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Mad Catz Confirms U.S. In2Games NA Distribution Deal

Third-party game accessory firm Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. has officially announced an exclusive North American distribution agreement with UK firm In2Games.

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Simon Carless, Blogger

January 10, 2006

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Third-party game accessory firm Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. has officially announced an exclusive North American distribution agreement with UK firm In2Games. Mad Catz has acquired the rights to distribute the Gametrak motion capture system and will launch two compatible game titles for PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC to retailers in the North American market. The titles for North American distribution are not specifically named, but already launched in Europe and distributed by Mad Catz in many territory is golf title Real World Golf, which ships with a miniature golf club controllers, as well as first person fighting game Dark Wind. Mad Catz also commented in its statement that the technology "will be an integral part of many upcoming sports related titles." Darren Richardson, President and CEO of Mad Catz commented of the deal: "By working with In2Games we have found a company that understands how to both excite the consumers and use innovative new ideas to drive the market forward." "We are very excited at the prospect of working with an industry leader like Mad Catz," said Elliott Myers, CEO of In2Games. "They have both the expertise to bring a new product to market swiftly and the knowledge it takes to make that product a true hit with the public."

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Simon Carless

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Simon Carless is the founder of the GameDiscoverCo agency and creator of the popular GameDiscoverCo game discoverability newsletter. He consults with a number of PC/console publishers and developers, and was previously most known for his role helping to shape the Independent Games Festival and Game Developers Conference for many years.

He is also an investor and advisor to UK indie game publisher No More Robots (Descenders, Hypnospace Outlaw), a previous publisher and editor-in-chief at both Gamasutra and Game Developer magazine, and sits on the board of the Video Game History Foundation.

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