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We are professional gamers. First, foremost, and always we are a team of overachievers – determined to deliv-er and exceed expectations. We are innovators – using every thing from nuclear power plant buttons to plain old glass as inspiration. We are pioneers. We are members of the eSport community – from geeky grassroots to global glory. We will never stop pushing hard. We will never stop improving. We will always challenge the status quo.For more than 10 years it has been our mission to provide gamers with the tools to win regardless of their skill level. From the professional gamer playing for a million dollars to a new gamer experiencing their first MMO – for everyone

WINNING IS EVERYTHING

who knows that the slightest advantage can be the dif-ference between winning and losing. That’s why gamers around the world choose SteelSeries.We have set the standard for gaming accessories thanks to continued innovation and product development in co-operation with leading professional gamers (who actually make a living based on the quality of our products) and the world’s most demanding technology consumers, Our development strategy is simple: We design and create products that take performance to the next level.

WE ARE STEELSERIES. WE ARE PROFESSIONAL GAMERS.

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STORY – ESPORTS ............................................................................. 6

AUDIO 8SIBERIA ELITE – ENTER THE UNHEARD ............................................... 10H WIRELESS – WIRELESS AND LIMITLESS .......................................... 12H SERIES – TOURNAMENT GRADE ....................................................... 14SIBERIA V2 – THE LEGEND .................................................................. 16

STORY – STEELSERIES ENGINE 3 .................................................... 18

KEYBOARDS 20APEX – PRESS ANY KEY TO WIN ........................................................... 22

STORY – PLAYERS AND TEAMS ........................................................ 24

MICE 26RIVAL – UNRIVALED PRECISION ........................................................... 28

STORY – DEVELOPMENT OF RIVAL .................................................. 30SENSEI – BOW TO THE MASTER .......................................................... 32SENSEI WIRELESS – MAKE YOUR MOVE ............................................. 34

SURFACES 36

CONTROLLER 38STRATUS – THIS IS THE BEGINNING … ............................................... 40

AT A GLANCE

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RIVAL OPTICAL MOUSE – PAGE 28

SURFACES – PAGE 36

SIBERIA v2 – PAGE 16

APEX – PAGE 22

SENSEI LASER MOUSE – PAGE 32

SENSEI WIRELESS – PAGE 34

STRATUS GAME CONTROLLER – PAGE 40

H WIRELESS – PAGE 12

H SERIES – PAGE 14

SIBERIA ELITE – PAGE 10

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Electronic sports (eSports), is used to describe profes-sional or competitive gaming.

It’s a term that many people find somewhat amusing or puzzling the first time they hear it, mostly because “sports” is associated with physical activities like foot-ball, soccer, basketball, etc. But, we define sport as an

organized, competitive, and skillful activity requiring a standardized set of

rules. The pure skill

required to become a world champion in one of the many eSports titles is probably only really understood by ded-icated and competitive gamers. But make no mistake, it requires passion, dedication, training, intelligence, and lightning fast reflexes to even enter the pro circuit. Our brand began in eSports. And because of that, our corporate philosophy is to take a substantial portion of our revenue and put it back into the competitive gaming scene to help encourage industry growth. We support the community in numerous ways, ranging from co-hosting tourna-ments and supplying products for prizing, to promoting the top gaming teams and organi-zations around the globe.

ESPORTSWINNING IS EVERYTHING

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By working with the elite talent in professional gaming we receive invaluable feedback and input during our product development. We look at it like this: if we can make a product great enough for the best of the best – the people who demand extreme performance, extreme

consistency, extreme precision, and extreme comfort – then we’ll succeed in making a product that is excellent for any gamer.

EVENTS & SPECTATORSWhat started as small social gatherings

in basements and recreation centers has today moved into far bigger venues. Dream-

Hack, which is recognized today as the world’s largest computer festival with more than 22,000

attendees, began in the early 90’s in the basement of an elementary school. The Staples Center in downtown Los Ange-les, home of the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Kings, housed the Season 3 World Championship for League of Legends. In a matter of hours, 13,000 seats sold out online.The main viewing platform for eSports coverage is found on the Internet. The majority of all events today provide a free-to-watch model, ensuring that the people who are unable to attend the event have a way to watch from their homes. While thousands are watching the event on site, MILLIONS will be watching from their homes.

