Not Pony tails Remastered or Cotton tails Remastered, but Ducktales Remastered! Out front and center of the Capcom booth was Wayforward Technologies' newest opus, drawing me in with its siren song of amazing gameplay and fantastic music. The recently revealed Amazon level was present for play along with the Transylvania level, and unsurprisingly the both played as well as they did all those years ago on the NES. 

There are the obvious visual updates, but this is more than just a simple HD upgrade, this is a full on reinvention of the NES classic. With new art for every stage, and updated tunes provided by Jake "Virt" Kaufman, the only the only really 'new' things are the increase in storyline elements, and voice acting, and they both felt really solid in the two levels I was able to play. Hearing the classic voice actors return for reprise their roles was somewhat jarring, Ducktales hasn't been relevant for over twenty years now, but Alan Young still sounds as up for the role of Scrooge McDuck as ever.

The gameplay is still as simple and fun as ever, Scrooge is able to bounce around on his cane, and use it to defeat enemies through some rather challenging platforming that still feels as good as it did back in the original game. Also being an accomplished golfer he can use the cane to send boulders and other objects flying. The Amazon stage really hasn't changed all that much outside of the changes to make the boss a little bit more challenging than he was before, but the layout through the spiky vines section still requires skilled use of the pogo jump.

With a rough date of Summer 2013 penned in for the release date, it's looking like Ducktales Remastered will be one of the best transitions to HD any gamer could ever hope for. The gameplay was on point and honestly I could not ask for a better experience, well except maybe to enjoy this in my home with a nice sound system. Get on that quickly won't you Capcom?
 

Power A revealed the MOGA line of mobile phone controllers at last year's E3 and this year they unveiled updated versions of the controllers.  Power A took a lot of customer feedback into the new controllers which has resulted ina substantial upgrade over the controllers that were released last year. 
 
Both of the MOGA devices (the smaller pocket controller and the larger Pro controller) now feature full buttons and thumbsticks.  The slider controllers from the last version have been banished in favor of good old fashioned thumbsticks.  This should help ease some of the wrist and thumb fatigue that some users (including myself) had when playing with the controllers.  Both devices now have real triggers and a full complement of console buttons now as well.
 
The folks at Power A have also tucked 1800 mAh batteries into each of the controllers.  This means that as long as you charge the battery in the MOGA before you play, you should come out of your gaming sessions with as much battery life as you had when you went into them.  You can also use them as a backup battery which also increases the usefulness of the MOGA exponentially.
 
The locking mechanism has also received some  attention and now features Power A's Smart Mobile Retention Technology (SMRT) which will now support devices with larger cases and battery packs attached.  This means no more pulling your phone out of your case when you want to play a game with the MOGA.
 
The final bit of fun is that you can now connect up to four MOGA's to a single device (which device is indicated by a LED just to the right of the lock).  This means that you and some friends can hook an android phone or tablet to your TV and all four of you can play at once (supposing you find a game that does so). 
 
I did futz around with some of the rough prototypes that Power A had on site and they were a bit better than last year's versions.  I wasn't a big fan of the sliders for controls and these thumbsticks felt a bit more comfortable to play with.  It is hard to read what a final device will look like from a production prototype but this does feel like a big next step for the system.  Look for the devices in stores sometime in the fall of 2013.

The fourth DLC character for Injustice: Gods Among Us has been revealed and will be General Zod, most likely to coincide with Man Of Steel which is out in theaters today. 

Zod was playable at E3 and Ed Boon, on his Twitter, says that a gameplay video for him will be released next week. 
Yes, General Zod is the 4th DLC character in INJUSTICE !! Next week we are releasing a game-play video that demonstrates his unique moves!

No price or any other DLC has been revealed yet but I think it's safe to say that Zod will be $5 like the other three DLC characters were and will be free if you have the seasons pass. 

If I don't hear this during Zod's intro or outro then I refuse to buy this haha. 

The Walking Dead: 400 Days will serve as "connective tissue" between the first season of the game and the second.  The DLC will be about the same size as a normal episode of the game but will be broken down into five different stories which occur at various points during the first 400 days of the zombie outbreak.
 
