5 of the best new gaming accessories – in pictures

5 of the best new gaming accessories – in pictures

Your gaming career has been long, fruitful, sometimes glorious, and always better than mindlessly scrolling through Facebook. And yet something’s missing. Yes, your setup lacks an extremely nerdy, over-the-top and surely game-changing peripheral. We felt the same, which is why we picked out five of our favourite new, talent-compensating accessory to boost to our gaming egos. Here are the peripherals we treated our fingers to…

LOGITECH DRIVING FORCE G29 STEERING WHEEL (£330/$400)

Compatible with PS4, PS3, PC and Mac, the Logitech G29’s 900º steering means every turn feels terrifyingly real, while dual-motor force feedback lets you know when you’ve strayed off the track.

LOGITECH DRIVING FORCE G29 STEERING WHEEL (£330/$400)

There are ten PS4 games compatible with the Logitech G29, including Gran Turismo Sport, Dirt 4 and Project Cars 2. And there’s an Xbox version, the G920, for Forza fans.

LOGITECH DRIVING FORCE G29 STEERING WHEEL (£330/$400)

The bundled pedals complete the experience, so you can get to grips with driving without putting anyone at risk. Although if you want to make use of the clutch you’ll have to buy the Logitech Driving Force Shifter (£45/$60)), a great way to add more immersion to driving games.

CORSAIR VOID PRO (€100/$100)

The rise of eSports has resulted in an explosion of gaming headsets. Problem is, most of them are rubbish. The Corsair Void Pro, though, is actually worth buying, hitting the perfect sweet spot between price, sound quality and features.

CORSAIR VOID PRO (€100/$100)

It costs just $100, but still manages to pack in wireless connectivity, Dolby Headphone 7.1 support and 16-hour battery life. It also looks sleeker than 99% of gaming headsets, so you won’t look like a total plonker wearing it – unless, of course, you’re shouting expletives at teenagers while playing Call of Duty.

CORSAIR VOID PRO (€100/$100)

It’s not just games you can enjoy with these cans either. Corsair’s PC app includes presets for movies and music, and you can also tune the mic so your friends can hear your cry as you’re shot. And, of course, it’s not proper gaming gear unless it has flashy LEDs. The app lets you change the colour of this headset’s lights, so you have a rainbow of options to celebrate your win.

ROCCAT HORDE AIMO (£90/$90)

No self-respecting gamer should make do with four buttons and a couple of control sticks if they want to be king of the nerds. Fortunately, Roccat’s Horde AIMO model has more inputs than you can shake a gravity gun at.

ROCCAT HORDE AIMO (£90/$90)

As well as being capable of 16.8m colours, the AIMO’s keys follow a ‘membranical’ design that allows for super-responsive strokes. We’d love to say that such genius marginal gains added up for a monster Overwatch killstreak when we plugged it into our rig. Alas, we’re born incompetent when it comes to shooters. But hey, those colours sure do look pretty.

ROCCAT HORDE AIMO (£90/$90)

The Horde AIMO also comes with its own tuning wheel that you can customise to tweak any setting you please, from volume to brightness. Sadly, you can’t spin it for random weapon selection, but it’s still a cracking keyboard.

RAZER PANTHERA (£200/$200)

There’s no hiding your fighting game addiction with one of these on your lap. Razer’s chunky arcade stick is a bit of a brute, but it’s perfect Street Fighter fodder, with arcade-perfect buttons sourced straight from Japan and a joystick purpose-built for throwing knockout hadoukens.

RAZER PANTHERA (£200/$200)

We’ve been able to pull off combos that we’d never dream of with our standard DualShock controller. Pop the lid and you can even customise the lot, swapping the joystick for an American-style bat-top. Could be useful if you’re one of those Mortal Kombat-mad weirdos.

RAZER PANTHERA (£200/$200)

Got a collection of fighting games from last generation? Flip a switch and this PS4 stick will play nicely with any PS3 console – or you can plug it into a PC to play old-school arcade classics. There’s room inside the box to hide the long USB cable too, while a handy colour-coded wire diagram lets modders swap out the Sanwa Denshi buttons and joystick.

STEELSERIES RIVAL 600 (£80/$80)

In professional sport, you’ll often hear elite competitors say that the first thing they think about after winning a title is the next one. We’re yet to emerge from a game of PUBG with a prestigious chicken dinner to our name, but we reckon when it happens we’ll just want more of ’em.

STEELSERIES RIVAL 600 (£80/$80)

This marvellous mouse can only help your cause. It’s reassuringly grippy and, thanks to the dual optical sensors, you know that lifting it for readjustment won’t send the cursor flying off towards the sky. With this sort of precision at your fingertips, your poultry cabinet surely won’t stay empty for long.

STEELSERIES RIVAL 600 (£80/$80)

With 256 weight and balance combinations, this is one of the most customisable computer-tethered rodents there is. You can add any combo of the eight 4g weights, and the Rival 600’s eight customisable RGB lighting zones mean you can have the mouse cycle through a range of hues, or dazzle your eyes with a rainbow-coloured illumination.