SteelSeries is selling a licensed Fortnite peripheral line and, on October 22, 2026, announced the Sensei Pro and Rival Pro wireless mice with Ultra-Wideband connections and swappable batteries. Black units of those mice go on sale November 20, with white models from mid-December.
SteelSeries spent the second half of 2026 rolling out hardware on two tracks: a licensed Fortnite accessory line and a new generation of wireless mice built around Ultra-Wideband. The Fortnite lineup, dated October 16, covers earbuds, a headset, a mouse, three mousepads and other items priced from 2,530 yen to 33,310 yen. The same period brought the Aeon Pro gamepad, a PC, Xbox and Bluetooth mobile pad with official Xbox licensing, out September 25 at 45,530 yen, its pitch resting on a dock that switches connections and charges a detachable battery.
The mouse plans moved in stages. On September 30, SteelSeries Japan said the Sensei Pro and Rival Pro were coming to Japan, both wireless, with an 8,000Hz polling rate and two batteries, but left date, price and full specifications for a follow-up around the end of October. That follow-up came on October 22 at a media event in Ueno, Tokyo: two shapes, two sizes, two colors, eight models, all at 33,310 yen. The final specifications put the connection in the 7.25GHz to 9GHz band rather than 2.4GHz, with a charging base station that doubles as the USB adapter.
The announced battery life is up to 16 hours per battery at the 8K setting and up to 60 hours at 1,000Hz. Black models go on sale November 20, white models from mid-December, and pre-orders opened the day of the announcement. The sensor is the TrueMove 42K Pro, a SteelSeries customization of the PixArt PAW3955, rated at 42,000 DPI, 800 IPS and 70G. The company says work on the wireless design started about five years ago.
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