14 DAY TRIAL // As far as gaming peripherals are concerned, the importance of keyboards is unchallenged. In fact, the only question marks that could ever appear here is in regard to whether or not keyboards are more important than mice, and that argument usually ends up depending on the type of game being played.
Thus, gamers are bound to shell out however much money it takes to buy a good gaming keyboard, something that Mad Catz is all too eager to capitalize on.
That is why it made the S.T.R.I.K.E.3 Professional Gaming Keyboard and went ahead and clothed it in three different outfits.
And by outfits we, naturally, mean three different color options. Gamers will get to select between gloss black, gloss white and gloss red colors.
But the real selling points are different, and the same all around, starting with the unique membrane key-bed and ending with the dual-segment form factor.
The membrane provides tactile feedback without causing much noise, and the backlight always shines from below, unless owners turn it off.
The backlight is of the full RGB type, possible to set to any of the sixteen million customizable hues. It goes to show what combining three main colors can do.
Furthermore, Mad Catz's keyboard boasts full media controls, a removable wrist-rest, and twelve macro keys, leading to a total of thirty-six programmable buttons.
"The S.T.R.I.K.E.3 demonstrates our commitment to providing gamers with a product range that meets their budgets and exceeds their expectations," said Darren Richardson, president and chief executive officer of Mad Catz Interactive.
"Our range of S.T.R.I.K.E. keyboards has captured the imagination of passionate gamers and we are pleased to expand the range with the S.T.R.I.K.E.3."
Sadly, the Mad Catz press release did not hold any information about prices and availability. Online stores and street retailers will probably have to provide that bit of info.
