Here at PC Gamer I review a bunch of peripherals and hardware all designed to make PC gaming sing. Peripherals especially have come a long way since the early days. There's countless brands out there all pushing their own ideas, which is why it's odd to me that most peripherals still come in the same boring combination of colours and styles. Those of us wanting more colourful accessories often have to rely on RGB lighting to get us through, but sometimes themed releases have our backs.
A perfect example is the Destiny 2 Lightfall SteelSeries collection(opens in new tab). Not being a Destiny 2 player, I was caught unaware by this beautiful set of peripherals, which fade from purple, through pink to a yellow highlight. Through the gradient are lovely white detailed swirls. The designs are inspired by Destiny 2's megacity of Neomuna on the planet Neptune. That doesn't mean much to me, and I still want these very badly.
The SteelSeries range includes a headset, mouse, and RGB-lit mouse pad that all match this glorious theme. There are also thumbsticks by KontrolFreek(opens in new tab) on offer for controller players, but they look a little less cool. Coming in solid purple or light green they appear to have a grippy texture with the Destiny logo embossed on the surface.
The headset featured in the collection is the Arctis 7+ Destiny 2: Lightfall edition(opens in new tab), which looks really nice in this theme. The bottom of the headset has a peachy gold hue that becomes purple by the time you get to the top band. It's also likely to be a nice headset, even without the colours.
The 7+ is the next step up from the SteelSeries Arctis 7, which we called the headset to beat when it released several years back. The Lightfall
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