Inside SteelSeries: where gaming accessory concepts turn into reality

Inside SteelSeries: where gaming accessory concepts turn into reality

By Mark Knapp

During this year’s PC Gaming Week, we had the chance to hop over to the US office of one of the companies behind some of our favorite PC gaming accessories: SteelSeries.

Walk around Chicago’s West Loop, where the scent of freshly made chocolate frequently fills the air, not a twenty minute stroll from the Sears Tower (yes, the one some now call Willis Tower) or the Union Station, and you might never notice you’ve passed the SteelSeries office.

Even from just across the street, it’s hard to tell that you’re looking at the offices where SteelSeries is figuring out how to make the next best gaming mouse, keyboard, headset, or something entirely new.

Inside, the story changes quickly. The US SteelSeries offices occupy two floors of an old, brown brick building. But, you forget the building’s age as soon as you step into the workspace, replete with new and old gaming accessories and loads (we’re talking loooads!) or gaming culture paraphernalia.

Entering through the lower floor, we were greeted by what must be one of the biggest QcK mouse pads ever, serving as a doormat. This is where the marketing team would have been working if the majority of them weren’t …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Computing Components

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