Razer Announces Scarab Hard Gaming Mat With Fractal 2.0 Coating

Looking for a little gaming cheer this holiday season? Razer has you covered. The company has just released the successor to the Destructor, and it's a pretty awesome looking gaming mat. The Scarab is an all-new hard mousing surface for use with high DPI mice, and in general, hardcore gamers.

Featuring a Razer Fractal 2.0 surface coated in light grey, the sequel to the Razer Destructor establishes a highly responsive and uniform tracking system perfect for optical and laser mice sensors. The company also throws in a carrying case, with an on-sale date set for early next year and a price of $39.99.

Razer™ Releases the Razer Scarab – Sequel to the Revolutionary Razer Destructor

Thursday, 16 December 2010

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Razer™ Releases the Razer Scarab – Sequel to the Revolutionary Razer Destructor

The All-New Hard Mouse Mat for High DPI Gaming will be available in December

Carlsbad, Calif. – December 16, 2010 – Most of the time, sequels to great movies suck. Normally, sequels to great books suck. Sometimes, sequels to great games suck. But what doesn’t ever suck are sequels to Razer products. They just keep getting better.

Razer, the world’s leading high-end precision gaming brand, wants you to know that your gaming doesn’t have to suck anymore thanks to the release of the Razer Scarab; the next generation hard gaming mouse mat. Featuring a Razer Fractal 2.0 surface coated in light grey, the long-awaited sequel to the Razer Destructor takes superior tracking to an explosive new level.

“With this sequel, we focused on enhancing the Fractal surface coating so that gamers will improve their game even further. It’s all you need to win in life,” said Robert “RazerGuy” Krakoff, president of Razer USA, “And in PC games of course. The Razer Scarab is for gamers who prefer hard surfaces, high performance areas, effortless swipes and absolute tracking.”

Alexey “Cypher” Yanusheuski of Team Serious Gaming, world champion in Quake Live said of the Scarab, “A mat like this makes keeping up with the high intensity of Quake easy. I look forward to further improving my rocket jump technique and upping my frag count.”

Olga “Pachella” Pak, Counter-strike 1.6 world champion with Team Mousesports said, “Razer paid special attention to the needs of FPS gamers when developing this; improving accuracy and now the Scarab is an indispensable accessory to complement my high-dpi gaming mouse.”

About the Razer Scarab
What makes the Scarab the awesome mat it is comes down to Razer’s Fractal 2.0 surface coating. It establishes a highly responsive and uniform tracking system perfect for optical and laser mice sensors. It’s been finely-tuned to balance between speed and control to help acquire targets more accurately.

Razer even included a lightweight carrying case that not only protects the Scarab, but is a sweet folio to store documents for your job as a tax accountant by day, l33t gamer by night. It even looks great, guaranteed to turn heads at the next LAN party you destroy.

So go on, get a Razer Scarab and make your high-dpi gaming mouse (it better also be a Razer) happy.

Price: US $39.99; EU €39.99

Availability:
Razerzone – January 1st, 2011
Worldwide – January 1st, 2011

Product Features

    * Fractal 2.0™ surface coating for high performance
    * Optimal performance for both laser and optical mice
    * Hard mouse mat providing precise tracking
    * Improved rubber base for greater stability
    * Large size suited for most gaming environments: 350(L) x 250(W) x 3(H)mm
    * Reinforced carrying case for optimal stowing
    * A feeling of awesomeness during usage