Five tried-and-true devices featuring retro blue backlighting available exclusively on Razer’s website
Dec. 4, 2014:
CARLSBAD, Calif. – Razer™, a world leader in connected devices and software for gamers, today announced Razer Classics, a set of five exclusive products available only on the company’s RazerStore website.
Each Razer Classic product will feature blue LED backlighting as a tribute to the company’s formative years. These legendary products will include the latest Razer hardware and technology, ensuring contemporary performance, but with a subtle nostalgic vibe.
All Razer Classic products will come with complimentary limited edition Razer add-ons available at checkout on RazerStore. The products featured in the Razer Classic series are the Razer BlackWidow Ultimate gaming keyboard, the Razer DeathAdder gaming mouse, the Razer Kraken 7.1 gaming headset, the Razer Naga MMO gaming mouse and the Razer Tartarus gaming keypad.
“In order to pay homage to our origins and the fans who’ve been through it all, our Razer Classic products with Blue LED backlighting commemorate a time when Razer first made its mark in the gaming world,” says Min-Liang Tan, Razer co-founder and CEO. “These products are available exclusively via RazerStore and, together with the free add-ons we’ve bundled with each product, you will get a great deal.”
Each Razer Classic device will be Razer Synapse enabled, allowing gamers to customize and save personalized software settings in the cloud, able to be accessed anytime from anywhere.
See below for more information on each individual product featured in the Razer Classic series, or visit www.razerzone.com/exclusive
About the RazerStore
RazerStore is the definitive one-stop shop that gives customers access to the complete range of products, including those that cannot be found anywhere else, on- or offline. Together with irresistible exclusive deals and promotions, customers can enjoy shopping everything Razer from just one place.
About the Razer BlackWidow Ultimate
The Razer BlackWidow Ultimate is the latest revamped version of the top-selling keyboard series, now featuring the Razer Mechanical Switches, the world’s first mechanical switch designed for gaming. Using ultra precise manufacturing techniques that result in highly durable switches that last up to 60 million key strokes, the Razer BlackWidow Ultimate was tested and validated by the world’s top eSports athletes. The Razer BlackWidow Ultimate is supported by the cutting-edge Razer Synapse 2.0 configuration software which synchronizes the gaming keyboard to automatically download driver 4and firmware updates as well as profiles, macros and keybind settings from the cloud server.
Product Features:
- Individually backlit LED blue keys
- World’s first mechanical switch designed for gaming
- Optimized actuation and reset points
- Greater durability – Up to 60 million key strokes
- Ultra-precision manufacturing technique for tighter tolerance
- Gold-plated contact points
- Tested and validated by the world’s top eSports athletes
- Razer Synapse enabled
Price:
U.S. $129.99 / EU €129.99
Availability: Immediate
About the Razer DeathAdder
The Razer DeathAdder was released in 2006 and is still to-date the world’s best-selling gaming mouse, used by countless pro gamers in the circuit as their de facto gaming mouse. The new DeathAdder iteration focuses on improving power, performance and control through hardware tweaks and software upgrades.
Product Features:
- Backlit LED blue logo, scroll wheel
- 6400 dpi 4G Optical Sensor
- Ergonomic right-handed design with textured rubber side grips
- Five independently programmable Hyperesponse buttons
- Razer Synapse enabled
- 1000 Hz Ultrapolling / 1 ms response
- On-The-Fly Sensitivity adjustment
- Always-On mode
- 200 in. per sec. and 50 G of acceleration
- Zero-acoustic Ultraslick mouse feet
- Gold-plated USB connector
- Seven-foot, lightweight, braided fiber cable
- Approximate size: 5.00 in. / 127 mm (Length) x 2.76 in. / 70 mm (Width) x 1.73 in. / 44 mm (Height)
- Approximate weight : 0.23 lbs. / 105 g
Price:
U.S. $59.99 / EU €59.99
Availability: Immediate
About the Razer Kraken 7.1
Get the complete 7.1 surround sound gaming experience with the Razer Kraken 7.1 USB gaming headset. This headset adopts the comfortable form factor of the Razer Kraken Pro, tested by numerous professional gamers to determine the optimal ergonomics for extended gaming sessions. The headset’s 40 mm neodymium magnet drivers power a sound signature that features deep bass, warm mids and crystal-clear highs, for total gaming immersion.
