Razer, a developer of high-performance gaming hardware, software, and systems, took top honors winning “Best of CES” at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) with its Razer Forge TV.
Engadget, the official awards partner at CES 2015, selected the Razer Forge TV as the winner for the “Best Gaming” product at the show. The device also won “People’s Choice” by way of an open public vote.
“The Razer Forge TV is a solution that brings the best of PC gaming and streaming entertainment into the living room,” says Min-Liang Tan, Razer co-founder and CEO. “We successfully engineered a micro-console in an elegant form factor with sufficient power and connectivity required of hardcore gamers, with peripherals that uniquely enable high-performance gaming in a casual home environment. With the additional ability to stream movies and other media, and to play the best Android games directly on one’s TV, the Razer Forge is truly a micro-console for the next generation of gamers.”
Multimedia content and Android games from Google Play are powered by the device’s quad-core Qualcomm CPU and dedicated GPU. Razer Forge TV will also bring hardcore PC gaming into the living room with its Razer Cortex streaming software and Razer Turret lapboard.
Razer Cortex: Stream, developed with cloud graphics company OTOY, provides ultra-low latency gaming and up to Full HD resolution with a standard Wi-Fi or Ethernet connection. The streaming software is compatible with most popular PC brand components including NVIDIA and AMD and can support Directx9 games and higher from any publisher.
The Razer Forge TV, priced at $99.99 or bundled with a controller for $149.99, will be available in Q1 2015.
