Razer announced the launch of a new suite of Razer Naga Special Edition gaming mice – the Razer Naga Maelstrom Special Edition and the Razer Naga Molten Special Edition.

“After the phenomenal response we received for the Razer Naga, we’ve decided to create two collectible versions to offer our fans even more ways to dominate their game,” said Robert “Razer Guy” Krakoff, president, Razer USA. “We took the same functionality of full button remapping and macro capabilities of the original Razer Naga and rejuvenated the aesthetic design for a more immersive MMO gaming experience.”

Upon its release, the original Razer Naga generated overwhelmingly positive reviews at Amazon.com and NewEgg.com like, “Finally, the mouse I’ve been waiting for! 5/5” and “If you play WoW, get this mouse. 5/5.” With almost all the users of the Razer Naga (based on online end user feedback at major online retailers) providing a positive review, the Razer Naga is the defining product that created the category of MMO gaming peripherals.

Razer is going one step further with the announcement of the Maelstrom Special Edition, inviting MMO gamers to submerge into the heart of the vortex. Featuring the same 17 MMO-optimized buttons with unprecedented macro functionality, this mouse has a whirlpool of entrancing blue light emanating from its swirling core.

In addition to the Maelstrom version, Razer also introduces the Molten Special Edition which glows a wicked and fiery red hue. Along with the lava-red fissures cutting a jagged path across the mouse, the MMO-optimized buttons glow a blazing crimson color. No matter what version you choose, with a Razer Naga SE you will Get Imba!

Razer Naga Maelstrom Special Edition
Price: US $79.99 / €79.99

Availability:
Razerzone.com – November 2010
Worldwide – November 2010

Product Features:

* Glowing vortex design and blue backlighting
* 17 Fully-programmable MMO-optimized buttons (including 12 button thumb grid)
* 5600dpi Razer Precision 3.5G Laser Sensor
* 1000Hz Ultrapolling / 1ms response time
* Zero-acoustic Ultraslick feet
* Optional MMO-specific software AddOns
* Unlimited character profiles with AddOns
* Approximate size: 116L x 69W x 41.6H (in mm)

Razer Naga Molten Special Edition
Price: US $79.99 / €79.99

Availability:
Razerzone.com – November 2010
Worldwide – November 2010

Product Features:

* Glowing cracked surface design and blazing red backlighting
* 17 Fully-programmable MMO-optimized buttons (including 12 button thumb grid)
* 5600dpi Razer Precision 3.5G Laser Sensor
* 1000Hz Ultrapolling / 1ms response time
* Zero-acoustic Ultraslick feet
* Optional MMO-specific software AddOns
* Unlimited character profiles with AddOns
* Approximate size: 116L x 69W x 41.6H (in mm)

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Seems that mouses these days are in an e-peen fight amongst manufacturers … which has the most buttons.

Logitech launched the Wireless Gaming Mouse G700, a new gaming peripheral with 13 buttons with macro capability. Interestingly, the mouse includes a charging cable so you can even it it when your batteries are dead.

Optimized for MMO while still offering the precision needed for FPS, the Wireless Gaming Mouse G700 keeps you comfortable, in control and deep in your game. Its 13 precisely placed controls can be programmed to perform single actions or complex macros with a single click, but are out of the way when you don’t need them. The full-speed wireless connection (1000 reports per second) gives you gaming performance without lags coupled with the freedom of wireless.

The G700 mouse is designed with natural curves to better fit your hand — so you can keep playing comfortably for as long as you want. The quick-connect charging cable provides both power, even when the mouse is still in use, and data-over-cable capabilities for LAN-friendly connectivity.

It will be sold for a hideous $99.99.

End of Nations brings real-time strategy (RTS) and massively multiplayer online (MMO) games together for a gaming experience that is a revolutionary leap forward. Armed with an array of advanced technologies, this new world order promised it would never allow another global disaster, but the price was unquestioned obedience. Benevolence quickly turned to tyranny as individual freedom and cultural identity were crushed under the tank-treads of the Order of Nations.

Revolutionaries everywhere are now banding together to challenge this totalitarian enemy in the ultimate war for the future of mankind.

Here’s a trailer and developer diary for End of Nations, an MMORTS being developed by Petroglyph, which is made up of by veterans from the original Command & Conquer.

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Over at Cologne, Germany, Gamescom is going strong, and companies like Razer are not letting the time slip by without some kind of announcement. In the case of Razer, they had a doozie lined up for this conference: a 17-key mouse, that looks like some kind of futuristic toy, which is called the Naga.

It’s set to be used for Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) games, but as you can probably already assume, it’s tailored for the largest of them all, World of Warcraft.

This USB-connected peripheral has a unique 12-button pad on the left-hand side of the mouse, lined up in a simple to use format, so that your thumb doesn’t have to travel all that far to press any one of the buttons. In addition, there’s the regular five buttons found on “normal” mice, which means there’s some semblance of a traditional piece of hardware in there somewhere. The mouse itself isn’t solely designed for MMOs, and can be used with any application that allows for button configuration of custom mouse buttons, as well as Razer’s own Windows software which can be used to map a wide array of shortcuts to very specific tasks.

We’d just like to say how unique this thing looks, and, if it’s not too crazy, attractive. Maybe it’s just the promotional pictures, but either way, we’re pulled in and can’t wait for this thing to ship, whenever it ships. At this point, Razer isn’t letting out anything other than “soon.” But, one good thing we can take away from this, is that it won’t cost you your left arm to get this peripheral. Just $80 will get you more than prepared for your next year-long campaign in WoW. Are you ready?

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