Featuring a retractable microphone hidden in the left ear cup when not in use, the Razer Kraken 7.1 maintains a sleek form factor, all while protecting the microphone during transportation and storage.
Product Features:
Headphones
- Backlit LED blue logo
- Frequency Response: 20 Hz – 20,000 Hz
- Impedance: 32 Ω at 1 kHz
- Sensitivity (@1 kHz, 1 V/Pa): 112 dB
- Output Power: 30 mW
- Drivers: 40 mm, with Neodymium Magnets
- Inner Ear Cup Diameter: 50 mm / 1.97 in.
- Cable Length: 2m / 6.56 ft. braided USB cable
- Approximate Weight: 340 g / 0.75 lbs.
- Connector: Gold plated USB
Microphone
- Backlit LED blue microphone
- Frequency Response: 100 Hz – 12,000 Hz
- Signal-to-Noise Ratio: 63 dB
- Sensitivity (@1 kHz, 1 V/Pa): -40 ± 4 dB
- Pick-up Pattern: Omnidirectional
Price:
U.S. $89.99 / EU €89.99
Availability: Immediate
About the Razer Naga
Get complete control over your MMO gaming with the all-new Razer Naga. Featuring a 12-button thumb grid, the Razer Naga is outfitted with mechanical switches to deliver faster, more tactile actuations. Its improved form factor promotes exceptional comfort and fits snugly with a wide range of hand shapes, sizes and grip-types, while the included in-game MMO configurator software allows gamers to conveniently set up the mouse without ever leaving the game.
Product Features:
- Backlit LED blue logo, scroll wheel, thumb grid buttons
- Total of 19 MMO optimized programmable buttons
- 12-button mechanical thumb grid
- Tilt-click scroll wheel
- 8200 dpi 4G laser sensor
- Razer Synapse enabled
- 1000 Hz Ultrapolling
- Up to 200 inches per second / 50 g max acceleration
- Zero-acoustic Ultraslick mouse feet
- 2.1 m / 7 ft. braided fibre cable
- Product dimensions:
o Length: 119 mm / 4.68 inches
o Width: 75 mm / 2.95 inches
o Height: 43 mm / 1.69 inches
- Product weight: 135 g / 0.30 lbs
Price:
U.S. $79.99 / EU €79.99
Availability: Immediate
About the Razer Tartarus
Control an infinite number of commands at your fingertips with the Razer Tartarus expert gaming keypad, featuring 25 membrane keys including a programmable eight-way thumb-pad. The Razer Tartarus is designed to deliver absolute comfort during extended play with an adjustable soft-touch wrist pad. Use Razer Synapse 2.0 to save your custom settings and update from anywhere in the world.
Product Features:
- backlit keypad Blue LED keys
- 25 fully programmable keys including an
- 8-way directional thumb-pad
- Instantaneous switching between 8 key maps
- Improved ergonomic form factor
- Adjustable soft-touch wrist pad for remarkable comfort
- Full anti-ghosting
- Unlimited macro lengths
- Unlimited game profiles
- Backlit keys for total control even in dark conditions
- Braided fiber cable
- Razer Synapse 2.0 enabled
Price:
U.S. $79.99 / EU €79.99
Availability: Immediate
About Razer
Razer™ is a world leader in connected devices and software for gamers.
Razer is transforming the way people play games, engage with other gamers and identify with the gamer lifestyle. Having won the coveted “Best of CES” award consecutively for four years, the company’s leadership in product innovation continues to create new categories for the gaming community that is estimated to have over 1 billion gamers worldwide.
Razer’s award-winning design and technology include an array of user interface and systems devices, voice-over IP for gamers and a cloud platform for customizing and enhancing gaming devices.
Founded in 2005, Razer is backed by IDG-Accel and Heliconia Capital Management (Heliconia), a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore investment company Temasek. For more information visit http://www.razerzone.com/about-razer.