MSI goes toe-to-toe with Elgato at CES 2024 with its new gaming pedal

A lot because the Shopper Electronics Present is characterised by the most recent improvements in tech, it’s additionally an area for offbeat units, and the MSI Liberator GP12 proves that CES 2024 isn’t any totally different. Taking over the likes of the Elgato Stream Deck Pedal, this peripheral has set its sights on players and streamers alike.

For these with the best gaming keyboard and mouse already at their fingertips, peripherals equivalent to this MSI foot pedal present extra methods to interact with video games and your PC extra typically. Whether or not you employ a pedal as a handy push-to-talk key, or as a fast approach to clip a clutch second, they save your fingers and fingers from potential distraction.

We caught the Liberator GP12 as we scoped out MSI’s CES 2024 showcase. It options three buttons, every only a faucet of a foot away, which will be assigned to no matter perform you see match. Swappable magnetic key caps additionally make it extra accommodating to your foot measurement, be you bigfoot or in any other case.

As much as 4 Liberator GP12 foot pedals will be linked collectively, however we are able to’t think about most individuals needing greater than two. Naturally, as is virtually a given for all gaming devices, it additionally options ARGB lighting, which is managed through the MSI Heart utility.

Personally, I’d like to go hands-on, or maybe feet-on, with the Liberator GP12. If nothing else, having an Arc Reactor-style footrest in my setup is definitely a prospect I might entertain.

For extra oddities from the CES 2024 present flooring, take a look at our MSI Claw preview and our ideas on this motherboard cable management innovation, which will revolutionize gaming PC design within the years to come back.