I don’t have any machines that can handle a mini-CD without disaster, and in-package software is almost always out of date anyway. The device can issue both pointer and keyboard events as part of macros, and those are still available when the mouse is moved between computers. More about that in the next section, but in a nutshell: Macros and various settings are stashed into on-board RAM (all 160K of it) by the control panel software. This device also registers as a USB mouse and keyboard when plugged in. Shining through the palm rest of the mouse is a bloody red hand print: Its brightness throbs with a kind of breathing rhythm while the mouse is idle, and shifts to a solid red when the device is used. The top is covered in a rubbery coating that resists fingerprints and smudges, and the sides are a glossy plastic with ribbing that makes it easy to grip. More on the particulars of those functions when we get to the software section. The wheel lights up in red, green, and yellow depending on which of the three functions is active. There’s a scroll wheel with middle click, and three function select buttons below the wheel. This right-handed device has left & right buttons, as well as two more under the thumb. The USB cord is clad in woven fabric, about six feet long, and comes with a built-in Velcro cable wrap. This mouse is solid and simple: No creaks or flexing, and it’s a nice weight (non-adjustable). Throughout the materials and the driver software there are typos, as well as awkward and even missing translations. The Guide, as with many things in this package, could have done with a bit of proofreading. I’ve never heard of DLC for a mouse before, but at least they don’t hide it in the fine print. Printed on the lid itself, though, is something interesting ( Optional, Order to Activate): The best features of this device are actually unlocked through a $20 DLC purchase. Opening the flap reveals the mouse, nestled in a tray beneath a clear vacuum-formed plastic lid. The A4TECH V3 Bloody Gun3 Multi-Core Gaming mouse comes in a nice cardboard package, with a Velcro-closed front flap. And lots more marketing details I don’t quite understand.Here are the highlights, taken from the product website and the side of the box: More in detail about that, toward the end of the review. This device also offers features that are only unlocked when you spring for an extra DLC package. Like the last gaming mouse I reviewed, this one acts as both a pointer and a keyboard, and is built with on-board storage for macros and settings that carry between computers. This A4TECH V3 Bloody Gun3 Multi-Core Gaming Mouse is an interesting device with a mouthful of a name.

A4tech bloody r8