(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Leading entertainment accessory provider, Mad Catz, have announced that they have extended a deal with Call of Duty publisher, Activsion.

Mad Catz » are known for producing a variety of different gaming accessories for each platform. They recently produced the accessories for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 which included the controllers, throat communicator, computer mouse and keyboard, faceplates and more.



Having extended their deal with Activision, they will now produce accessories for Call of Duty: Black Ops. It's still unclear what exactly these accessories will be but we assume that they won't be very different to the Modern Warfare 2 Mad Catz products.

Here is what the official press release » had to say about the deal.

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. (NYSEAmex/TSX: MCZ), a leading third-party interactive entertainment accessory provider, announced today that pursuant to an extension of its video/PC game accessories agreement with Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), it will produce officially branded controllers and accessories based on the upcoming Call of Duty®: Black Ops™ videogame by Activision’s award-winning developer, Treyarch. The agreement gives Mad Catz exclusive global rights to a range of accessories for the title, which is scheduled for worldwide release on November 9, 2010.

“We are honored to extend our relationship with the world’s leading videogame publisher and look forward to working with the team at Treyarch to create distinctive accessories for the next release of one of the most successful franchises in the history of the videogame industry,” said Darren Richardson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Mad Catz. “This agreement exemplifies our commitment and capabilities to develop and globally distribute to videogame enthusiasts unique and exciting products, as we continue to grow and diversify what we believe to be the industry’s leading portfolio of branded videogame accessories.”

“Mad Catz has a history of delivering for the Call of Duty brand, which is why we are excited to work with them again this year on what we expect will be one of the biggest videogame releases of all time,” said Dave Anderson, Activision’s Head of Business Development. “I’m sure that fans of the Call of Duty franchise will be as excited as we are when they see what Treyarch and Mad Catz have planned for this fall’s release.”

sweet thanks for the info!

thanks for the info, I remember the hype with their MW2 stuff, some of it was actually cool like the headset you wear around your neck

Cool, lets see what they come up with.