SplitFish AG, the "world's premiere designer of PlayStation 3 first-person-shooter (FPS) console controllers" announced today a deal with Living Picture AG which will effectively see the devices (pictures at bottom) distributed worldwide. Living Picture, then, will provide the required financial and other sales resources in order to increase production capacity.

Called the "FragFX", the controller currently has a backlog of orders in Europe and North America.

"The rapid growth of SPLITFISH has made it necessary to increase our management personel and build on our sales infrastructure," says SPLITFISH CEO, Francisco Shipperheijn. "LIVING PICTURE is a perfect fit to bridge this gap and SPLITFISH will benefit from LP's experience in distribution channels, logistics and methods of stringent quality control."

This doesn't seem to be old piece of junk either - according to the press release anyway, it's received rave reviews from media and consumers alike.

The FragFX is a patent- pending two-piece combination motion stick and mouse, that provides gamers with pinpoint accuracy and unmatched control in action games, The FragFX controller received one of the highest review scores (9.1) to date from IGN Gear who called the FragFX "the best controller we have tested on the PS3". SplitFish game team members later substantiated the FragFX superior performance abilities by gaining the #1 spot in the global leaderboards of the popular Playstation 3 game "Call of Duty 4".

Doesn't say when it'll be released, but presumably as soon as they can get shipping.