and right lateral inputs, plus ROCCAT’s satisfying tactile “click” feel.
At the heart of the Kone XP PC gamers will find ROCCAT’s Owl-Eye 19K DPI optical sensor (based on PAW3370 from PixArt). The Owl-Eye sensor tracks mouse movement with high-precision for extreme in-game accuracy and is customizable via ROCCAT’s Swarm software suite. The Kone XPalso features ROCCAT’s PhantomFlex™ cable and heat-treated PTFE glides for a wireless mouse feeling. Flexible, pliable, and light, the cable resists snagging or tangling, and the extra heat-treatment on the slides means the mouse glides smoothly across desktops.
The Kone XP PC gaming mouse is also among a select list of products supporting the NVIDIA Reflex Analyzer. NVIDIA G-SYNC displays with Reflex have the world’s first and only system latency analyzer that detects clicks coming from gaming mice and measures the time for the resulting pixels (weapon muzzle flash) to change on screen. When using ROCCAT’s Kone XP mouse in conjunction with an NVIDIA G-SYNC display with Reflex, gamers can measure and improve full peripheral and end-to-end system latency.
For more information on the latest ROCCAT PC gaming products and accessories, visit ROCCAT.org and be sure to follow ROCCAT on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.
About Turtle Beach Corporation
Turtle Beach Corporation (corp.turtlebeach.com) is one of the world’s leading gaming accessory providers. The Company’s namesake Turtle Beach brand (www.turtlebeach.com) is known for designing high-quality, comfort-driven headsets for all gamers. Innovation, first-to-market features, a broad range of products for every type of gamer, and top-rated customer support have made Turtle Beach a fan-favorite brand and the market leader in console gaming audio for over a decade. In 2021, Turtle Beach expanded the best-selling brand beyond headsets and successfully launched the first of its groundbreaking game controllers and gaming simulation accessories. Turtle Beach’s ROCCAT brand (www.roccat.com) combines detail-loving German innovation with a genuine passion for designing the best PC gaming products, including award-winning keyboards, mice, headsets, mousepads, and other PC accessories. Turtle Beach’s Neat Microphones brand (www.neatmic.com) creates high-quality USB and analog microphones for gamers, streamers, professionals and students that embrace cutting-edge technology and design. Turtle Beach’s shares are traded on the Nasdaq Exchange under the symbol: HEAR.
