Peripheral maker Mad Catz has teamed up with Activision to create a series of Call of Duty branded controllers. Called “Black Ops PrecisionAIM controllers”, they don’t look much different from their PS3 and Xbox 360 counterparts, but at least they cost the same — $50. The new controllers will launch in November.

I don’t know about you guys but in the past (N64 era) I’ve had some problems with Mad Catz prodcuts. However, with their release of the various FightSticks and other officially licensed peripherals, the company is really stepping their game up. They are stepping their game up so much, in fact, that it was just announced that they will be in charge of all official Rock Band peripherals from here on out.

This means that Mad Catz produced products will appear in the official Rock Band bundles as they are now the ‘principal peripherals partner’ for the franchise. Try saying that 10 times fast.

Check out the official press release here.

Now a days, Guitar Hero is pretty much a household name, if you find a home console with some kids in the house chances are a plastic guitar won’t be far. And, if you’ve followed the franchise you’ll know that the peripherals are manufactured by Red Octane but that wasn’t always so. In the beginning MadCatz was signed on to do the deed before pulling out.

What’s even worse, MadCatz actually paid $300,000 to get out of the contract only to go on and see the series generate millions of dollars worth of revenue.

Oh well, at least they have a million different FightSticks coming out, right?

via joystiq

All the way back in July, we let you know that a Tatsunoko vs Capcom branded Fight Stick from Mad Catz was on its way at some point in the future. Well, only just know it has been announced tat the Fight Stick is officially for pre-order with a price tag of $79.99.

Compared the Mad Catz’ other Fight Stick offerings, the Tatsunoko vs Capcom’s price tag isn’t so stellar. However with a lower price tag most likely comes lowere quality parts but we won’t talk badly about the controller until we actually get our hands on it.

Of course, since Tatsunoko vs Capcom is only out for the Wii, there will only be a Wii version of the controller released.

via kotaku