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AUDIOOur philosophy in creating headsets is simple. Provide superior comfort, detailed sound and innovative fea-tures that help gamers win. The Si-beria headset brand has been cho-sen by millions of gamers around the world since 2004. It is the Siberia’s featherweight, self-adjust-ing design that has redefined com-fort and sound quality in the gaming audio market.SteelSeries headsets are built to perform at the highest possible level in the most demanding conditions. These core values are the foundation of our next-generation SteelSeries headsets, which incorporate cus-tom-tuned proprietary speaker drivers, powerful SteelSeries Engine software, and immersive Dolby® technologies (Dolby Surround, Dolby Pro Logic IIx, and Dolby Headphone). From your first gaming headset to your premium home theater expe-rience, SteelSeries is there for you with great audio and world-class comfort.

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STEELSERIES HEADSETS ARE BATTLE TESTED IN THE MOST DEMANDING CONDITIONS.”

DAN RADIN Category Manager Audio

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SIBERIA ELITEENTER THE UNHEARDThe SteelSeries Siberia Elite head-set delivers on our iconic heritage of outstanding sound and longwearing comfort. It features a full-range of sound tuned for gaming, but also excellent for music and other forms of entertainment. Its earcups feature brilliant illumination with a selection of 16.8 million colors and the abili-ty to utilize our exclusive ColorShift mode. The Siberia Elite also features a powerful Dolby Virtual 7.1 sur-round soundscape leveraging Dolby Headphone and Dolby Pro Logic IIx to immerse gamers in the heat of battle. SteelSeries Engine 3 software empowers gamers with extensive performance features and illumina-tion controls.

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Available in Black & White

FEATURESIconic Design

Retractable Microphone

Dolby 7.1

SteelSeries Engine 3 Compatible

Noise Isolation

COMPATIBILITY

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H WIRELESSWIRELESS AND LIMITLESSThe H Wireless Headset is a premi-um multi-platform wireless gaming headset with three Dolby surround sound technologies for use with virtually all media and gaming systems. It has superior wireless sound, amazingly powerful and sim-ple-to-control functionality and vir-tually unlimited wireless play time.It’s the first gaming headset with an OLED display used to visually moni-tor all audio, wireless, configuration, and system settings. Commonly used settings can be adjusted re-motely from the headset itself, so you never have to leave your chair or couch again. The H Wireless also comes with two hot-swappable Lithium-Ion battery packs for limitless playtime free of ca-bles.

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FEATURESWireless Technology (100 – 10,000 hz Frequency)

Virtual Dolby 7.1

On-Ear Controls

Live Mix

COMPATIBILITY

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H SERIESTOURNAMENT GRADEEngineered for performance, the H Series headsets isolate the most important game sounds so you can hear them in time to react. Our tournament-grade drivers and cus-tom engineered soundscapes give you an edge in worlds where every fraction of a second counts. The H Series is the ultimate lineup of solu-tions for gamers who are as serious about their headsets as they are about winning.

9H

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5Hv3

3Hv2

FEATURESRetractable Microphone

Closed Type Headphones

Tournament Grade Performance

Extreme Passive Noise Cancellation

Incredible Digital Features

COMPATIBILITY

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SIBERIA V2THE LEGENDBased on the ground-breaking and award-winning design of our original Siberia Full-Size Headset, every ele-ment of the Siberia v2 headset has been optimized for gaming comfort and performance. It features 50 mm drivers, a retractable built-in micro-phone, earcups with passive noise reduction, and all the comfort of the iconic Sibera headband design.Simply put, that is what makes Si-beria v2 the most popular, best-sell-ing gaming headset on the planet.

