Corsair today announced that it would acquire streaming accessory brand Elgato Gaming.
Corsair didn’t buy Elgato’s entire business, it onlu acquired only the Elgato Gaming brand and the products under that branch of the company, which include its lineup of internal and external capture cards, the Elgato Stream Deck, the Elgato Cam Link and the company’s portable, collapsible green screen.
Elgato also makes a line-up of connected home devices under the brand name Elgato Eve, which is not part of the Corsair acquisition. Elgato Eve will go on independently under the new name Eve Systems.
Corsair has disclosed many details about the deal including what they paid for Elgato. Elgato is based in Munich, Germany, whereas Corsair is based in Freemont, California. Corsair did say that Elgato Gaming would operate as a separate brand within Corsair.
