Peripheral manufacturer Mad Catz announces the formation of ThunderHawk Studios, a new studio that plans to launch an MMO flight simulation next year. The announcement is very short, so here it is in its entirety:

SAN DIEGO-(BUSINESS WIRE)- Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. (“Mad Catz”) (AMEX/TSX: MCZ) announced today the formation of ThunderHawk Studios located in San Diego, California. ThunderHawk Studios will focus on developing a series of MMO (massive multiplayer online) flight simulation games with the first game expected to launch in 2012.

“The addition of flight simulation games should leverage the market share leadership and global distribution enjoyed by our flight simulation hardware products,” said Darren Richardson, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. “The formation of ThunderHawk Studios is an important milestone as we pursue our longer term goal of expanding our participation in developing, publishing and distributing games.”