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Available in various colors and editions

FEATURESClosed Type Headphones

Retractable Microphone

In-Line Volume Control

Noise Reduction Earcups

Lightweight Headband Suspension

COMPATIBILITY

Heat Orange & Frost Blue Editions are PS4 compatible

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STEELSERIES ENGINE 3THE BACKBONE OF YOUR SUCCESSIn order to deliver the best gaming performance and customization possible, we completely redesigned the SteelSeries Engine. An ultra-low resource application, the new SteelSeries Engine delivers more features and control of your gear than ever before. We packed an enormous amount of features into a very lean footprint, using < 10 MB of RAM and ~1 % of CPU. That’s an incredible 80 % less than our competition.But the real power of the engine is not its small size, but its huge im-pact on the gaming experience. With it, gamers can make precise adjust-ments and personal customization to truly fine-tune their performance and experience. Our ExactTech mouse tweaks, 10-band equalizers, and advanced macros are all ad-justable to give you the competitive advantage needed to play (and win) completely on your own terms.

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Create Game/Application Presets

Tweak Performance

COMPATIBILITY

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KEYBOARDSSpeed, accuracy and complete customization are at the heart of all SteelSeries keyboards. We pay meticulous attention to every detail with each component being op-timally placed and serving a pur-pose. The height of the keys, the angle of the keyboard, the location of the macro and media keys – all are tested and optimized for the competitive gamer. Through our SteelSeries Engine software gamers can personally tune their keyboard with a plethora of customization and profile options. From indestructi-ble mechanicals to the feature-rich and completely customizable Apex line, our keyboard offering covers a range of options.

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TINO SOELBERGCTO / Category Manager Keyboards

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WE PAY METICULOUS ATTENTION TO EVERY DETAIL WITH EACH COM-PONENT BEING OPTIMALLY PLACED AND SERVING A PURPOSE.

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APEX & APEX [RAW]PRESS ANY KEY TO WINThe SteelSeries Apex is designed to give gamers everything they want and more. Enjoy 88 more ways to win with 22 macro keys each capable of up to 4 macro lay-ers. SteelSeries ActiveZone lighting delivers 5 inde-pendent color zones, each capable of 16.8 million colors for style and function. Set unique colors for each of your macro layers enabling you to not only recognize your current layer faster, but also lo-cate groups of keys with ease. The Apex also includes a few extras like an integrated USB hub, independent media keys, and a braided nylon cable. The  SteelSeries Apex [RAW]  deliv-ers only the  essentials for victory. Featuring brilliant white illumination with 8 levels of intensity, the Apex [RAW] has 17 macro keys that are each capable of up to 2 layers.

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APEX [RAW]

FEATURES5 Zones of 16.8 million colors

5 zones for Each of the 22 Macro Layers

Independent Media Keys

SteelSeries Engine Compatible

Superior Anti-Ghosting Layout

Extra Arrow Keys for Directional Convenience

COMPATIBILITY

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PLAYERS & TEAMSOUR TRUSTED PARTNERSSteelSeries is built on a foundation, where the key element and inspiration to progress is our most important partners – the professional gaming teams. Since day one we have brainstormed, developed and researched alongside the most successful gaming organizations in the world, creating key prod-ucts that have now become the preferred choice in gaming gear for players wanting success.The SteelSeries products have assisted teams and players in winning some of the most prestigious and popular gaming events, including the Intel Ex-treme Masters, Valve’s The International, Electronic Sports World Cup, Riot’s World Championship, Global StarCraft II League, Major League Gaming, plus many more.

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As well as working with the above top organizations, supporting upcoming teams and underdog talents is also an ongoing process for us. SteelSeries supports many teams and organizations of different sizes, helping them to realize their goals.Today, after a lengthy process, many countries recognize eSports on the same level as traditional sports. The United States government recognizes League of Legends professional players as professional athletes and award visas to essentially work in the United States under that title. Goes without saying, eSports is here to stay.

