Mad Catz making official MLG FightSticks and controllers

If you're not good enough at fighting games to make a living in the MLG, but want to look like you are, Mad Catz has announced a line of MLG-branded accessories, starting with a Tournament Edition Arcade FightStick.

The stick is functionally identical to the Super Street Fighter IV FightSticks, with buttons and joystick by renowned parts maker Sanwa Denshi, a button lock for the turbo switches and home buttons, and a compartment in the back for cable storage. It just lacks, you know, Street Fighter imagery, because it's for professionals.

Mad Catz has other new MLG-themed controllers to show off, which it will do at the MLG Pro Circuit in Raleigh, NC this weekend.

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Mad Catz® Announces New Range of Licensed Major League Gaming® Professional Video Game Controllers
Premium Range Designed for Highest Levels of Tournament Play

San Diego – August 22, 2011 – 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® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft® and the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system from Sony®. 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™ components.

Additional information is available at www.madcatz.com/mlg

Reader Comments (30)

I like that it just looks like a game stick and not a specific game branded stick. I think that's what holds me back from buying one...that and the price point. I did try the street fighter iv stick though and it was mighty nice so I might pick this up...if it's not too pricey (which I'm sure it will be)

@blessrok $130-150 :>

@blessrok
You can always change the picture out on the stick. I bought a TvC stick and I'm currently designing a new picture for the top. Then when I'm done I'm just going to o to Kinkos get it printed out and then scrape the old stickart off.

If you're looking for a cheap stick, just want a bit of effort put into it. I'd say look into a Cthulhu MC(MC stands for MultiConsole. It works on every console, just for some of them you need to sodder a bit of their controller into the board to get it to work. Also if sony ever patches it so your stick doesn't work. Wait 3 days then run the Cthulhu patcher (the board has memory on it) and it works again) and how to install one (it's actuallty very easy to do but I was a bit confused on my first one) then throw it in a TvC stick. It's what I did. I then changed the buttons out (which is as easy as pushing them out and poping new ones in) and changed my plate because I prefer Octagonal restriction over box (which is what normally comes in the MadCatz sticks) and I had a new stick that costed me less then $60. Oh and you'll need to buy a USB to USB-B cable for plugin.
However if you plan to game on the 360, then ignore all this because getting a cthulhu to work on the 360 (from my understanding) is a bit of a pain compared to all the other consoles.

@jynxycat grumble grumble...

@The Aquacharger good lord, man! that's like....a lot of effort...and stuff. you sir have way more dedication than I.

@blessrok
Not really. all you do is get some wire strippers, strip the plastic part around the wires. Put it in the Cthluhu then screw the Cthulhu down. It's a very easy system. The soddering part is the only part that needs effort, but that's if you want it to work on consoles without USB ports, or the 360.

Nothing against madcatz but I find it utterly ridiculous that they continue to just Rebrand/re-license the same arcade stick and sell it over and over. Why stick with just sanwa parts there are other good suppliers, I thought madcatz would grow up and start offering a customization option with their joysticks. Think about it you could go online and and select different color buttons or sticks and which manufacturer you prefer. Sorry madcatz epic fail this time I just realized I own all of your arcade sticks just by owning the first tournament edition.

@type2red I don't think they're trying to dupe you. They're just offering different face plates as time goes on.

They don't market it as some amazingly new product each time :P

@type2red
Actually their TE's never change but their SE change a bit here and there. New madcatz made buttons or sticks. Witht he TvC joystick they finally fixed the problem of the joystic breaking due to light use. However the stick is super wobbly.

Great controller, but what fighting game is in MLG?

Isn't Mad Catz unreliable? I remember buying a controller by them and it stopped working a week later for no reason...

@Jay Z Madcatz doesn't really make any of the electronics in this joystick . The key parts are all from Japanese arcade parts manufacturers.

@Jay Z
Madcatz buys a bunch of parts made from other people (other then buttons and the stick now. They actually make those parts, and they suck. My MadCatz made stick was super wobbly out of the box. Buttons were just super stiff even after being broken in) then they put it together and sell it. You could do the same exact thing they do by going to lizard lick and buying the parts your self cutting off $80. You'll just have to have your own case. My friend does this and for about a year (before I gave him a case to a stick I got for free) he had a stick in a cardboard box taped together.

@Jay Z - I can't speak for their normal controllers but they've made all the recent Rock Band peripherals & so far, I've had zero issues with the keyboard that I got by them last October so they've improved to some degree over the **** they used to sell.

Real professionals mod their controllers.

Uhhhh... why does MLG need a fight stick?

I will buy that PS3 controller just so I can change the stick layout to match the 360's. That has been my only major complaint with the PS3.

@ItsameMatt03 There has been numerous 3rd party gamepads that have the thumbsticks in the Xbox position

i thought mlg was only fps's

MLG is pathetic.

Hmm, I am thinking we are going to hear an announcement of SSFIV AE joining the circuit in Raleigh. Why else would MadCatz brand a stick after MLG and make announcements at a MLG event.

@ adr916

Starcraft 2 has been at MLG for awhile now and is the more popular game at MLG. League of Legends will be at MLG Raleigh this weekend also.

@Xplicit

I'm thinking something similar. MLG may be trying to push the Evo guys out. Considering their Dallas tournament was held on the same Evo weekend and that Evo pulled in 80+ viewers.

@vaajtswv

Yup, would be a smart move for them. Seeings as they have already brought on league of legends which averages 80-100k concurrent viewers per event. I just hope they stick to just SSFIV AE though.

lol mlg

I got one of those MLG sticks but its disguised as an SFIV stick.

I'd laugh pretty hard if someone showed up to a tournament with one of those. MLG. Heh.

Ahhhh, now I can pretend I'm a HARDKORE GANGSTA PRO4LIFE without the additional embarrassment of actually admitting to playing games for a living (which I don't).

OK thats a great idea for people who like MLG.

Last time I checked tournament legal sticks were only 6 buttons. If that's still the case.... well.... LOL regardless.

I've been playing fighting games for more than a decade and Hori is the only branded arcade joystick I trust. Although I can admit that MadCatz has stepped up their game tremendously. But having that great accomplishment itself isn't enough to rid them of the shadow that cloaks them, for being famous for shit ass quality video game accessories.

Mad Catz making official MLG FightSticks and controllers

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