Asemble your own MLG Pro Circuit Controller from Mad Catz (video)

Mad Catz Interactive has created a modular video game controller for professional gamers under the MLG Pro Circuit brand name. The cool thing about it is that you can mix and match different modules for the controller to match your own playing taste.

The new product shows it’s still possible to come up with a clever design for controllers in a five-year-old market, and it makes sense to cater to the tastes of the most hardcore fans in the video game industry.

The controller has different modules that you can snap into it, allowing you to change the configuration of the D Pad or thumb sticks to suit your style. You can make the controller resemble the PlayStation 3 controller’s set-up or the Xbox 360’s. The product uses the officially licensed Major League Gaming name to attract professional gamers.

The company showed off the new controller this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. It began selling the controller for the Xbox 360 or the PlayStation 3 on Amazon.com and its own web site for $99.99. That’s definitely pricey, but professional game players are pretty picky. The controller allows you to speed up the turning control for the relatively slow Xbox 360. There is a weight system that allows you to adjust the weight of the controller. It’s a sturdy controller. You can throw it against a wall when you lose a game, and it won’t break.

Check out the video below.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.