IMAGE: HAYDEN DINGMAN APRIL 2019 PCWorld 75
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The cat didn’t kill this R.A.T. yet. BY HAYDEN DINGMAN
The RAT is back, and no I don’t
mean your trash-uncle’s
favorite glam metal band. Two
years ago venerable
peripherals maker Mad Catz filed for
bankruptcy and then subsequently died,
taking its designs to the grave with it. But not
permanently, as it turns out! Mad Catz
reemerged at CES 2018, or at least there’s a
new company wearing the skin of the old, a la
corporate Hannibal Lecter.
And in addition to reviving the brand,
nu-Mad Catz has revived the well-known
RAT line of mice. So what’s the verdict? Is
the new Mad Catz worthy of the name? We
went hands-on with the resurrected RAT 8
to find out.ROUND AND ROUND
I still remember the first time I used a RAT.
How could I not? Even now, almost a decade
after its release, it’s the most aggressive