Blizzcon 2014: SteelSeries Showcases Siberia Elite World of Warcraft Edition Headset

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A Siberia Elite Prism with WoW branding

With the much-anticipated release of Warlords of Draenor, the fifth expansion pack to World of Warcraft, just around the corner, the just-concluded Blizzcon 2014 gaming convention came as a great opportunity for gaming peripheral manufacturer SteelSeries to tout its Siberia Elite World of Warcraft Edition headset, and that is precisely what the company did. On Friday, our Online Managing Editor Jimmy Thang stopped by the company’s booth at Anaheim Convention Center to check out the headset on behalf of all you Maximum PC readers.
Besides giving some general product information, the SteelSeries rep he talked to also touted some of the new Siberia Elite World of Warcraft Edition headset’s many improvements over the original Siberia Elite. Well, the reason that it has a number of improvements over the latter is because it is essentially the Siberia Elite Prism — the original Elite’s successor — save for the World of Warcraft branding and a slightly more hefty price tag; the vanilla Siberia Elite Prism, which our sister publication TechRadar reviewed some time back, costs $200 and the model with WoW branding costs $220.

Equipped with Dolby Pro Logic IIx for virtual 7.1-channel surround sound and some extra padding for comfort and passive noise reduction, the Siberia Elite World of Warcraft Edition ships with multiple cable adapters, ensuring compatibility with a range of platforms, including PC, Mac, PS4 and mobile devices. The retractable microphone on this thing means that you won’t have to worry about your social acceptability plunging to record lows while using it with a mobile device.
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