Each story will focus on a new character but all of them will somehow connect to the Atlanta truck stop from the first game.  As you would expect the decisions you make in the DLC will impact what happens in Season 2 of the series but what you might not expect is that the decisions from the first season will impact what happens in the DLC. The TellTale team was mum on what those could be so we'll have to wait for the game to be released next month to find out.
 
The short presentation we saw at E3 featured Vince, a man who apparently kills someone at the start of the episode and  is captured, convicted, and sentenced to jail time.  I use the word apparently because this is The Walking Dead and things are never as they seem.  Vince's story occurs on the second day of the outbreak and we find him on a prison bus with several other prisoners.  
 
As Vince chats with some of his fellow guests we learn more about them and the crimes they were accused of.  One prisoner is a white collar criminal who swindled $180M before being caught while the other was convicted of illegally touching a minor.  We also learn that the prisoners have been stuck in the hot Georgia sun conflict in a bus with windows that don't open.  As the conversation between Vince and his companions continues, the heat gets to two prisoners and as you would from a Walking Dead property people start dying and then coming back to life.
 
The tension of being confined to a prison bus with a flesh eating zombie is amplified significantly by the fact that Vince and his companions are chained to the floor.  The game immediately forces you to make difficult decisions about who lives and who dies and it's all classic Walking Dead drama. 
 
From what I saw it looks like 400 Days is going to be a great transition between the two seasons.  The writing is spot on and it leverages all of the familiar tropes of the Walking Dead universe.  It's also a subtle reminder for people like me that I need to go back and finish the first season of the game.  
 

I admit, I'm not very well versed in the Assassin's Creed series. Having not played any, I was going into the demo of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag with an open mind. Coming out, I was so thoroughly impressed that I became one who was indifferent to the series to wanting to purchase the game on day one.

The hands off demo focused on the exploration aspect of the game. We were shown the map of the entire gaming world, which is a large portion of the Caribbean. There's a three large cities to explore and a vast amount of seas to sail so you should have plenty to do in the game. The studio wanted to truly model the locale that would be hanging around and you could see that in the detail presented in simulating the population of the town.

The demo had Edward picking up an assassination contract, which is a side quest. Tasked with taking down twins, Edward proceeds to the area where the marker dictates where the two are. He quickly dispatches with one while the other target runs off. There are several ways you can dispatch your targets and the demo showed what happens when someone jumps on their boat and takes off. Edward proceeded to his boat and I got a taste of ship to ship combat.

Ship to ship combat is quite frantic in Assassin's Creed IV. The boats move relatively quickly and are quite maneuverable. The first part involves damaging the opposing ship enough so that you can board it. There are visual cannon path lines that you can adjust to see how the cannonballs will fire. You may sometimes opt for a straight shot, or you can lob cannonballs into the middle of the ship. Once enough damage has been done, the two ships link up for a boarding scenario.

Before Edward jumps over to the other ship, he can take a small cannon and pick off some soldiers on the other boat. Now, the amount of crew you have is important here as with more crew, there's less fights you need to do so it's prudent to keep a large group on your ship. The person playing the demo displayed Edward's effortless movement vertically and horizontally as Edward traversed the masts and sails to get to the other boat. Once the other target has been dispatched, and in the demo there was an incredible dive from the sail posts down to the target, you're given a few choices. Beforehand, you could use a spyglass to look at a boat and see what salvaging possibilities there here. With that knowledge, you can then decide what you would like to do. One possibility is to use the boat to repair the damage on your own boat. You could also capture this boat into your fleet and set it to work for you. It's really up to you and the ship combat before the final siege is truly exciting to watch.

The weather in Assassin's Creed IV is dynamic and can play a part in helping or hindering you. The demo showed off the quick and sudden change to a hard rain and off in the distance was a hurricane. If you're savvy enough, you can use the hurricane to your advantage, but it's a dangerous proposition. 

Some islands can contain alive or dead NPC. With those that are alive, you can recruit them and loot them. Dead ones can also hold valuable information. For the demo, a dead person on a remote island had a treasure map on him. Now viewing the map only showed a few clues, and it's up to you to figure out what it means. Edward was then lead to the place where the map was referring to and some of the new items were shown. Edward has a dart gun that he can use with various poison darts. The one used caused the enemy to go crazy and attack his friends, causing a good distraction for Edward to walk by. After fighting some enemies and finding he area designated by the map, Edward was able to dig up the treasure containing a large amount of gold and blueprints for a more powerful weapon. 

