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Southpeak EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Two Worlds II pushed back to Spring 2010 24 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! The latest victim of the big 2009-to-2010 exodus is highly-anticipated RPG sequel Two Worlds II. Greatly hyped for its innovation... SouthPeak to publish TNA wrestling titles in 2010 16 As Midway Games crumbled and was eventually gobbled up by Warner Bros., the fate of franchises and licenses hung in the balance. Games like Mortal Kombat, Spy Hunter... we were all concerned. But... Video interview: Dementium II 8 I won't lie, I've done my fair share of interviews in strange places, however this one takes the cake. In the basement of the Bright Dawn Treatment Center, I had the opportunity to speak with Aub... Dementium II debut trailer will chill you to the bone 12 The debut trailer for Dementium II is upon us and it will creep you out. The video begins with scenes from the first game and then jumps over to the sequel. The Doctor, main bad guy of Dementium... Going to Hell and back in Dementium II 21 Dementium: The Ward was the first game by the folks at Renegade Kid. It was an impressive first outing for the company -- they were able to make a great first-person shooter and survival horror g... Southpeak responds to our Section 8 review, finds a bug 49 I'll give Southpeak credit where it's due. We've torn many of their games to shreds, but not once have they ever complained, demanded a re-review, or thrown bitter accusations at us. That said, o... Review: Raven Squad 26 The medium of interactive entertainment is full of good ideas that, for some reason or another, never realized their full potential. Either the required budget just wasn't there, pressure from pu... Maybe find traces of pubic hair in Crime Scene for the DS 8 I'd imagine that being a detective is a stressful, yet sometimes rewarding career. You head out to a crime scene, you find pubic hair on the toilet, you match it up with the creepy guy you found ... Section 8 pushed back a week [Update] 26 Section 8, Southpeak's sci-fi shooter that is blatantly better than Velvet Assassin, is being pushed back a week. I know you were all looking forward to playing it, as evidenced by the fact that ... Section 8 demo available today on Xbox Live, mo’ fo’s 27 A demo for Section 8 is now available for stealing up some space on your Xbox 360 harddrive. The demo consists of one multiplayer map where you’ll be able to touch down into some 16 player... Scandal: Former Gamecock CEO says SouthPeak is not paying up 15 Ok, stick with me on this one because Destructoid is about to get all serious business on your ass. Late last year Dementium: The Ward and Insecticide developer Gamecock sold itself to competitor... What the armor says: Section 8 7 A column of flames plummets from an orbital ship. The scorching pillar smashes into the middle of a boisterous battlefield laced with rocket fire, magnetic rounds, sensor arrays, war walkers, and... Dementium II coming out in February with this freaky cover 23 Southpeak and Renegade Kid have unleashed the cover art for Dementium II. Needless to say, it’s freaky as f**k. It’s like the ultimate facepalm too. What’s worse is that the arm... The first tiny little look at Dementium II 8 Dementium II is a game we know very little about so far. We’ve been teased with weird brochures and odd viral videos, but thanks to the new issues of Nintendo Power, we finally get our firs... Raven Squad screens show the Amazon, explosions therein 3 Since SouthPeak Games was kind enough to send over some new screens from Atomic Motion’s first-person shooter/real-time strategy mash up Raven Squad, I figured I may as well as put them up ... Dropping from the sky: Section 8 has plenty of it 15 If we created a “Bulkiest Space Marine Armor of the Year” award it’s quite possible Section 8 would run away with the it. The men of Section 8 are wearing some of the bulkiest, ... Frozenbyte admits Trine project is kind of a trainwreck 9 I had a feeling something was going on with gorgeous sidescrolling platformer Trine right after I saw it at E3. It was displayed at the Atlus booth and advertised as an Xbox Live title, but short... Section 8 concept art shows tough men doing tough things 16 If the header image is confusing you, stick with us for a moment. In Section 8 you control a human soldier named Alex Corde. He and about everyone else we’ve seen thus far wears the burdens... Section 8 screens arrive, still better than Velvet Assassin 4 I've not been especially kind to the past few Southpeak games, but bless 'em, they still like us, and I have to admit that my hands-on time with Section 8 at E3 left me feeling positive. While no... Southpeak announces Trine for PC 8 I first got my hands on Trine at E3 nestled in the corner of the Atlus booth. Having heard nothing about it up to this point, I found myself quickly enamoured with what I saw. A graphically rich,... Destructoid review: Legendary 49 I'm pretty sure that everyone and their mother is playing a certain other game right now (rhymes with beers at four - poo), but, surprise, there are other releases that have come out that may be ... Mushroom Men diorama contest winners announced! 12 We're a day late, but the winners based on our polling results as of October 26 at 11:59 PM EDT are: Grand prize: TrishSecond place: OnlyponyThird place: NintendollTrish will be taking home ... Gamecock gets snapped up by SouthPeak Interactive 17 While some of Gamecock's past antics have been fun, it looks like we may not see quite as many events such as E3 funerals in the future. News broke today that Gamecock have been acquired by South... These Legendary screens look an awful lot like a tentacle rave 9 Some new images of Gamecock/Spark Unlimited's Legendary have been thrown our way and once again, they show the game's diverse team of creatures ranging from werewolves to griffins to tentacle mon... Contest reminder: Show us your arts and crafts skills, win Mushroom Men prizes 13 Destructoid, Gamecock Media Group, and Red Fly Studio want to give you something mind-blowingly cool: a custom, one-of-a-kind Mushroom Men bass guitar autographed by the legendary Les