{"id":119021,"date":"2017-07-12T10:34:48","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T08:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=119021"},"modified":"2017-07-12T10:35:40","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T08:35:40","slug":"logitech-to-acquire-astro-for-85-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/119021-logitech-to-acquire-astro-for-85-million","title":{"rendered":"Logitech to acquire Astro for $85 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Logitech will\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ir.logitech.com\/press-releases\/press-release-details\/2017\/Logitech-to-Acquire-ASTRO-Gaming-Adding-Console-Gaming-Headsets-to-its-Position-as-the-1-Maker-of-PC-Gaming-Gear\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">acquire Astro for $85 million<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Astro is a gaming peripheral manufacturer known for its high-end\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.astrogaming.com\/headsets\/A40-TR.html?psids=3AH4T-AGX9N-506%2CM80%2CMOD-KIT%2CA40-TAGS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Astro A40<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.astrogaming.com\/headsets\/A50-GEN3.html?psids=3AS52-AGW9N-510%2CMOD-KIT-A50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>A50<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0gaming headsets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAstro is the leading player for premium console headsets and is the preferred headset for console eSports athletes,\u201d said Logitech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a perfect complement to Logitech G\u2019s focus on PC gaming and we couldn\u2019t be more excited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The company said Astro will focus on creating peripherals aimed at console gamers, while the Logitech G brand will continue to produce PC peripherals.<\/p>\n<p>The acquisition is expected to close in August.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/214642-new-logitech-gaming-headsets-for-everyday-life.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">New Logitech gaming headsets for \u201ceveryday life\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Logitech will\u00a0acquire Astro for $85 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":100505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[24763,9399,1773,15829],"class_list":["post-119021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-a40","tag-astro","tag-logitech","tag-purchase"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119021"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119023,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119021\/revisions\/119023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}