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Turtle Beach history
Turtle Beach company history timeline
Turtle Beach has been a leader in gaming audio for decades, and the Company’s origin story dates all the way back to 1975.
Turtle Beach has roots dating back to 1975 in Elmsford, New York, founded as "Turtle Beach Softworks" by Roy Smith and Robert Hoke.
19861986 – Octave-Plateau Electronics changes name to Voyetra Technologies to better align the company branding with the success of its Voyetra Synthesizer.
In 1988, Turtle Beach began to work on developing its first hardware product, a hard disk-based audio editing system.
In 1990, Turtle Beach began developing its second PC sound card.
Among the first of its kind, the product was named the "56K digital recording system" and was released in 1990.
In December 1996, the company was sold by ICS to Voyetra Technologies in Yonkers, New York.
In 2005, the company released its first Ear Force gaming headset model, the AXP. The headset was geared toward computer gamers.
Turtle Beach released its first pair of headphones designed specifically for the PlayStation 3 (Ear Force P21) in 2009.
In October 2010, Stripes Group acquired a majority position in Turtle Beach.
The same year, Turtle Beach acquired Lygo International, a United Kingdom-based distributor and supplier of gaming accessories that had already been Turtle Beach's exclusive distributor and support center for the UK and Ireland since January 2011.
In 2011, the company released a limited-edition, officially licensed Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 headset.
In 2012, it entered into a partnership with Major League Gaming (MLG) that saw the release of headsets specifically designed for tournament gaming and consumer headsets that had official MLG branding.
In April 2014, the company's name was changed to Turtle Beach Corporation, it began trading under the stock ticker symbol "HEAR," and opened a new corporate headquarters in San Diego, California.
In 2016, the company entered a partnership with OpTic Gaming, an esports organization, for the team to use its Elite Pro Tournament Gaming Headset.
Turtle Beach also released the Stream Mic for users who broadcast from their consoles and PC. In 2017, it released the first headsets (the Stealth 600 and 700) that could connect directly to the Xbox One console wirelessly.
In December 2018, it released a line of earbuds ("Battle Buds") designed for mobile gaming.
In 2019, Turtle Beach bought Hamburg-based company Roccat GmbH for 19.2 million US dollars.
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