It may have missed its intended day-and-day launch with Portal 2, but Razer’s Hydra PC motion control setup is still set for store shelves sometime this June. Pre-orders for the device will open in May, which is compatible with over 125 PC games, for $140. The cost includes a bundled version of Portal 2 optimized with six additional levels specifically designed for the control scheme. For a list of the device’s features and compatible titles, courtesy of Razer’s official site.
Product features:
(Per controller, 2 included in each Hydra set)
- Thumb-ergonomic analog stick for fluid control
- 4 Hyperesponse action buttons
- Rapid-fire trigger and bumper for faster in-game response
- Non-slip satin grip surface
- True six degree-of-freedom magnetic motion tracking
- Lightweight, anti-tangle braided cable
(Base station)
- Low-power magnetic field, low power consumption
- Ultra precise sensor for 1mm and 1 degree tracking
- No line of sight to controllers required
- Low latency feedback
List of Compatible Titles:
- A Reckless Disregard for Gravity
- Alien Swarm
- Altitude
- Amnesia
- And Yet It Moves
- Assassin’s Creed 2
- Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood
- Audiosurf
- Batman Arkham Asylum
- Battlefield Bad Company 2
- Beat Hazard
- Beyond Good and Evil
- Bioshock
- Bioshock 2
- Bit Trip Runner
- Borderlands
- Braid
- Bulletstorm
- Chains
- Chime
- Civilization 4
- Civilization 5
- COD: Black Ops
- COD: Modern Warfare
- COD: Modern Warfare 2
- COD: World at War
- Cogs
- Company of Heroes
- Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
- Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor
- Crysis 2
- Darksiders
- DeathSpank
- Defense Grid
- Deus EX
- Deus EX: Invisible War
- Dog Fighter
- Doom 3
- Eversion
- Fallout 3
- Fallout 3: New Vegas
- Galcon Fusion
- Grand Theft Auto 3
- Grand Theft Auto 4
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- Half Life 2
- Half-Life
- Hitman
- Hitman 2
- Hoard
- Just Cause 2
- Kane & Lynch
- Kane & Lynch 2
- Killing Floor
- Larva Mortus
- Left 4 Dead
- Left 4 Dead 2
- Lego Starwars 3: The Clone Wars
- Lego: Batman
- Lego: Harry Potter
- Lego: Indiana Jones
- Lego: Star Wars
- Lucidity
- Machinarium
- Magicka
- Mass Effect
- Mass Effect 2
- Max Payne
- Max Payne 2
- Metro 2033
- Mirror’s Edge
- Monday Night Combat
- Mount & Blade
- Mount & Blade: Warband
- Oblivion
- Obulis
- Oddworld: Abe’s Exodus
- Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee
- Osmos
- Painkiller
- Painkiller: OVERDOSE
- Peggle
- Plain Sight
- Plants vs Zombies
- Poker Night at the Inventory
- Portal
- Psychonauts
- Quantz
- Red Faction 2
- Red Faction: Guerrilla
- Resident Evil 5
- Return to Castle Wolfenstein
- Roller Coaster Tycoon 3
- Rush
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
- Sam and Max 101
- Serious Sam HD
- Shadowgrounds
- Shadowgrounds: Survivor
- Shatter
- Sims 3
- Singularity
- Splinter Cell: Conviction
- Super Laser Racer
- Super Meat Boy
- Swarm Arena
- Team Fortress 2
- The Ball
- The Void
- The Wonderful End of the World
- Titan Quest
- Titan Quest: Immortal Throne
- Toki Tori
- Torchlight
- Trials 2
- Trine
- Warhammer 40,000
- Windosill
- World of Goo
- Worms Reloaded
- Yosumin!
- Zeno Clash
Eh, I’ll stick with the standard mouse and keyboard layout as they serve dual purposes and probably cost combined the amount of that one device (also better precision with the M/K layout). The tech is interesting, but it will appeal to a very small minority of gamers.
If anyone can do motion control in a way that will be comfortable, reliable, and good quality – its Razer. Nintendo and Sony should’ve contracted them to make the wiimote and the move.