Turtle Beach® Joins Forces with EA Games, Uber Entertainment and Others at PAX East 2010

March 24, 2010 (PRLEAP.COM) Business News
Elmsford, N.Y., March 24, 2010 – Turtle Beach is featuring its recently introduced Ear Force PX21 universal gaming headset for the PS3, XBOX and PC, as well as its Ear Force X11, an update to the best-selling Ear Force X1 for XBOX 360 and PC, at its PAX East booth (#325). A leader in premium XBOX 360®, PlayStation® 3 and PC gaming headsets, Turtle Beach is also working with several leading video game companies at the show including EA Games, Alienware, Uber Entertaintment and Rock Star Games, by way of product integrations, tournaments and giveaways, at the inaugural PAX East Show in Boston's Hynes Convention Center March 26 to 28.

"PAX East will be a blast. Daily tournaments and demonstrations at our booth will give PAX attendees a chance to test drive the new PX21 and X11 on a variety of gaming consoles while competing for valuable prizes," said Peter Ronick, Turtle Beach's Director of Marketing. "And being a market leader has its advantages. We are also excited that our gaming headsets have been embraced by some of the most influential gaming companies attending PAX East where our headsets will be integrated and available for demonstration throughout the venue."

The Ear Force PX21 and Ear Force X11 can be seen at EA's Dante's Inferno booth, while EA's title will be featured at the Turtle Beach booth. These headsets are also being used exclusively at the Uber Entertainment and Rock Star Games booths, respectively.

On Saturday, March 27 from 12:00 – 3:00 p.m. EST, show attendees get to test their skills against Rob "Prodigy X" Paz, World Cyber Games' "Ultimate Gamer" (as seen on Syfy). Winners of the Ultimate Gamer Challenge will be awarded an Ear Force X11 hourly.

Turtle Beach will conduct tournaments throughout the weekend featuring its headsets and Alienware's new M11x gaming laptops. Turtle Beach Ear Force headsets will also be featured as prizes, along with game titles from several publishers, for daily Halo® 3 and Halo ODST tournament winners at the Turtle Beach booth.

Turtle Beach's Ear Force PX21 stereo universal gaming headset (PlayStation 3, XBOX 360 and PC/Mac®) creates the definitive audio environment for gaming by integrating premium stereo game sound with crystal-clear communication on the PlayStation Network, XBOX LIVE® and PC/Mac® platforms.

The Ear Force X11 stereo gaming headset for the XBOX 360 and PC gaming features vastly improved sound quality and an enhanced ergonomic design over its popular Ear Force X1 predecessor.

The Ear Force PX21 headset has an MSRP of $79.95 and the X11 has an MSRP of $59.95. Both will be available at major US retailers including Best Buy, Game Stop, Wal-Mart Canada, Future Shop, Amazon, Newegg, Buy.com and from the Turtle Beach web site www.turtlebeach.com. Turtle Beach Ear Force headsets are distributed in Europe by Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. (AMEX/TSX: MCZ www.madcatz.com.)

Turtle Beach (www.turtlebeach.com) designs and markets high-quality audio peripherals for PC and video game platforms, including its growing line of Ear Force gaming headphones and headsets for XBOX 360, PlayStation 3 and Nintendo game consoles and for personal computer games. Turtle Beach, with headquarters in Elmsford, New York, is a brand of Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc. which has been at the forefront of music and audio technology for more than three decades and is recognized as a pioneer of today's PC audio and gaming headphone industry. Turtle Beach, Voyetra and Ear Force are trademarks or registered trademarks of Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc. XBOX 360 and XBOX LIVE are registered trademarks of Microsoft, Corp. PlayStation is a registered trademark of Sony Computer entertainment, Inc. Mac is a registered trademark of Apple, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective holders and are hereby acknowledged.