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PC hardware specialist Razer is reportedly in the process” of acquiring Ouya. The Kickstarted Android console firm was revealed as being up for sale in April. Now TechCrunch says that it has heard Razer could be the buyer. Ouya took to Kickstarter in 2012 on the hunt for 41m of …
Read More »Accessories Update: Recreated ZX Spectrum and Razer Firefly mousepad
MCV takes a look at the best accessories heading to UK retail. This week, a slice of gaming history returns and Razer brings a splash of colour to its new mousepad Recreated Sinclair ZX Spectrum One of the UK’s best-selling games machines ever made has been resurrected for the modern …
Read More »Razer Chroma SDK enters beta
Tool allows developers to trigger peripheral lighting with in-game actions
Read More »Accessories Update: Nyko PS4 Data Bank and Razer Seiren
MCV takes a look at the best accessories heading to UK retail. This week, we investigate the latest PS4 accessory from Nyko and sing the praises of Razer’s Seiren microphone Nyko Data Bank for PlayStation 4 While the PlayStation 4 has a larger hard drive than its predecessor, the PS3, …
Read More »Razer wants in on the potential VR boom with new OSVR headset
Yet another virtual reality headset has been announced – Razer’s OSVR. Razer is hoping to carve out its share of the increasingly crowded market by trying to construct an industry standard. Indeed, OSVR actually stands for Open Source Virtual Reality. At the centre of it is a VR headset going …
Read More »OSVR brings open-source standard to virtual reality
Hacker Dev Kit to begin shipping in June 2015
Read More »Watch the third episode of Razer eSports documentary Team Razer: Great Games
The second and final instalment in Razer’s three-part eSports documentary has hit the web. This episode focuses on one of the biggest games in the world – League of Legends. When we say eSports is in Razer’s DNA, we really mean it,” Razer co-founder and CEO Min-Liang Tan said. We …
Read More »Watch the first episode of Razer eSports documentary Team Razer: Great Games right now
The first instalment in Razer’s three-part eSports documentary has hit the web. Episode one of ‘Team Razer: Great Games’ looks at the beginnings of contemporary eSports, focusing on the formative effect of Blizzard’s seminal real-time strategy game StarCraft: Brood War and widely-known eSports competitors such as Jaedong and Flash, before …
Read More »Razer eSports documentary coming soon
The first episode of a documentary following professional eSports players is set for release this Saturday. ‘Team Razer: Great Games’ is a three-part documentary following members of Team Razer, and focusing on three big pro-gaming titles – StarCraft II, Dota 2 and League of Legends. A new episode of the …
Read More »How the Razer Nabu can be used for games
We ask what the wristband and SDK has to offer developers
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