After weeks of teasers and leaks, ATK has officially launched the Duckbill Ultra, a compact symmetrical wireless gaming mouse with a shape that emphasizes the low front height of the main left and right click buttons, a rearward hump and side buttons, and swooping sculpted left and right clicks. The images that are available of the Duckbill make it look like a more affordable spin on the Pulsar TenZ Signature Edition with a few tweaks to the design. ATK says the Duckbill will weigh in at around 46 g, but it’s unclear whether this will include the mouse skates or not. This puts it in roughly the same weight class as the Kysona Mercury that launched just a day before it. The Duckbill Ultra measures in at just 118 × 62.5 × 37.4 mm, with a grip width of 55 mm, and it is designed for a claw grip. It also features all the internals you might expect from an esports-oriented mouse, like the PixArt PAW3950 sensor, Nordic 54H20 sensor, and 2.4 GHz wireless connectivity with 8 kHz polling. The Duckbill Ultra features a 500 mAh battery that the brand says should deliver around 150 hours of use, although there is no clarification which connection mode was used for this calculation. Fortunately, it also offers 8 kHz wired polling for when you do need to charge it.
The Chinese launch post was spotted by @hitoshi_1107 on X, and the launch materials say that the ATK Duckbill Ultra is slated to go on sale on August 7 at a price of ¥499, which converts to $69.53 at the time of writing. This is somewhat more expensive than expected, since ATK has generally catered to the affordable peripherals niche, with many of the brand’s previous gaming mice coming in at between $30 and $50. The launch currently seems limited to China, although it will likely show up on sites like AliExpress before long, and the marketing materials mention that it will be a simultaneous global launch. ATK is seemingly simultaneously launching its ATK Hub 3.0 for peripheral configuration. Fortunately, there is a web version available, so users don’t necessarily need to worry about falling victim to the same malware infection issues that befell Endgame Gear users recently.
An interesting comparison video posted to X, based on prior leaks of the Duckbill, confirmed that the new ATK mouse is basically a longer Pulsar TenZ mouse with its buttons placed further forward on the shell. In theory, this could make it more comfortable for people with larger hands and those who use a relaxed claw grip.
