ROCCAT To Launch First Mechanical Keyboard At CES 2013 – ROCCAT Ryos

ROCCAT will be showing off gaming peripherals and software at CES 2013 in Las Vegas next week. Some of the ROCCAT highlights at this year’s show will include the brand’s first-ever mechanical keyboard and the first software project for the company – the Power-Grid app. In addition, several ROCCAT products at CES are newly available to US gamers, including the gaming mice Kone XTD and Kone Pure along with the multicolor gaming keyboard Isku FX.

The main attraction of the new products is without a doubt the ROCCAT Ryos Mechanical Gaming Keyboard. The Ryos is the first gaming keyboard ever that features per-key lighting and up to two 32-bit ARM cortex processors. The keyboard can display key functions, macros and even health or mana bars thanks to this technology. The included SDK makes what’s possible limited only by the player’s imagination. 2 MB internal Flash storage makes the Ryos ultra responsive.

ROCCAT RYOS Specifications:

• Per-key illuminated mechanical keyboard with 113 keys
• Advanced anti-ghosting with N-key rollover
  
• Choice of four CHERRY MX key switches
• 3 programmable thumbster keys (T1 – T3)
• 5 programmable macro keys (M1 – M5)
• 94 other programmable keys
• 1000 hz polling rate, 1 ms response time
• 1.8 m rear-exit braided cable
  
• 1 x audio in, 1 x audio out, 2 x USB 2.0 ports

The ROCCAT Ryos Keyboard Series comes with up to four different CHERRY MX key switches (black, brown, red, and blue). The release is planned for the first quarter of 2013. You can watch the launch trailer for the ROCCAT Ryos below.