Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. announced today that the Company’s S.T.R.I.K.E.⁷Professional Gaming Keyboard was selected as an Innovations 2013 Design and Engineering Awards ‘Best of Innovations’honoree in the Gaming Hardware & Accessories product category.

Judged by a panel of independent industrial designers, engineers and members of the trade press, the S.T.R.I.K.E.⁷came top in its category, beating out all other competing products to win the exclusive award.

“We are very pleased with the critical and consumer response to the S.T.R.I.K.E.⁷and to be selected as a Best of Innovations honoree is a wonderful achievement.” said Darren Richardson, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. “The award highlights the continued success of our strategy to create innovative products for passionate consumers.”

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Have you been sat at home looking at your plain old keyboard and though "I need something a bit more exciting in my life"? Then say hello to the Mad Catz S.T.R.I.K.E.5 Professional Gaming Keyboard.

This hulk of a keyboard has been designed with the competitive gamer in mind and built with a modular chassis which features an OLED Command Module. Very fancy.

"Our range of S.T.R.I.K.E. keyboards has captured the imagination of passionate gamer and we are pleased to expand the range with the newly announced S.T.R.I.K.E.5." said Darren Richardson, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Mad Catz Interactive, Inc.

The concept behind the modular design is to allow gamers to rearrange the configuration of the separate keyboard modules so that the layout suits the individual gamer and their preferred method of play.

Fitted along with dedicated buttons for macro commands and media controls sits the unique E.Y.E. OLED Command Module. This unit functions as the brains of this operation and it allows the gamers to adjust multiple aspects of their gaming environment. This includes a speaker and microphone volume control, backlight brightness, multiple Respawn Timers and a game, website and application launcher.

This modular beauty will be hitting our shores mid November but if you're interested in getting your hands on one as soon as possible then you can pre-order it here for £179.99

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