Gaming peripheral maker Razer launched a new version of its Naga MMO-focused PC gaming mouse. Called the Naga Epic Chroma, this mouse is only meant for right-handed gamers, as the company has stuffed 12 mechanical buttons on its left side. (Sorry lefties, but you'll have to stick with the first Naga MMO mouse for now.)
As the name implies, this Naga mouse is injected with a dose of multi-color lighting, just like the other peripherals in the Chroma series. This allows gamers to choose from 16.8 million colors and lighting effects (spectrum cycling, static) to light up the tilt-click scroll wheel and the mechanical thumb grid. If you're an MMO gamer with a specific color theme, then this mouse is for you.
"The new Naga Epic Chroma gives MMO gamers more freedom than ever before," said Min-Liang Tan, Razer co-founder and CEO. "We've combined the comfortable features of the Naga with even more state-of-the-art gaming features, along with the new, fully-customizable Chroma color features."
There are actually 19 programmable buttons on the Naga Epic Chroma, including the 12 in the thumb pad, the left and right buttons, two on the top, and three on the scroll wheel (left-click, right-click and down-click). This mouse is also wireless, but if you're old school and would rather use a wired connection, this new Naga mouse has that, too.
The Chroma edition builds on the older Naga Epic mouse, featuring an improved thumb grid that has pronounced buttons and tactile feedback. Razer also did away with the interchangeable side panels and redesigned the form factor to provide a "one size fits all" design. And as previously indicated, the scroll wheel can tilt left and right, providing two extra buttons.
The new mouse includes a 4G laser sensor capable of 8200 DPI, 1000 Hz ultrapolling, 50g of acceleration, a 32-bit ARM processor, ultraslick mouse feet, a 7-foot braided fiber USB charging cable, and more. This mouse is also compatible with Razer Synapse, which allows the user to assign the buttons, the colors and so on. The Synapse software stores those settings in the cloud so that nothing has changed if the user jumps onto another computer.
MMO gamers interested in getting this mouse can pre-purchase the new peripheral directly from Razer right here. This mouse ships in November 2014 and doesn't come cheap, costing $129.99.
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