Razer Hydra brings motion controls to PCs this June, bundled with Portal 2 for $140
Despite a release window of "early" this year, Razer wasn't quite able to ship its Hydra motion gaming controller alongside Portal 2 this week. Instead, interested parties will be able to pre-order the $140 package this May ahead of a projected June ship date.
Wait, $140? We were told Razer was targeting a sub-$100 price point. That boosted price is for the Portal 2 bundle which includes (get this!) a copy of Portal 2! But this isn't your off-the-digital-shelf Portal 2; this version includes the Sixense MotionPack DLC featuring "six additional levels specifically designed for more portal testing fun with motion control," developed by Sixense.
Of course, any PC gamer worth his water cooler will have already purchased Portal 2 by then; luckily, the Hydra "is optimized with over 125 popular PC games out of the box," including Left 4 Dead 2 (melee weapons!) and World of Goo (think Wiimote). We've reached out to Razer to find out when a non-bundled option will be available and to see if it can share that list of 125 games with us. C'mon, FreeCell ...
If you want to read more about the rather impressive Hydra, look no further than our CES impressions.
[Update: We just heard back from Razer, who confirmed that it's "just the bundled option" for now. They also dropped us the entire list of compatible titles, which you can find alphabetically indexed after the break.]
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A Reckless Disregard for Gravity
Alien Swarm
Altitude
Amnesia
And Yet It Moves
Assassin's Creed 2
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Audiosurf
Batman Arkham Asylum
Battlefield Bad Company 2
Beat Hazard
Beyond Good and Evil
Bioshock
Bioshock 2
Bit Trip Runner
Borderlands
Braid
Bulletstorm
Chains
Chime
Civilization 4
Civilization 5
COD: Black Ops
COD: Modern Warfare
COD: Modern Warfare 2
COD: World at War
Cogs
Company of Heroes
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor
Crysis 2
Darksiders
DeathSpank
Defense Grid
Deus EX
Deus EX: Invisible War
Dog Fighter
Doom 3
Eversion
Fallout 3
Fallout 3: New Vegas
Galcon Fusion
Grand Theft Auto 3
Grand Theft Auto 4
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Half Life 2
Half-Life
Hitman
Hitman 2
Hoard
Just Cause 2
Kane & Lynch
Kane & Lynch 2
Killing Floor
Larva Mortus
Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead 2
Lego Starwars 3: The Clone Wars
Lego: Batman
Lego: Harry Potter
Lego: Indiana Jones
Lego: Star Wars
Lucidity
Machinarium
Magicka
Mass Effect
Mass Effect 2
Max Payne
Max Payne 2
Metro 2033
Mirror's Edge
Monday Night Combat
Mount & Blade
Mount & Blade: Warband
Oblivion
Obulis
Oddworld: Abe's Exodus
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
Osmos
Painkiller
Painkiller: OVERDOSE
Peggle
Plain Sight
Plants vs Zombies
Poker Night at the Inventory
Portal
Psychonauts
Quantz
Red Faction 2
Red Faction: Guerrilla
Resident Evil 5
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Roller Coaster Tycoon 3
Rush
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
Sam and Max 101
Serious Sam HD
Shadowgrounds
Shadowgrounds: Survivor
Shatter
Sims 3
Singularity
Splinter Cell: Conviction
Super Laser Racer
Super Meat Boy
Swarm Arena
Team Fortress 2
The Ball
The Void
The Wonderful End of the World
Titan Quest
Titan Quest: Immortal Throne
Toki Tori
Torchlight
Trials 2
Trine
Warhammer 40,000
Windosill
World of Goo
Worms Reloaded
Yosumin!
Zeno Clash
