SouthPeak gobbles up Gamecock News

14 October, 2008

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

14/10/08 @ 15:54

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Best headline ever.

Darren

14/10/08 @ 15:55

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Gamecock! LOL

Psychotext

14/10/08 @ 15:55

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lol... that headline is so wrong.

Mogs

14/10/08 @ 16:03

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How tedious. Industry Conlolidation.

Sneerk

14/10/08 @ 16:03

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YES WE AM!

jonsaan

14/10/08 @ 16:09

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Nice headline. Swallows might have been better.

FenderMaster

14/10/08 @ 16:09

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i lol'd

iokthemonkey

14/10/08 @ 16:11

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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...

KreyAtiv

14/10/08 @ 16:15

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I must agree, great headline.

HarryPalmer

14/10/08 @ 16:24

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I approve.

elmerfudd

14/10/08 @ 16:26

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oh to see Mr.Wilson eat some humble pie..

Optyk

14/10/08 @ 16:27

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Did anyone come into this thinking it said SouthPark?

Carpathian

14/10/08 @ 16:57

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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"

chicknstu

14/10/08 @ 17:02

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"SouthPeak eat GameCock"

Razz

14/10/08 @ 17:23

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"SouthPeak swallows, GameCock spits"

Fleeby

14/10/08 @ 17:35

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Gamecock certainly lived up to its name judging by its releases so far...

makeamazing

14/10/08 @ 18:09

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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.

toy_brain

14/10/08 @ 18:28

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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.

bad09

14/10/08 @ 18:30

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I must repeat iokthemonkey with "Best headline ever!"

I did chuckle, dirty minded sod! :)

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Muddtallica

14/10/08 @ 19:41

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LOL...even Edge Magazine have run with "SouthPeak grabs Gamecock" for this story. Guess nobody can resist a good euphemism. :D

drunkymonkey

14/10/08 @ 23:41

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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.

Reihn

15/10/08 @ 13:53

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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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