Mad Catz annonce un stick MLG Tournament Edition

Mad Catz a annoncé aujourd’hui qu’une nouvelle série de controllers (manette et stick) sous licence Major League Gaming sera révélée ce week end au MLG Raleigh (27-28 août). Des images du stick TE étaient fournies avec le communiqué de presse, pour la manette (présentée comme customizable) il faudra encore attendre. Le stick est d’ores et déjà précommandable sur la boutique Mad Catz au prix de $159,99.

MAJ : Les manettes customizables (sticks et D-Pad interchangeables) sont visibles ici.

Mad Catz(R) Announces New Range of Licensed Major League Gaming(R) Professional Video Game Controllers

Premium Range Designed for Highest Levels of Tournament Play

Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. (“Mad Catz”) (AMEX/TSX: MCZ) announced today a new range of licensed Major League Gaming(“MLG”) professional video game controllers for use with the Xbox 360(R) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft(R) and the PlayStation(R)3 computer entertainment system from Sony(R). The new range of premium controllers will be unveiled for the first time at the MLG Pro Circuit at the Raleigh Convention Center taking place from August 26-28, and are expected to ship in time for Holiday 2011.

“Our new range of MLG products demonstrate our continued ability to produce highly specialized gaming products for passionate consumers,” said Darren Richardson, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. “We are very excited to work with MLG, the world’s largest competitive gaming organization on a project which continues in the tradition of our highly successful range of Tournament Edition Arcade FightSticks.”

The new range of licensed products include the Major League Gaming Pro-Circuit Controller which allows gamers to customize key components of the controller, and the Major League Gaming Arcade FightStick Tournament Edition which utilizes genuine arcade grade Sanwa Denshi(TM) components.