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MICESteelSeries mice are the perfect tools for those wanting precision, accuracy, performance, durabili-ty and ultimate personalization. In 2009 we introduced the Sensei, the most powerful laser mouse ever. We built upon the Sensei’s pro-grade legacy with the introduction of the Rival Optical Gaming Mouse in late 2013. The Rival is an ergonomic right-handed mouse implementing our all-new SteelSeries switches with an industry-leading 30 mil-lion-click lifespan. This year we introduced the world’s first professional-grade wireless mouse, the Sensei Wireless. Loaded with longer lasting switches, a 16 hour battery life and an illuminated base station that acts as your bat-tery life indicator, charging plate, and wireless receiver. This wireless mouse meets or exceeds every per-formance spec of its wired prede-cessor with an industry leading 1 ms response time.

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KENY CHANCategory Manager MIce

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TOURNAMENT GRADE PERFOR-MANCE, DURABILITY AND SLEEK DESIGN ARE THE CORE OF EVERY GAMING MOUSE WE MAKE.

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RIVAL OPTICAL MOUSEUNRIVALED PRECISIONThe SteelSeries Rival brings togeth-er unmatched performance, an all-new design, and high levels of cus-tomization to make it the ultimate professional-grade, right-handed mouse. This mouse offers cut-ting-edge features including an optical sensor with zero accelera-tion, new long-lasting SteelSeries switches (> 30 million clicks), and a soft touch finish to enhance comfort.The ergonomic grip is accentuated by the injection molded rubber side grips and intuitive, ergonomic but-ton placement. Rival can be customized through a host of features including response time, adjustable buttons, dual light-ing zones, our ExactTech settings, and a 3D printable nameplate. Rival surpasses the competition in perfor-mance, features and value.

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Customizable 3D-Printed Nameplates

FEATURESSteelSeries Engineered Switches

SteelSeries Engine 3 Compatible

Anti-Sweat Coating

16.8 million Color Illumination

3D-Printable Nameplate

COMPATIBILITY

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DEVELOPMENT OF RIVALFROM SKETCH TO REALThe SteelSeries Rival was developed to create a right-handed mouse built on the popular classic form factors praised by gamers for over a decade. We felt we could do it better in order to make it the ultimate solution for a right-handed mouse. Going back to the drawing board we shaped the Rival by molding some of

the most iconic shapes from the past, as well as our improvements in order to come up with a better grip and ergonomic

feel.In this process we involved a significant sized group of players from the professional gaming teams we sponsor for its opinion on our devices. From the very first 3D printed mockup available we had players in our offices providing us with invalu-able feedback. We listened and amended the feed-back in order to get the shape just right. For the technology inside, we also spent a lot of time with the players to get the SteelSeries engineered switches right in terms of the force needed to ac-tive the switches. By the same time maintaining a

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“”smooth feel and responsiveness for a high performance switches able to

deliver a 30 million click life-time.All of the above gives the end user a security that we have gone through every kind of testing that we possibly can to ensure that this is what the professional gamers out there like. From the first prototypes available, Rival has been used to win. Fnatic’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team was the first to get their hands on it and shortly after used Rival to conquer first place at DreamHack Summer as well as a $ 100,000 check. The players who helped us to develop Rival are using it today; in fact, the  majority of  them swapped their mice on the spot when the first prototypes became available.

EARLY IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IT WAS OB-VIOUS TO ME THAT STEELSERIES HAD CREATED A MOUSE WITH ALL THE QUALITIES THAT ANY PROFES-SIONAL PLAYER WOULD NEED.Michael “Friis” Jørgensen after testing the Rival.

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SENSEI LASER MOUSEBOW TO THE MASTER

Customizable Bottom LCD Display

The SteelSeries Sensei is the most customizable mouse in the compet-itive gaming market. Its 32-bit ARM processor allows for advanced SteelSeries ExactTech calculations to be done directly on the mouse via its LCD screen. The Sensei is ambidextrous with a non-slip grip coating and three areas of illumina-tion with 16.8 million color options. The mouse can be adjusted from 1 to 5,700 CPI, and an “overclocked” Double CPI (DCPI) feature of up to 11,400 DCPI. The laser sensor boasts 10.8-megapixel image cor-relations up to 12,000 frames per second and the ability to handle tracking movements of up to 150 inches per second.

