January 2009
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Upcoming WoW Mouse software update
As done earlier this month, we are currently preparing to launch a new software update for the WoW MMO Gaming Mouse. One of the main reasons for this forthcoming update is the fact that a few software issues affected some WoW Mouse users’ ability to take full advantage of the button programming capability on the mouse.
We have addressed some of the issues in the recent software update and...
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Regarding Mac drivers for the WoW Mouse
A fair amount of World of Warcraft players prefer using Mac and therefore it is unfortunate for some, that the WoW MMO Gaming Mouse software is not available for Mac - yet.
For those World of Warcraft players who prefer using Mac, rest assured that we are working aggressively with Blizzard to develop a strategy for providing robust support for the WoW MMO Gaming Mouse and as soon it’s...
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"... for hardcore WoW players"
XSReviews’ Whoopty recently got his hands on the World of Warcraft MMO Gaming Mouse and posted a full, 9 page review this Friday.
Copy/paste of the in-game testing:
“I setup a rest key to give myself a quick way of gaining health and mana back instead of typing “/sit”. I also threw in a few chat commands I liked to use , adding those to the buttons I hadn’t used...
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Sticky buttons - and how to get a replacement unit
Over the course of the past month we’ve discovered a higher than acceptable return rate on the WoW MMO Gaming mouse. The problems were found within a limited number of early manufactured units from the first batch of production.
It is unfortunate that these devices made it through our quality control process and out to the public - of course this is unacceptable and we deeply apologize.
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UGT pre-weekend catch up
As announced on the 1st of January along with a 1st prize of 100.000 SEK (+11.000$), Ultimate Gaming Tour’s first stop will kick off in about 14 days in Malmö, Sweden.
Registrations for other future qualifiers are open as well, and we are constantly adding news and info on which CS celebrities will attend the different events.
Freshest additions are old-school legend XeqtR and, as...
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Best WoW mouse setups awarded on SK Gaming
SK Gaming was one of the first community sites to offer the SteelSeries WoW MMO Gaming Mouse to its users in a quite awesome competition.
To enter the competition one had to post his/hers 15-button favorite setup of the WoW mouse and finally today the most staggering, creative and intelligent configurations have been nailed down by the professional WoW PvP team from SK Gaming consisting of...
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SteelSeries teams successful at WC3L
SteelSeries sponsored teams, fnatic, SK Gaming and MYM qualified and were present at the €20.000 Euro ESL WC3L series Grand Finals in Chengud, China this weekend.
After a close final match between World Elite Pepsi and SK Gaming, first mentioned came out victorious making the final standings look like this:
1. World Elite Pepsi
2. SK Gaming*
3. MYM*
4. fnatic*
*Teams using SteelSeries...
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Zath.co.uk on the Zboard WotLK edition
UK based tech and games blog, Zath.co.uk, got their hands on the SteelSeries Zboard WotLK edition in a well done review published yesterday.
Simon Barker, who is also an avid WoW player, touches up on the different features of the keyboard and gives a report on his personal favorite commands.
Here’s a little preview: “Not only do you get special keys for specific World of Warcraft...
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SteelSeries 7G - the best keyboard of 2008
Just recently, the famous tech and gadget blog, Gizmodo, pointed out the very best gear they’ve seen over the course of the year in the annual Bestmodo post.
This time around, SteelSeries 7G made the cut and finished 2008 strong by receiving the classy title of being the best keyboard reviewed by the blog in 2008.
To quote Gizmodo: “It’s more bragger’s guide than...
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Attention TF2'ers!
The fourth season of Europe’s largest Team Fortress 2 league kicked off yesterday with SteelSeries as a proud sponsor.
Hosting the 250-team league is ETF2L, a European Team Fortress 2 community with 1000+ TF2 teams competing in different cups and leagues.
Check the announcement of the Season 4 SteelSeries prizes here.
/Casper
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Software updated for WoW MMO Gaming Mouse
Just a quick heads-up to let the WoW MMO Gaming Mouse owners know about the latest software update for the mouse.
The new driver version became available on Tuesday the 30th of December and includes the following couple of fixes:
Fixed issues with mouse button 4 and 5
Added French and Spanish support
The new software can be downloaded via our downloads section - remember to delete the...
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Ultimate Gaming Tour announced
Yesterday was a big day for us - not only was it the fresh beginning of an exciting year to come for SteelSeries but we were also able to finally burst the bubble and reveal our UGT project to the public.
UGT stands for Ultimate Gaming Tour and is a Counter-Strike 1.6 1vs1 tournament with 14 qualifiers across different Media Markt retail outlets in Sweden, boasting a 1st place cash prize of...