HP announced its intention to acquire HyperX, the gaming division of Kingston Technology, which produces a variety of gaming peripherals, including keyboards, mice, microphones, and most famously, headsets. The company's Cloud gaming headsets are strong candidates for our Best Gaming Headsets guide and tend to perform well above their price point. [HP justifies this acquisition based on its forecast that the PC hardware industry will be worth $70 billion by 2023 and that "the global peripherals market is expected to grow to $12.2 billion by 2024, with gaming peripherals accounting for a disproportionate share of this growth." This is because.

HP paid $425 million for HyperX and the deal is expected to close by Q2 2021; it will not say goodbye to Kingston as Kingston will continue to manufacture DRAM, flash, and SSD products for gamers.

HP has been trying to be taken seriously by gaming enthusiasts for some time now, producing decent gaming machines under the Omen brand, as well as a selection of gaming peripherals.

The peripherals HP has developed in-house so far have been functional, but never exciting. The acquisition of a well-established brand should change this.

Now we may finally be able to forget all about the HP Omen Mindframe.