They’re over-the-ear headphones equipped with a clear microphone. You can usually distinguish these headsets as they have a bulky build and come with RGB lighting. One key feature of gaming headsets is that they offer true surround sound, which allows you can distinguish where sounds are coming from in a game.

A gaming headset can be wireless, noise-canceling, have a microphone with all kinds of different settings and features and even offer its own brand of virtual surround sound all at once, and for relatively little money. Plus, headset virtual surround/spatial audio is generally the most reliable.

Brands

• Razer.
• Logitech.
• HyperX.
• Corsair.
• SteelSeries.
• Astro.
• Turtle Beach.

History

In 2004, in addition to launching mice, SteelSeries launched the world’s first gaming headset, the Siberia, which attached a microphone to a uniquely comfortable headset, so players could easily communicate for hours and hours of gameplay.