Farewell Roccat as Turtle Beach Fully Integrate the Iconic Peripheral Brand

I’m a long-time fan of Roccat, they were some of the best peripherals I’ve owned, and some of the first I ever reviewed here at eTeknix. I think it’s only fair to say I’ve had great memories of working with the company, and have made friends with them over the years, and while they’re not really “gone” the brand name itself is being assigned to the history books.

Turtle Beach snapped up Roccat quite a few years ago now and has slowly been merging the product ranges. This much was evident just last week when I said “They’ve come a long way, with many of the best gaming headsets on the market, and since they snapped up Roccat a good few years ago, they’ve certainly upped their gaming when it comes to keyboard and mice too.” as they revealed a new range of headsets, keyboards and mice in their last press release.

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However, as of today, it seems that the ROCCAT brand is officially reaching the end of its life, with Turtle Beach confirming in a press release that ROCCAT will not be a separate brand anymore but rather integrated under the covers of Turtle Beach.

Turtle Beach has noted: “We want to bring a greater level of integration to our family of products across console, PC and simulation. We felt that time and resources would be best spent focusing under a single brand and creating a range of products that matter most to gamers.”

ROCCAT was acquired by Turtle Beach in 2019 for $14.8 million to strengthen the company’s positioning in the PC accessories market. At the time, ROCCAT’s lineup of gaming keyboards, mice, headsets, and other peripherals complemented Turtle Beach’s console-oriented product mix.

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In a FAQ posted on its website, Turtle Beach also added: “While we’ll be retiring the ROCCAT brand, many of its iconic product lines like the Vulcan, Kone, Burst and Sense will transition under the Turtle Beach brand. Our commitment to PC products remains as strong as ever and we have several ground-breaking new products to introduce as well as Turtle Beach-branded versions of popular existing ROCCAT products sticking around.”

For product support, the same teams are handling any customer support, and the company has merged them into a single new website, which handles tech and customer questions at support.turtlebeach.com. For returns, the company also takes care of ROCCAT products. The ROCCAT Swarm software will continue to work, even with Swarm II scheduled for a debut this year in Spring. From now on, all products will be under a single brand but will target the same audience. Turtle Beach will also rebrand the social media channels from ROCCAT to Turtle Beach PC. Refer to the FAQ posted on the official company website for more inquiries.