San Diego – May 07, 2012 – Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. (“Mad Catz”) (AMEX/TSX: MCZ) announced today the sponsorship of the Western Wolves professional gaming team, a top tier gaming organization made up of several of the gaming worlds most elite gaming stars.

“The Western Wolves gamers will make a great addition to Team Mad Catz, providing an ideal platform to showcase our complete range of professional gaming products.” said Darren Richardson, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. “Working with elite teams allows us to educate the mainstream gamer on the benefits of using professional gaming product.”

Western Wolves will represent Team Mad Catz at major international eSports events and compete using the Mad Catz range of pro-gaming equipment including the MLG Pro Circuit Controller, Tournament Edition FightSticks and TRITTON headsets.

Additional information is available at

www.teammadcatz.com/westernwolves