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Also available as SENSEI [RAW]

FEATURESCustomizable Mouse via Engine

32 bit ARM Processor

LCD Display

16.8 million Color Illumination

Adjustable Lift Distance

COMPATIBILITY

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SENSEI WIRELESSMAKE YOUR MOVEThe Sensei Wireless is the world’s first tournament-grade wireless mouse.Packed with premium components, the Sensei Wireless boasts our proprietary switches with a 30 mil-lion-click lifespan, configurable CPI adjustment up to 8,200 (16,400 via SteelSeries Engine), and 16 hours of battery life on a single charge. Its transmitter is also its charging dock, displaying an LED indicator that acts as its batter-life monitor.

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FEATURESSwitch Between Wireless and Wired

SteelSeries Switches > 30 million Clicks

8 Programmable Buttons (incl. CPI)

Multi-Color Battery and RF Link Indicator

On-board Profile Stored on Mouse

COMPATIBILITY

Transmitter / Charging Dock

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MOUSEPADSHARD VS. SOFTHARDThe HD pad is a hard mousepad. Common for all hard mousepads, they are developed with different plas-tic-types, each with differentiated characteristics. They’ve been treated with a sticky silicon substance un-derneath the pad in order to ensure that the mousepad will stay where it is meant to be. The top of the mousepad is coated with a special film mounted over the plastic surface, which acts as a prism for a mouse’s laser sensor. This film will diffuse and split the laser light into thousands of spots for the mouse en-gine to track. Instead of tracking only one single spot, this  mousepads provides more precise tracking move-ments.

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SOFTOur soft pads offer a smooth glide with a sticky rubber base that en-sures the mousepad will stay on the table or any other surface you have while gaming. Through in-sight from our  professional  teams and knowledge about how a mouse tracks, we hunted down the best possible material for high-perfor-mance mice. The culmination of this process has resulted in the high-est-selling mousepad of all time, the SteelSeries QcK line-up.

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The mobile gaming space is con-tinuously growing and evolving. While developers have created a vast number of original and interest-ing games, most titles have lacked the level of a standardized control mechanism to enable truly com-petitive, challenging and immersive game experiences. We are passion-ate about bringing this opportunity to life, and are working with the key players in the space to make it hap-pen. We are at the forefront of bringing high-quality gaming experiences to tablets and phones. We have spent considerable time making sure our Bluetooth controllers are top quality devices with ultra-portable features. SteelSeries is also working with top game developers like Electronic Arts, Gameloft, Rockstar and Warner Bros to support the growth of control-ler-supported mobile games. From GTA: San Andreas to Limbo (and hundreds of games in between) our controllers provide a console-like gaming experience on your Android and iOS devices.

CONTROLLER

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WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF ENERGY AND RESOURCES FOCUSING ON DELIVERING TOP QUALITY DEVICES WITH ULTRA-PORTABLE FEATURES.

RUSS HAKIMIYANCategory Manager Mobile

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STRATUSTHIS IS THE BEGINNING …… of a new way to game. The Stratus mobile gaming control-ler is a Bluetooth wireless controller designed for gaming on the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch engaged. It’s about delivering superior gaming performance, portable contempo-rary aesthetics, in an easy-to-con-nect control with a compact form factor. It’s the first controller of its kind to launch with Apple, and de-buted in early 2014 in Apple’s retail stores and webshop.

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FEATURESMulti-Device Compatibility

Patent Pending Protective Cover

Superior Gaming Performance

Pressure Sensitive Buttons

COMPATIBILITY

Also available in white

* Game imagery from Minigore 2

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POS MATERIALTELL THE STORY

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CORPORATE INFOWorldwide HeadquartersSteelSeries ApSSkovbogårds Allé 132500 [email protected]

North American OperationsSteelSeries North America Corp.656 W Randolph St, 2nd floor EastChicago, IL [email protected]

Asian OperationsSteelSeries ApS Taiwan Branch4F-3, NO.150, Jianyi Road., Junghe City, 235,Taipei,Taiwan丹麥商賽睿有限公司台灣分公司235台北縣中和市建一路150號4F-3 (遠東世紀廣場E棟)[email protected]

Dolby is a registered trademark of Dolby Laboratories.

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SUMMER 2014