In Celebration of
the Recon Spark’s Launch Turtle Beach is Proudly Sponsoring the
Super Girl Gamer Pro Event – A Female-Driven
Esports Competition in the U.S.
San Diego, CA – July 26, 2019 –
Turtle Beach (Nasdaq: HEAR), a
leading global gaming accessory brand, today announced the retail availability
of its latest gaming headset – the Recon Spark. An entry-level
wired gaming headset with a unique white and lavender>Recon
Spark is perfect for gaming on any system and is available for a MSRP
of $49.95. The Recon Spark will be available for purchase in limited
quantities starting this Sunday, July 28, 2019 exclusively at Target
stores, at turtlebeach.com
in the U.S., and at participating retailers in Europe. In celebration of the Recon
Spark’s launch, Turtle Beach has partnered with ASA Entertainment to
support the Nissan Super Girl
Surf Pro / Super Girl Gamer Pro – the
only competitive action sports and esports event focused on supporting women in
gaming – taking place today and over the weekend – July 26-28, 2019 in
Oceanside, CA at the Oceanside Pier.
“We’re excited to launch the Recon
Spark this weekend as Turtle Beach’s first product with a unique Spark color treatment, and to do so in
conjunction with a great event supporting and celebrating female gamers and
athletes,” said Juergen Stark, CEO, Turtle Beach. “Female gamers are an
enormous and growing demographic in the gaming industry, making up
approximately half the overall gaming audience, so we’re excited to offer
products with more color options that appeal to everyone.”
Debuting a standout white and
lavender>Recon Spark delivers
comfort-driven performance with great sound and crystal-clear chat through its
high-quality 40mm speakers and high-sensitivity flip-to-mute mic. The Recon
Spark’s lightweight design, metal-reinforced headband, and
glasses-friendly leatherette-wrapped memory foam ear cushions provide added
durability and comfort. Additionally, the headset’s standard 3.5mm connection
makes it multiplatform compatible and ideal for use with Xbox One, PS4™ Pro
& PS4™, Nintendo Switch™, PC gaming with the included PC splitter cable,
and for mobile devices with a 3.5mm headset jack.
The Nissan Super Girl Surf Pro is the
world’s largest women’s surf event and music festival, and the Super Girl Gamer
Pro tournament was created to provide a unique platform for female gamers and
to help inspire women to take a larger role within gaming and esports.
Attendees can experience the Free Play Zone where they can jump into games
including Fortnite, League of Legends,
Hearthstone, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
as they try out Turtle Beach’s all-new Recon Spark gaming headset. For the
tournament, some of the world’s top esports athletes and influencers, including
Misses Mae, C6urtney, Adept and more will be using Turtle Beach’s Elite Atlas PC gaming headsets with
customized Super Girl Gamer Pro speaker plates, as well as ROCCAT’s
award-winning Vulcan 120 AIMO and Kone AIMO gaming keyboards and mice as they battle
it out to become the top girl on the leaderboard.
For more information on Turtle
Beach’s lineup of high-quality products, accessories, and stories, visit the
Turtle Beach website at www.turtlebeach.com
and the Turtle Beach Blog at https://blog.turtlebeach.com.
Fans can also follow Turtle Beach on Facebook,
Twitter, and Instagram. Additionally, for the latest information on
ROCCAT’s German-engineered PC gaming accessories, visit https://roccat.org.
About ASA Entertainment
Founded in 1994,
ASA Entertainment Group, LLC is an action sports event, television and content
production agency focused on creating and executing customized, turn-key
marketing programs that range in scale from grassroots to global. ASA’s events,
featuring skateboarding, freestyle BMX, inline skating, freestyle motocross,
snowboarding, skiing, surfing and music, are broadcast domestically on eight
networks (including CBS and FOX Sports), and distributed to more than 700
million HH globally via 30 international broadcast partners. ASA’s productions
span the spectrum from large, international competitions such as the ASA Action
Sports World Tour, the World Championships of Freestyle Motocross, the Super
Girl Pro Series and the ASA Big-Air Triples to amateur contests, lifestyle and
branded entertainment events, demonstrations, exhibitions, school programs and
mobile tours. After 25 years as a leader in action sports, ASA Entertainment
regularly connects brands to consumers through its platform of premium action
sports and lifestyle content. For more information, visit ASAentertainment.com.
About
Turtle Beach Corporation
Turtle
Beach (www.turtlebeach.com)
is a leading gaming accessory brand, offering a wide selection of cutting-edge,
award-winning gaming headsets, keyboards, mice, and more. Whether you’re a
professional esports athlete, hardcore gamer, casual player, or just starting
out, Turtle Beach has the gaming headset to help you truly master your skills.
Innovative and advanced technology, amazing high-quality gaming audio,
crystal-clear communication, lightweight and comfortable designs, and
ease-of-use are just a few features that make Turtle Beach a fan-favorite brand
for gamers the world over. Designed for Xbox, PlayStation®, and
Nintendo consoles as well as for PC, Mac®, and mobile/tablet
devices, owning a Turtle Beach gaming headset gives you the competitive
advantage. In 2019 Turtle Beach acquired ROCCAT, a leading PC accessories maker
that combines detail-loving German innovation with a genuine passion for
designing the best PC gaming products. Turtle Beach’s shares are traded on the
Nasdaq Exchange under the symbol: HEAR.
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