By David Hinkle Citing what its key products were during its fiscal Q2 2010, Mad Catz obviously had a lot of love for Capcom, as several of the fight sticks it offered for 2D fighters were top earners. Aside from that, it pointed to its new line of Rock Band accessories and some Wii items such as its Remote and z...

By Shane McGlaun Mad Catz releases two new products designed for Rock BandRock Band for Xbox 360 to include wired guitar, PS3 gets wirelessRock Band 2 drum kit to be wirelessRock Band controller looks just like a real Fender StratNo DLC for Rock Band Wii

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By Laura June If you're really, really into fake guitar playing, Mad Catz newest 'Player's Edition' Fender Tele might be just the thing for you. It boasts four ways to kick yourself into Overdrive (traditional tilting, a backtuning button, a touch sensitive pickup over the strumming bar, and a sold-s...

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By Sean Fallon If you are still with us after that price revelation, you might be interested to know that the Mad Catz guitar also features fast-action ‘Shredderz' fret buttons—an exclusive addition that makes it easier to tear up solos. If that isn't enough to improve your game, the optional Electro-H...

By Darren Murph We always knew something like this was a realistic possibility, but we had high hopes that it'd never really come to fruition. Today, what little hope we had left in humanity has been thoroughly crushed, as the introduction of a guitar controller that costs far more than many actual guitar...

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By Jeff Atwood I recently broke down and purchased one of the new second generation Mad Catz Wireless Precision Bass Guitars. (Yep, this was the other part of the package deal with the guitar pedal.) I’ve had it for two days and run it through its paces in both Rock Band and Guitar Hero World Tour (gotta love t...

By Jeff Atwood I recently picked up a package deal that included the Mad Catz Rock Band Overdrive Pedal. This is as simple as it looks. It’s a freakin’ metal box with a switch that you plug into your Rock Band guitar (if you haven’t noticed, the port is on the side of every guitar). When you stomp on [...]

By Jeff Atwood Designed exclusively for Rock Band 2, the Electro-Harmonix Overdrive Pedal quickly connects to the Rock Band 2 official guitar, the Mad Catz Wireless Wooden Fender Stratocaster Replica or the Mad Catz Wireless Fender Precision Bass Guitar via a 10’ cable. It allows gamers to simply pus...

Essentially, the MIC is a nice microphone for Rock Band/Guitar Hero, but it also has all the necessary Xbox 360 buttons built in. This means you don't need ... Mad Catz Bringing Street Fighter Sticks, Rock Band Accessories to CES Kotaku Australia

By Rich Reed When Harmonix announced that the new wireless drum kit for Rock Band 2 would allow cymbals to be added, it really caught my interest. The drum kit is nice but without cymbals it just loses some of the realistic feeling. I then saw that Mad Catz would be making the cymbals for the drums and I have t...

By Rich Reed Playing Rock Band 2 is a definitely a blast, but if you are the singer, you have to decide how to deal with the controller. After turning on the Xbox 360 controller, putting on the headphones, plugging in the microphone, then where do you put the controller? It would have been a neat idea if Har...

By Rich Reed I am sure most of you have seen the Rock Band 2 TV commercial with the large Fender basses. The ad is a bit misleading since in the commercial they also show the ION Drum set and not the normal Rock Band 2 wireless drum set. In any case I wanted to try out the Mad Catz Fender Precision Bass for a few rea...

Tuesday, September 9, 2008 Mad Catz Ships the First-Ever Rock Band(TM) Bass Guitar Fender Precision Bass Guitar Kicks Off a Full Line of New Rock Band Products SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 2008--Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. (AMEX/TSX: MCZ), a leading third-party interactive entertainment accessory provider, announced today that it has begun shipping its Fender(TM) Precision Bass guitar for the Xbox 360(TM), the initial offering under its license with Harmonix and MTV Games to produce and distribute game peripherals and other products for the critically acclaimed Rock Band(TM) game. "We are excited to be providing an opportunity for the millions of Rock Band fans to enhance their game-playing experience with our Fende...   [read the full post]

One of the big things revealed about Rock Band 2 at E3, was the fact that they were opening up the game to specialty controller makers. Mad Catz is the ...

By C. S. Magor Mad Catz have gone and done something interesting, they have made a bass guitar for Rock Band and a good looking one at that. It uses a split strum bar which will let you strum faster than with a standard strum bar and comes with a very ...

By Erin Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. announced yesterday that it has begun shipping its Fender(TM) Precision Bass guitar for the Xbox 360(TM), the initial offering under its license with Harmonix and MTV Games to produce and distribute game ...

By Rich Reed Priced at $69.99 the Mad Catz Fender Bass Guitar is designed with a split strum bar for a more realistic feeling. The Over Drive will work and the bass has a bit more weight added to it. It also can be used as a guitar in Rock Band 1 or 2 but instead of a Whammy bar it has a Whammy wheel (located at the vol...

By SFL We missed the announcement that third-party accessories were green-lighted for Rock Band, so stumbling across the news of Mad Catz’s upcoming drum gear was akin to discovering dad’s softcore nudie mags in the closet (ie, pretty freakin’ ...

By Sean "Rothbart" Workman The drum kits Mad Catz will be offering is where things really get switched up. What’s the #1 complaint about Rock Band drums? They’re big, bulky, and hard to store/move. Mad Catz hears you and is answering with their portable drum kit. ...

 MA - There will also be a $49.99 portable drum kit for on the go drumming or if you simply want to keep things quiet in your apartment. That product is launching ...

Mad Catz will soon be making Rock Band licensed gear of its own for use with the Rock Band game (Xbox 360, PS3, PS2). Mad Catz has entered a multi-year license agreement with Rock Band's Harmonix and MTV Games to produce peripherals (instruments) for Rock Band.

By Will Prusik If you’ve broken your Rock Band guitar controller in an ill-advised Pete Townsend impression and are lamenting the fact that individual controllers aren’t available yet, there’s some good news on the horizon. Mad Catz, a well known maker of gaming peripherals, has signed a contract wit...

By Doug Osborne Mad Catz Interactive has announced that thanks to an agreement with MTV Networks, they will begin to produce Rock Band controllers sometime in the first half of 2008. These controllers will include a wired microphone, drum kit with wooden drum sticks, and wired/wireless varieties of gu...

By Jason Chen EBGames is great at letting people in on unreleased accessories. Last time, it was the Retro Joystick from Mad Catz. This time, it's a wireless guitar controller for Rock Band, the upcoming game that lets you be Guitar Hero with 2 guitars, a drum set and a mic.

By Jeff Atwood The first thing you need to decide is whether you prefer your fret buttons flat (Rock Band style) or embossed/raised (Guitar Hero style). If you love or hate a particular button style, this guitar, despite its awesomeness, will not change your mind. Yes, the “premium” strum mechanism is a b...