Roccat

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Roccat GmbH
TypeGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH)
IndustryPC accessories
Founded2006
FounderRenê Korte
Headquarters
Hamburg, Germany
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsSee § Products
OwnerTurtle Beach Corporation (since 2019)
Number of employees
110
Websiteen.roccat.org

Roccat GmbH is a German computer accessories manufacturer based in Hamburg. It was also the titular sponsor of former German professional esports organization Team ROCCAT.

Since 2019, the company belongs to Turtle Beach Corporation.

History

Roccat GmbH was founded in 2006 by former Razer Vice President of Europe Renê Korte in Hamburg, Germany.[1] Roccat also has offices in Taipei, Taiwan, and Cerritos, Los Angeles, United States.[1]

In 2019, the company was bought by Turtle Beach Corporation for 19.2 million US dollars.[2][3][4] Today, Roccat represents Turtle Beach's PC branch.[5] The company has a turnover in the double-digit million range, brings around 15 new products onto the market every year and consists of 110 employees.[6]

Products

Roccat is dedicated to gaming hardware and offers various products like mice, keyboards, headsets, mouse pads and other PC accessories. The Vulcan line is Roccat's flagship series of keyboards.[7] For the series, Roccat developed their own switches called Titan Switch Optical in cooperation with TTC.[8] A beam of light that hits an optical signal when a button is pressed and thereby records an input replaces the conventional physical contact within a button.[9] According to the manufacturer, the response time of keystrokes should be registered 40 times faster and instead of 50 million clicks, up to 100 million clicks should be possible compared to conventional mechanical keyboards.[5][9]

External links

References

  1. ^ a b ""Ein Gamer will den Anschlag spüren"". stern.de (in German). Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Golem.de: IT-News für Profis". www.golem.de. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  3. ^ Gameswirtschaft (15 March 2019). "Roccat: Turtle Beach kauft Hamburger Zubehör-Hersteller". GamesWirtschaft.de (in German). Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Turtle Beach kündigt Übernahme von Roccat an". PC Games Hardware (in German). 15 March 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  5. ^ a b PresseBox (c) 2002–2020. "ROCCATS preisgekröntes Vulcan Keyboard jetzt mit Leistungsstarken optischen Schaltern und im kompakten Tenkeyless-Design, ROCCAT GmbH, Pressemitteilung – PresseBox". www.pressebox.de (in German). Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  6. ^ Sawallisch, Noah (5 March 2018). "Roccat | News im Netz" (in German). Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Roccat Vulcan 120 AIMO im Test: Ist Roccats neues Tastaturflaggschiff mit Titan-Tastern ein optimaler Spielpartner?". PC Games Hardware (in German). 17 December 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Roccat Vulcan 120 AIMO Test – Besser spielen mit neuen Titan Switches?". www.gamestar.de (in German). 11 February 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Roccat: Das sind die neuen Vulcan-Tastaturen". computerbild.de (in German). 24 September 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
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