I should mention while sailing to the island with the treasure, I saw a whale jump out of the water near the boat, which was a pretty impressive sight. You can than relay information about the whale back to your base to get them to hunt the beast if you so desire.

The game looked absolutely gorgeous though. The lush Caribbean landscape combined with the incredibly rendered seas made for a beautiful game to watch. Also, the way Edward almost glides between areas as he traverses the terrain is almost hypnotic. Assassin's Creed IV is a visually impressive game to behold.

They were also demonstrating the second screen option for Black Flag as well, which seems to be a hot trend this year. You can use a tablet to see where your ship is on the map as well as direct some orders to your base. Also, any treasure map hints can be shown on the tablet so you can easily reference it without having to do it in game as you are playing. I was pretty impressed by what you can do and see with the second screen option and I think I'd use it a lot while playing Assassin's Creed IV.

As Calvin Candie would say, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, you had my curiosity. Now you have my attention. I was pleasantly blown away by what I saw with the demo and I'm now anxious to pick up the game. I guess I should play the first few to get a handle on the series, but I'll definitely be seeing the full game on my PC once it's released.?

Where do you go after such an incredible experience with Batman: Arkham City? Why you go back to the beginning. And that's what Warner Bros Montreal has done with Batman: Arkham Origins. 

Taking place Christmas Eve in the early years of Batman's existence, Black Mask is offering a rather large bounty to anyone that can kill the Batman. The amount of money draws all sorts of criminals to Gotham and Batman has to survive them all hunting him down trying to collect the reward.

I was able to sit down and play through about a 30 minute demo of the game. The graphics look about the same, but I was told there were some minor improvements that might not jump out to anyone. It still looks really, really nice to me and I've become quite fond of the art style that this series uses to portray the Dark Knight. 

The first half of the demo feels very familiar as you are introduced to the combat system. That free-flowing style that makes Batman such a joy to watch when he's fighting is all here and nothing's change. Warner Bros Montreal specifically stated they didn't want to change anything that's worked so well in two games so they pretty much left that alone with some minor improvements. Having not played Arkham City in so long, it didn't take much time for me to feel comfortable in fighting a group of thugs and taking them down with extreme prejudice.

Two new enemies were on display in the demo. The first one is a big brute with armor, that can't be taken down until the armor has been removed. You need to do three cape stuns to bring the brute down and then a multitude of quick hits to finally be able to pull the armor off. Only then can you finish the brute off, and of course you have to deal with the multiple foot soldiers that surround him at the same time.

Another new enemy is a karate expert and in the demo there were two I had to deal with. When alone, they were a handful as they did many quick hits as well as countering your hits. When the two are near you, you can almost expect a pounding as they work together well in punishing you with quick hits. 

Now, what got me a little excited is an improved detective dynamic. Walking around, I witnessed a helicopter go down in front of me. Using improved detective vision, I scanned an area near the site of the crash to get a clue. With that evidence in the computer, the crime scene gets recreated in front of you, but only in small parts. You're able to fast forward and rewind the bit that's recreated to show you even more clues of what happened. The crash site had the helicopter tail missing so I did a search to see that it hit a sign before it went down. Examining an area in the crime produced more data points, thus recreating more of the crime scene to view. Rewinding again, I found the tail section missing in the other area. Scanning the tail section revealed a bullet hole which led to the recreation at the point of the bullet striking the helicopter. Seeing the laser from the sniper scope, I swung over to the origin of the laser to find a dead SWAT sniper. Scanning the sniper, I found that it wasn't him that shot the bullet, but it was a bullet that ricocheted from another area that took out the SWAT member and then the helicopter. Only a select few can do this and this lead me to the conclusion it was Deadshot who was behind this all along. So, this was a simple example of piecing together clues to solve what happened at the crime scene and tapping into the detective element of the world's greatest detective.

New gadgets, of course, will be making its way into Arkham Origins. The one thing I played with during the demo was a batarang with a line attached to it. You can use this a few different ways. For one, you can shoot it between two gargoyles and create a line where Batman can walk on. You can use this to drop down on unsuspecting criminals and take them out. Another effective way is to shoot it at an enemy and latch it to an exploding barrel making for an easy takedown. That's just one example of a new gadget that's going to be available in the game.

