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Publisher SouthPeak has splashed out and acquired fellow label Gamecock.

The deal's likely to raise a few eyebrows; outspoken Gamecock boss Mike Wilson has often criticised companies releasing games in order to please investors, and SouthPeak became a public company earlier this year.

Benefiting from the extra funds and reach of SouthPeak will be Gamecock titles Velvet Assassin, Mushroom Men and Legendary.

Games from SouthPeak include Monster Madness, Roogoo, Two Worlds, Edge of Twilight and X-Blades.

Still, no more Gamecock, and we so liked thinking up puns.

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iokthemonkey #1 3 years ago

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Best headline ever.
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Darren #2 3 years ago

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Gamecock! LOL
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Psychotext #3 3 years ago

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lol... that headline is so wrong.
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Sneerk #4 3 years ago

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YES WE AM!
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jonsaan #5 3 years ago

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Nice headline. Swallows might have been better.
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FenderMaster #6 3 years ago

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i lol'd
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iokthemonkey #7 3 years ago

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Nice headline. Swallows might have been better.

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I guess you've never heard the "Are you a goblin?" joke then...
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KreyAtiv #8 3 years ago

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I must agree, great headline.
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HarryPalmer #9 3 years ago

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I approve.
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elmerfudd #10 3 years ago

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oh to see Mr.Wilson eat some humble pie..
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Optyk #11 3 years ago

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Did anyone come into this thinking it said SouthPark?
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Carpathian #12 3 years ago

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I do love your headlines here as much as the next jaded gamer with a panto sense of humour (genuinely so) but it has to be said:-

Kotaku 08:00 "SouthPeak Devours Gamecock"

EG 15:46 "SouthPeak gobbles up Gamecock"

We could call that a draw but they played their joker in that they used the following:-

"Cock head Mike Wilson swells with excitement"
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chicknstu #13 3 years ago

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"SouthPeak eat GameCock"
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Razz #14 3 years ago

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"SouthPeak swallows, GameCock spits"
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Fleeby #15 3 years ago

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Gamecock certainly lived up to its name judging by its releases so far...
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makeamazing #16 3 years ago

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Best thing GC released so far was Stronghold Crusader Extreme (which i must get round to playing)... but most of their library of games looked alittle boring.
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toy_brain #17 3 years ago

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Well that didn't take long. I had high(ish) hopes for GC and its promise to deliver new and quirky IP's, but when most of them turned out to be bollocks, followed by that stupid spat with John Romero (I think), I stopped giving a toss.

Dont think I own a single GC-published game, and I'll buy any old rubbish sometimes.
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bad09 #18 3 years ago

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I must repeat iokthemonkey with "Best headline ever!"

I did chuckle, dirty minded sod!

Edited by 1 at 14/10/08 @ 18:31
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Muddtallica #19 3 years ago

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LOL...even Edge Magazine have run with "SouthPeak grabs Gamecock" for this story. Guess nobody can resist a good euphemism.
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drunkymonkey #20 3 years ago

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Heh. Didn't these guys hijack a Ken Levine speech to rant about how the way they did things was the best way?

YEAH, RIGHT.

Anarchist twits.
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Reihn #21 3 years ago

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drunkymonkey: Yes. Yes they did. Idiot fucks.

But also, I really really want Velvet Assassin to be good. I love the idea and the setting . . . but it very probably won't be good. To me, it's the only potentially quality game in the (now ex) GC stable.
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