Leetgion, gaming arm of renowned PC Heatsink manufacturer Thermalright, announces 'the long waited, designed for fast paced click heavy Action RPG gaming mouse, The Leetgion EL'DRUIN is finally released! After rigorous testing and countless tweaking, the Leetgion engineer team has found a perfect balance between function and hands on feel.
Featuring a distinctive RPG armor design, The EL'DRUIN contains the brand new Leetgion SPAD and Omni-Tuner, along with removable Palm Plates, top quality Avago9500 Laser Engine and Made in Japan Omron Micro Switches. The Leetgion EL'DRUIN is your best weapon for digital questing.

The SPAD, short for Skill Power Actions D-Pad is innovative control suited to gamers' need. It's a fully programmable five way thumb pad that gives fast access to skills without the need to memorize complex button placements. Everything you need is right at the tip of your thumb.

Thermalright's gaming peripherals brand, Leetgion is running what it calls "Santa Hit and Run Sale" (don't ask why), with participating online retailers in most big markets shaving 10 percent off its US $90 price tag. The offer runs from 10/12/2012 to 24/12/2012. Backing its still-high $81 price are a super-cool combination of Omron and Cherry MX mechanical switches that earn it the title of being the first "mechanical switch mouse," Avago 9500 laser sensor with 5,000 dpi resolution, an ambidextrous design, and 16.8 million color lighting.A list of participating retailers follows.

Here are some of the first images of Leetgion's second gaming mouse, the El'Druin. While its first mouse, the Hellion, is optimized for StarCraft II, the El'Durin is designed for Diablo III. Still in its CGI form, the El'Durin is an ambidextrous-looking mouse that has twelve programmable hotkeys including a 5-directional thumb S-pad (for quick actions). Its main two buttons are backed by Japanese Omron switches.

Under the hood is an Avago 9500 laser sensor with a tracking resolution of 5,000 DPI. This sensor is backed by Leetgion's patented DPI micro-tuner that allows users to adjust the tracking resolution at extremely fine steps. The mouse includes four custom profile sets including a default profile. For ergonomics there are four removable palm plates. The El'Durin measures 126 x 80 x 44 mm (LxWxH).

Over the month, Thermalright's gaming peripherals brand, Leetgion, released its first gaming mouse, Hellion, which it also claims to be the world's first "mechanical" gaming mouse. Perhaps they didn't find ball mice "mechanical" enough. The mechanical part Leetgion is referring to, is its switches. The Hellion uses a combination of Cherry MX Blue and OMRON Japan micro-switches. The main buttons apart from center are backed by OMRON switches, while a side "attack" macro button is backed by Cherry MX Blue.

Under the hood is an AVAGO 9500 laser sensor with a tracking resolution as high as 5,000 DPI. The non-primary buttons can be assigned macro functions, and macro profiles can be switched on the fly. Leetgion comes with three macro profiles optimized for Starcraft player classes. Measuring 123 x 73 x 42 mm (LxWxH), the Hellion has a fixed weight of 105 g. It uses a wired USB connection to the host, the cable is sleeved. The mouse also features a true-color LED illumination, a color can be chosen form a pallet of 16.7 million colors in the software. Find a review here.