Mad Catz moves beyond peripherals and into Xbox 360 game publishing

[jkipp82]

We already knew that peripheral maker Mad Catz was getting its proverbial feet wet in the game development business with War Wings: Hell Catz.

What we didn't know is that the hardware manufacturer is also interested in Xbox 360 console-specific publishing. Earlier today, the company announced its intentions to step into the ring with the likes of EA and Activision by formalizing an "Xbox 360 Publisher License Agreement," allowing Mad Catz the ability to publish retail titles on Microsoft's console.

"The execution of the Xbox 360 Publisher License Agreement marks an important milestone as we pursue our longer term goal of expanding our participation in developing, publishing and distributing games," Mad Catz President and CEO Darren Richardson remarked in the announcement. It's still unclear whether the company's first game -- the aforementioned War Wings -- will make a debut on Xbox 360 as well as the PC, or whether Mad Catz will pursue other titles first.

[reapermech]

mad catz making games now .... lets just hope that their games hold up better than some of their hardware .
that being said i would like to see what they come up with in terms of graphics and playability with this game

[Insane JIC]

We're they who made the gameshark?

[reapermech]

they own it now the original owner was Recoton before they went bankrupt

[Emerald Lance]

I know Datel does Action Replay, and Pelican does Codebreaker. I didn't know Mad Catz did Gameshark... For some reason, I thought Pelican made Gameshark as well.

[BrayWyatt]

We're they who made the gameshark?

it was made by Interact Acc.