The final part of the demo revealed the Joker as he toys with Batman and blows up a large, uninhabited building. The Joker's design seems more sinister than the last few games with a more jagged look on parts of his face. That infectious Joker laugh and humor ends the demo and my time with the game until its released date.

It's maybe a new studio, but my quick time with Batman: Arkham origins is one of my most memorable from the show. As a big fan of the first two games, I have very high hopes for this one and playing the demo hasn't dashed any of that. Let's hope that it lives up to the others upon release in October 25.

Also I have to make a quick mention of Blackgate, the Sony VITA game that's also coming out taking place in the same universe. While I didn't get a chance to play much, I thought the game looked fabulous on the hand held. It takes place three months after Blackgate and features some minor spoilers if you haven't finished Origins. The quick scene I saw had Batman meeting Catwoman for the first time. Like I said, it looked pretty good with the short amount of time I had with it, but I definitely need to play more to really know how well it holds up.

     Final Fantasy XIII has been an interesting experiment in the Final Fantasy franchise. The first game was as straightforward a game as could be, while Final Fantasy XIII-2 was a pretty wide open experience that added monster collecting and an interesting take on time travel. Now we're reaching the end of the Lightning Saga, and it looks to be the most radical departure from the classic Final Fantasy experience yet. I got a chance to go through the short demo for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII during the show today, and I have to say I'm way more excited now than when the game was first announced.

    Lightning is the sole party member this time around, so it's more of a solo gig, and that's fine, it suits Lightning well. It also works canonically and I'll stop there to avoid saying anything spoiler-y. So  now how can Lightning fulfill all the roles a party is normally comprised of? By changing clothes of course! In a move reminiscent of Final Fantasy X-2, Lightning can now change her class with a quick wardrobe change. For the demo she had access to a Sorceress role, a Heavy Knight, and her standard class. Each class offered a different set of skills that are mapped to the face buttons, so Thunder would be mapped to triangle, defend is mapped to square, attack is mapped to circle, and Gale Strike is mapped to circle. Using any of these attacks will drain the ATB meter, which slowly refills over time. While it refills you can swap costumes and use the ATB meter for that costume to make more attacks. It's surprisingly snappy and responsive and works perfectly for the fast paced nature of the game. 

    The brief demo had me chasing Snow through a rather baroque looking building that was bubbling with chaos, which seems to be an unknown entity at this time. There was also a girl named Lumina who looked a lot like Serah, which I'm sure there's a pretty good reason for that. Unfortunately after running in to her and fighting the massive boss she summoned, the demo was abruptly ended. But that last fight is quite interesting as it introduced the Overdrive system. This allows Lightning to tap in to a large pool of ATB that can be spent however you want. While using the Heavy Knight, her Heavy Slash attack deals a great amount of damage but eats up a ton of the ATB gauge. Using Overdrive mode however, she can launch the attack a few times in succession.

     With a current launch date of late 2013, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is looking like it'll be a great addition to the franchise. These radical changes in gameplay between versions is certainly doing the game some favors, because this new battle system has me really intrigued, and after that cliffhanger ending from Final Fantasy XIII-2 I am eager to see how this story wraps up.

If Matt’s impressions of the Atlus’ Dragon’s Crown weren’t enough to get you excited for the game, perhaps the official E3 trailer for the game will sell you. Atlus latest video showing off the game really gives us an idea of just how beautiful the game looks in motion; the hand-drawn art style really comes to life on the screen. This is definitely a game on my radar for both the PS3 and Vita when it launches this Fall.
   

Bethesda's going into the survival horror genre and who better to lead this charge than Shinji Mikami, creator of the Resident Evil series. Mr. Mikami was on hand to talk about his latest project in that he wants to take survival horror back to its roots with this game. He wants you to experience unimaginable fear and to feel that triumph when you overcome those fears. That means you're low on resources, low on ammo, and low on the feeling of being safe for any amount of time.

The Evil Within has you playing Detective Sebastian Castellanos in a third person view and what was shown was the beginning of the game as well as a sequence from later on. For the beginning, you arrive with a few fellow officers to the Beacon Mental Hospital. It's raining outside with plenty of empty police cars in the parking area in front. As you enter the hospital, you see plenty of dead people strewn about and Sebastian makes his way to the security office. In there, he watches a security camera where three officers get brutally murdered by some ghostly apparition. Suddenly, the apparition appears behind Sebastian and knocks him out.

