New Roccat mouse lets you program up to 29 different inputs

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For power users, gamers, and those seeking a highly functional mouse, more buttons is beneficial. Roccat wants to appeal to such people with its upcoming Kone XP, which has 15 buttons that can serve as 29 different inputs after programming via software.

Roccat's announcement of the Kone XP today described the peripheral is "ideal" for MMOs and strategy games. But high programmability makes the Kone XP potentially appealing for advanced general use, too.

The programmable buttons are: left- and right-click, the scroll wheel (5 inputs: up, down, left, right, and in), the button south of the scroll wheel, two buttons near the left-click button, four side buttons, and a thumb button near the mouse's base.

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