Android-based game consoles are a dime a dozen these days, but that hasn't stopped more and more companies from throwing their hats into the ring. Mad Catz is now a part of that club, as CEO Darren Richardson announced Project M.O.J.O. in a recent earnings call. Richardson mentioned that the company will unveil its own “micro console” at next week’s E3 in Los Angeles and that it will be “configured to harness the maximum gaming horsepower from an Android device.”

Project M.O.J.O. is also an effort on the company’s part to “offer the best path forward as the video game industry reaches another inflection point with both the introduction of new gaming consoles as well as the growing shift by casual gamers towards tablet and smartphone gaming.” Richardson went on to mention that the device will focus on hardware performance and remain open as a platform.

While there are no other details about the device at this stage, the Project M.O.J.O. console will be designed to work with the company’s GameSmart peripherals, which leads us to believe that the unannounced console is a byproduct of the new partnership between Mad Catz and Nvidia for Mad Catz's GameSmart peripherals. This means the console may also come pre-loaded with Tegra Zone, the same software that’s being used on the Nvidia Shield console.

Be sure to join us at E3 next week, June 11-13, where we'll find out more about this Android-powered console.