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ROCCAT's Tyon Gaming Mouse Has Arrived
Hamburg, 30 September 2014 – ROCCAT™ Studios once again leads the way in gaming peripheral design and execution with the release of the highly touted and much anticipated Tyon All Action Gaming Mouse, arriving today in the United States, Europe and Australia.
The Tyon is a wholly unique gaming mouse that puts every major action in the palm of the player's hand. The Tyon's X-Celerator, a two-way analogue stick handles throttling, sprinting, rotating tank turrets, and more with tried and tested ease of use. "No stone was left unturned, no option left on the table." says René Korte, CEO and founder of ROCCAT Studios. "We wanted the X-Celerator to be a major shift in mouse design for FPS gaming and beyond. We put in the testing hours to ensure it would be just that."
With 16 assignable buttons, 31 distinct possible functions, and a near limitless level of customization thanks to ROCCAT's dedicated Easy-Shift[+] Button, the Tyon is a game-changer. Land, sea, air, space - mastery of each layer in the FPS gaming sphere is imperative for competitive gamers. ROCCAT's designers and developers have worked in close collaboration with gaming experts, logging hundreds of hours of testing and fine-tuning to ensure the Tyon’s abilities elevate play, meeting these challenges head-on. On design, René says, "What's unique about the Tyon, is that while we optimised for FPS gaming, many testers found that it was a fantastic pairing with MMO and other game genres. We really like the idea that this mouse can be creatively utilized by players across the board. Our fans will absolutely find interesting ways to use it with whatever they play."
The Tyon's Dorsal Fin Switch, a two-click button set behind the mouse wheel, allows for a comfortable mid-finger action, eliminates the need for major hand adjustments, 576kB of onboard memory ensures vast storage of settings and macros, an 8200 DPI Pro-Aim Laser Sensor provides precision, quickness, and accuracy, vivid RGBY two-part illumination for both the lower rim and wheel of the mouse give the Tyon incredible range of personal style, and with a sleek black or white colour choice for the mouse itself, the Tyon truly is a marvel of form and function.
"We were excited to announce the Tyon a few months ago, and we've been extremely happy with the amazing response from fans," Says René. "Announcing a drop date for the Tyon in the United States, Europe and Australia is a big deal to us; all of us at ROCCAT Studios that put our efforts into this mouse are proud of the final product, and can't wait until gamers have a Tyon as a part of their arsenal."
The Tyon is available now for 99,90 Euro/ £79.99.
ROCCAT Tyon Tech Specs
· 8200 DPI PRO AIM (R3) LASER SENSOR
for precision gaming at its best
· X-CELERATOR THUMB PADDLE
for unrivaled command capabilities
· DORSAL FIN SWITCH
for rapid and instinctive control
· ROCCAT TITAN WHEEL
for millions of ultra-precise steps
· ROCCAT™ EASY-SHIFT[+]™
on-the-fly button duplicator
· 16.8M MULTICOLOR ILLUMINATION
customizable two-level light system
· TRACKING & DISTANCE CONTROL UNIT
less pick-up flight for precise gaming
· 16 MOUSE BUTTONS
programmable + dedicated Easy-Shift[+]™ button
· 32-BIT PROCESSOR + 576KB MEMORY
for rapid macro storage and execution
Links:
ROCCAT Tyon press kit
ROCCAT Tyon Homepage
ROCCAT Tyon trailer
ROCCAT on Facebook (global)
Contact:
UK
Sarah Bedwell, PR Manager
MUSTARD PR
+44 (0)1753 656661
International
Tim Krause, Senior PR Manager
+49 (0)40 309 9495 112
ROCCAT Studios Hamburg
Otto von Bahrenpark
Paul-Dessau-Str. 3g
22761 Hamburg
Germany
About ROCCAT Studios
Founded in 2007 in Hamburg, Germany, ROCCAT Studios produces innovative, high-quality products for today’s ambitious computer gamer. Always operating in close collaboration with the gaming community, the company’s advanced input devices, headsets and accessories offer extreme precision, first-class ease-of-use and unique, eye-catching design. ROCCAT™ entered the scene with its Kone gaming mouse – a high-performance device that still ranks as one of the world’s premier gaming peripherals. A long list of international awards attests to the ingenious design and world-class quality of ROCCAT products.
The Survival RPG hits its $250,000 Kickstarter campaign target with over a week to spare!
MOSCOW, Russia – 30 September 2014 – Ice-Pick Lodge, an independent Russian developer renowned for their distinctive and thought provoking games, are proud to announce that the Kickstarter campaign for Pathologic, the reimagining of their 2005 debut game, has smashed through its $250,000 goal with over a week to go.
Publicly backed on social media during the campaign by such development luminaries as Chris Avellone, Creative Director & Co-Owner of Obsidian Entertainment and Brian Fargo, CEO of InXile Entertainment, Pathologic has received overwhelming support across the gaming community and in the process become the most heavily backed independent Russian game on the crowd platform to date.
Currently standing on almost $265,000 and with six days still remaining on the campaign, the next target for Pathologic is to hit its $300,000 stretch goal – ‘The Town Extended’. This additional layer to the mysterious Town will include additional quest lines, locations, hidden areas and NPCs (akin to a Director’s Cut for a film) in order to make this unique location even richer and more immersive, cementing Pathologic in the minds of anyone that plays it.
For more information on the game and the crowd funding campaign, thePathologic Kickstarter page can befound at:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1535515364/pathologic
Or visit the official Pathologic website at
http://pathologic-game.com/en/
The enigmatic trailer can be viewed on YouTube or downloaded in a variety of formats fromhttp://vimeo.com/icepicklodge/review/106494991/e3e327883b
About Pathologic
Taking place over a 12 day period, Pathologic is set in a small but mysterious town hit by a deadly and highly infectious disease whose origins are unknown. To fight the epidemic the local authorities send in a doctor, an inquisitor to assess the situation, and then a military commander with orders to destroy the town as a last resort. Along with the authorities’ agents, two volunteer healers find their way to the town-with-no-name along with the doctor, each of them with their own ideas on how this sinister disease came to be.
Taking on the role of one of these three doctors, players explore the town, its weird traditions and the complex relationships of its inhabitants in their quest to overcome this invisible evil called the Sand Plague, trying to find a way to fight and destroy the contagion itself, whilst endeavoring to save as many lives as possible and not to succumb to the disease themselves.
The plot of Pathologic is broken down into 12 chapters reflecting the 12 days the game is set across, each of them carrying new stories, quests and events. Time, however, flows mercilessly; if you fail to finish a task when it is due the opportunity is lost, as are human lives…
About Ice-Pick Lodge
Ice-Pick Lodge is a Russian game development studio founded in 2002. To date they have released four games: Pathologic (2005), The Void (2009),Cargo! A Quest for Gravity (2011), and Knock-Knock (2013). Their general philosophy is that games should give players food for thought, not just fun. Making survival games before it was mainstream, Pathologic (2005) was innovative for its time. With the genre now fully embraced by the gaming community, Ice-Pick Lodge now want to take the genre to the next step, fully exploring the potential of survival games.
For more information on Pathologic or Ice-Pick Lodge, please contact:
Simon Callaghan
Johnny Atom Productions
T: +44 (0)203 176 0139
M: +44 (0)7867 514554
