From the moment the opening credits kick in, Atmos starts to make its mark. Designed for screaming into during heated shootouts, it also promises a flexible microphone which you can quickly pull away in the middle of raging firefights to tell intruding spouses “buzz off, honey, I’ve got a galaxy to save. Gears 5, though, reminds us in no uncertain terms just what an impact Dolby Atmos can have on a gaming experience. Priced at $99.99, the Performance Stereo Gaming headset ups audio fidelity, offering noise-canceling capabilities, richer sound effects and options to hear your own voice barking out heated curses. Whether ergonomics will outweigh its less than fashionable design, with the device designed to rest behind the neck as you coolly chainsaw screaming adversaries in half, remains uncertain.
Looking like a futuristic collar, the Gears of War 3 Throat Communicator threatens to offer a customizable neckband and hands-free communication capabilities, letting you hurl obscenities at opponents over Xbox Live for $29.99. Along with bucketfuls of blood, reams of punchy one-liners and endless excuses to indulge in chest-thumping machismo, sci-fi shooter Gears of War 3 for Xbox 360 will also ship with its own specially-branded audio gear in September.Ĭoming from well-known purveyor of gaming peripherals MadCatz, licensed accessories are slated to include a Throat Communicator, Performance Stereo Headset and Dolby 7.1 Surround Sound Headset, all offered in homicidal rampage-friendly red-and-black tones.
