Sadly Logitech’s previous versions of the G903 (The G900 Chaos Spectrum) and G703 (The G403 Prodigy) won’t work with the Powerplay, so currently your options are limited when it comes to picking a pointing device. Sounds pretty cool, doesn’t it? Well, there is a small catch you can’t just use any wireless mouse, rather you have to use either Logitech’s G903 or the G603, into which you insert a puck-shaped battery that’s compatible with whatever black magic Logitech use to make the Powerplay a reality. The end result? A wireless mouse that, in theory, never runs out of power. The magic happens when you take the lengthy USB cable and use it to plug the Powerplay into your computer, at which point not only does the pretty LED RGB logo illuminate but by using electromagnetic resonance the unit essentially creates an energy field that extends just a tiny bit off the pad, enough that the the special battery within the mouse can use it to charge itself. On top of this rubber mat you put down one of two mouse pads that comes in the box a simple, smooth cloth one designed for speed, and a rougher, plastic one for precision. The powerplay is an innocuous-looking 2mm thick, 12.6 x 10.8-inch rubber mat with a rounded oblong box at the top of it which sports the Logitech gaming logo.

Putting aside the name which sounds like something straight out of the 90’s, is it actually any good? It didn’t take off back then, but now it seems Logitech believe they are the company to bring this sorcerous technology to the masses in the form of their Powerplay system. The concept of constantly charging a wireless mouse via a mouse pad is not actually a new one, having been done many years prior.

Powerplay mat