Sebastian then wakes up, hanging upside down, in a room with a very disturbing figure who I'll call the butcher.This hulking figure wears a white tank top and some weird contraption that surrounds his head. You hear, but don't see, him take a cleaver and cut off the upper half of one of the bodies hanging in the room and watch him drag it to a table for more mutilation. Detective Sebastian is able to cut himself down with a help of a knife sticking into a dead body hanging near him and proceeds to stealthily steal a key from the butcher to unlock his way out of the room.

Unfortunately, as Sebastian is trying to sneak away, he trips an alarm alerting the butcher who grabs a chainsaw and starts to chase the protagonist. What follows is an intense scene where Sebastian runs down a corridor and the camera is focused on Sebastian from behind. You hear the butcher getting closer and closer with his chainsaw in tow. The butcher catches up to Sebastian and takes a swipe, cutting the back of one of his legs. From now to the end of the first part, Sebastian walks with a heavy limp, making him even more vulnerable.

Sebastian then continues to sneak around the hospital area as the butcher searches for him. There's the often used scene of hiding inside a locker and seeing the butcher walk by through a slit, hoping that he doesn't turn around and open the door to your hiding spot. The limping causes more tension as you know you won't be able to run away from the butcher quickly, should he find you. After some more intense sequences sneaking around the butcher, Sebastian finally gets away, barely, in an elevator only to walk outside to see a devastated city.

The second scene shown has Sebastian walking through an old building. Zombies come slowly lumbering towards Sebastian and he's able to take one down with a headshot. With another, he fires enough bullets into the body to knock it down and then proceeds to burn it with a torch. A nice sequence shown is the ability to set some traps. Sebastian uses some mines placed under windows and doors to fend off a hoard of zombies coming at him. In another area, Sebastian is walking down a hallway when suddenly a wave of blood comes rushing towards him.

When it clears, Sebastian is in another place. Instead of an old, dilapidated building, he's now in some medical facility. In the middle at the end of the corridor lies a pile of bodies. All around, there are blood streaks and bloody hand prints. Suddenly, a monster made up several appendages come ripping through the bodies and chases you. Thus ends the intense demo of The Evil Within.

?The game uses both video and audio effectively to convey a sense of fear. There's a grainy film like view to the world and intense music as well as disgusting sound effects combine together to really set the mood. The visuals seem very Resident Evil like to me and the designs of both the creatures and environments make for a truly horrific looking experience. All told, The Evil Within looks incredibly intense and a game that can offer up a truly horrifying experience.

I wrapped up the main campaign for Borderlands II a few months after the game was released and haven't been back since.  Some of the DLC has looked interesting but nothing has really screamed "Play Me"  That is about to change as playing the first 25 minutes of Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep has convinced me to return to Pandora.
 
The upcoming DLC has the vault hunter sitting around with Lilith, Brick, and Mordecai  back at Sanctuary playing "Bunkers and Badasses", a Dungeons and Dragons like game.  Tiny Tina is the "Bunker Master" of the game and leading the crew through their first game. 
 
What hit me immediately was how good the writing was as the dialogue was spot on with a perfect mix of humor and sweetness.   I can't say more without ruining one of the major plot points of Borderlands 2 but there's a wonderful exchange between Lilith and Tina that I hope pays off later in the game.
 
The actual game action is you fighting your through the game that Tina is running.  This isn't just a linear quest though, the world changes as she changes her mind about what the question contains.  She starts out with a happy village (complete with a rainbow over it) before changing it to a dark and dreary world.  All of this happens in real time which adds a almost Looney Tunes feel to the game (this is a very good thing). 
 
The game does take a few shots at the traditional tropes of D&D like having to roll for initiative but it's done in a loving way.  Even the first set of enemies are typical D&D fare as you face hordes of skeleton archers and swords men.  You also run across Skeleton Minotaurs or "Skeletaurs" which brought a quick smile to my face.
 
I will admit that I was a bit disappointed when my time with Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep expired as I was having a lot of fun.  I'm looking forward to seeing where the rest of the plot goes  as I have a feeling that the DLC is setting up a pretty emotional moment but I won't know until I get a bit further into the game.  Even if it doesn't this looks like a must have pick up for Borderlands 2 fans.

“Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” will be hosting the fourth annual video game week from June 17-21 at 12:35 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on NBC. It will feature a mash-up of the latest video games, musical performances and comedy sketches.
 
The line-up for the week will consist of the following featured games:  Monday, Forza Motorsport 5; Tuesday, Knack; Wednesday, Watch Dogs; Thursday, Call of Duty: Ghosts; Friday, Game & Wario and Super Mario 3D World.
 
“Late Night” will additionally have numerous musical guests tied to the video game world to appear during the week like Anamanaguchi, Chvrches, and Zedd with special guest Foxes to perform game-themed songs such as Zedd’s remix of “The Legend of Zelda” theme song and more. See the link down below for more details! [READ MORE]

Namco Bandai is entering the free-to-play genre by launching Tekken Revolution, exclusively on the Playstation Network and comes with eight iconic Tekken characters, an Arcade mode and ranked and player matches. 

The game also includes new Special Arts and Critical Arts moves designed to help newcomers. Players can level-up characters increasing three attributes including Power, Endurance and Vigor to mold combantants into each players unique play style. The eight characters you can play are Kazuya, Asuka, Paul, Law, Lars, Jack-6, King and Lili. The game works almost like an arcade machine. You have a certain amount of credits to start. After spending all those credits you can wait to earn more. Premium tickets are earned for completing various feats in the game and can be used in place of coins. If you run out you can buy more premium tickets if you wish, or wait for more coins. 

Tekken Revolution is available now on the Playstation Network 

For more information check out their official website, Facebook page and Twitter.

SteelSeries was showing off three headphones they announced recently. Tucked away at a quiet restaurant near the convention center, Travis and I sat down to go over the entry, midrange and enthusiast headsets they had to show.

Coming in at $40, the 3HV2 is a foldable is a very affordable headset that can take a beating. It features a retractable mic, extra padding, and a long line. The line has an inline remote to control muting of your mic as well as sound volume. The audio drivers have been updated to deliver better highs and mids as well as solid lows. As a gamer, you want clear sound on a wide range of frequencies and SteelSeries has gone and done some work on improving the drivers in the 3HV2 as well as the others I'll be talking about. If you want it to attach it to your phone or tablet, an adapter is included to do so. This looks to be a nice secondary headset to carry in your bag when you are on the go. 

The 5HV3 can also take a beating as was shown to me by one of the SteelSeries folks twisting the headband to extreme lengths. It also features a retractable mic and a swappable cable system. It's got a little micro-USB like connector that serves two functions. There are other connects that you can interchange the 5HV3 with so you can connect to a phone or a computer. It also serves as a breakaway point so if you stand up quick or someone gets caught on it and pulls, it will just break away at that connection to minimize damage on any of your connected components. The cable's double braided so it's strong as well. I listened to some music with the 5HV3 and was pretty happy with the audio coming from the new drivers in the highs and mids. For portability, the 5HV3 can come apart into three pieces and be put back together very easily. Travis will be looking at the 5HV3 for Gaming Nexus in the near future and he seemed pretty excited about the product.

Now the 9H is for those that want everything. It's got metal hinges, a very robust noise cancelling retractable mic, and a generous amount of soft padding. It's an incredibly light headset although it doesn't seem like it from the looks of it. The mic is one of their largest and hides really well. The ear cups has a double enclosure design. It's a DJ type design that will greatly block sound out and keep sound it. The double enclosure should help keep all the sound you want to hear in and keep any sound you don't want to hear out. It also features a double braided cable and that interchangeable connector system for connections to PC, mobile, and Mac. The 9H will also come with a USB sound card that has a mic, headphone, and the micro-USB like connector. When connecting the 9H to the sound card using the special connector, you'll get Dolby benefits such as simulated surround sound using two Dolby technologies. It can take "upscale" 5.1 to 7.1 sound, but again this can only be done when you use the included sound card. There's no plans to sell the USB sound card separately yet, so it seems that if you want this as well, you'll have to buy the 9H. The 9H will be $160 and be out the third quarter.

The three headsets from SteelSeries seem pretty solid and I like how they address a wide range of features and price points. They all felt really well done and I'm excited to hear how these perform with games and music. ?