October 14th, 2008

Gamecock News Of The Day

Gamecock Media Group used to be an indie video game publisher founded last year by Mike Wilson, Harry Miller and Rick Stults, original founders of Gathering of Developers. While that publishing company ended up being acquired by Take Two in 2000, about 2 years after being started, it seems the Gamecock news of the day are even more interesting than that - this new company has been acquired even faster! Who got'em? That's what we're about to see right away...

... as I tell you just two words: SouthPeak Games. If this doesn't ring a bell, maybe Monster Madness, Two Worlds or Roogoo sound familiar. Good, so we know who, but there's one question remaining - "why?"

According to Melanie Mroz, CEO of SouthPeak, "Gamecock brings us a solid slate of upcoming titles, including Legendary,

Mushroom Men and Velvet Assassin and supports our strategy of working with independent developers." I don't know about you, but I think Legendary owns, and Mushroom Men doesn't look bad at all, either.

Mike Wilson, CEO of Gamecock, said "We are thrilled to be joining forces with SouthPeak to continue to bring great original titles from independent developers to market with a stronger sales and distribution reach. We have followed each other's progress closely over the last two years, and combining our team with theirs results in a very strong and well-rounded force in the market," but the most interesting part of the deal - the financial details, are not public yet, so this entire Gamecock news story seems like a nice steak, without the sauce.

Well, at least things should be looking brighter for Gamecock, and I really hope the gaming industry veterans I mentioned in the beginning will remain there, instead of funding yet another company...