Claypool. Y... Velvet Assassin quietly fades into the 2009 shadows 5 Gamecock studios have announced that Velvet Assassin will not be hitting European or North American stores until “early 2009.” The date change is a fairly significant move, considerin... Velvet Assassin model not just a pretty face, voices character in-game, more 19 What's a gaming expo booth without a "booth babe," really? Gamecock of all people understand this, and decide to bring along their own -- a leather-clad, pistol-wielding model dressed l... Contest: Win a custom Mushroom Men bass guitar signed by Les Claypool and more! 29 Destructoid, Gamecock Media Group, and Red Fly Studio want to give you something mind-blowingly cool: a custom, one-of-a-kind Mushroom Men bass guitar autographed by the legendary Les Claypool. Y... Shred Nebula, Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball, and Gin Rummy on XBLA this Wednesday 10 Straight off the heels of the Summer of Arcade line-up comes the announcement that three new Xbox LIVE Arcade games are planned for release on Wednesday: Shred Nebula (800 Microsoft Points), Pira... Renegade Kid's new title published by Gamecock, features 'horror icon' 10 If you thought that Renegade Kid moving away from Gamecock to publish their next DS title Moon meant their relationship was over, think again. IGN is reporting that Renegade Kid are once aga... Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball slated for release on Wii 5 Pirates, ninjas, zombies, robots, and three unannounced teams (I'm rooting for werewolves) playing dodgeball together? It's just crazy enough to work.We already know that Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodge... New screens for goblin life simulator Dungeon Hero releases 4 You should know that I have a very specific reason why I'm excited about Firefly Studios' Dungeon Hero -- the game's baddies, the goblins, will go about their business as you play the game. This ... Mushroom Men fiction: 'The Legend of Shiitake' 8 [Christopher J. Oatis is the grand prize winner of Gamecock's and Space Squid's Mushroom Men fiction contest. He's a the proud winner of many things, among them this writer's dream come true -- h... Space Squid's Mushroom Men fiction contest winners announced 3 Here at Destructoid, we don't deal in this thing people call "the real world." Politics? Current affairs? Forget 'em. Hell, we even had to hire our own sports correspondent because thos... New screens and box art sneak in as Velvet Assassin Web site goes live 6 Gamecock Media Group has blown up our mail boxes, alerting us that the official Web site for Replay Studios' upcoming "stealthy game with a broad as the protagonist," Velvet Assassin, h... New Velvet Assassin screens released, second chance to find Nazi gold revealed 7 It was back at EIEIO that one of the devs at Replay Studios, the folks behind the upcoming stealth-action title Velvet Assassin, mentioned Nazi gold to me. Behind a thick German accent, producer ... Have a listen to Les Claypool's music for Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars 10 Gamecock goes behind the scenes with Matt Piersall, main audio guy on Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars. Matt talks about some of his inspirations that helped him come up with the audio for Mushroom M... Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball coming to XBLA on September 3 13 After facing a few unfortunate delays, Blazing Lizard's Xbox LIVE Arcade title Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball has finally been dated for a September 3 release. Publisher Gamecock has not revealed a... Producer walks out of a portal in second behind-the-scenes Legendary vid 11 Gamecock Media Group has released the second in a series of behind-the-scenes videos for Spark Unlimited's forthcoming first-person shooter Legendary. In this video the game's producer, John Garc... Pew! Pew! Preview!: Hands-on with Mushroom Men (Wii) 16 A mysterious meteorite has crash-landed on Earth and has made plants sentient. Mushrooms and other plants have evolved into creatures that can walk around, communicate and do things that normally... Legendary game and graphic novel coming out next month 3 Gamecock and Spark Unlimited’s Legendary will be dropping into stores September 30th for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. I’ve played Legendary a few times already and I’ll definitely ... Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars pre-orders bundled with statuette 6 [As originally posted on Tomopop] I'm beginning to think Gamecock should just quit the gaming business and make toys. Toycock? Figurecock? Yeah, doesn't quite have the same ring to it I guess. At... E3 08: Interview with GameCock CEO Mike Wilson 5 [video]96143:78[/video]Out of all the publishers at E3 this year, only a few had line ups that were completely free of crap. Ironically, one of those publishers wasn't even at E3. During this yea... Win prizes, get famous with Space Squids' Mushroom Men writing contest! 12 Bust out your pads, typewriters, stenographs, or whatever it is you kids are using to write these days! Science fiction and humor magazine Space Squid, in association with GameCock Media Group an... E3 08: Goblins still peeing, making cheese in Firefly Studios' Dungeon Hero 2 Oh yes, Dungeon Hero -- the game where goblins take leaks. Back at Gamecock’s EIEIO event in Austin a few months ago, we got a first look at the Firefly Studios hack-and-slash title in acti... Gamecock's Mike Wilson announces running mate 19 [video]94777:50[/video]After the news announcement yesterday that Gamecock president Harry Miller was boldly supporting current ESA prez Mike Gallagher rather than his business partner, Mike Wils... Gamecock gets Steamy, announces distribution agreement with Valve 8 Those of you disappointed in the less-than-stellar performance of Insecticide on the DS, but not inspired enough to put forth the momentous effort required to pick it up for the PC, take heart! G... Hands-on with Spark Unlimited's Legendary 10 As mentioned last night, I got to play Legendary again last week. This is actually the third time I've previewed the game, and each time, it's gotten better and better. The game looks nothing li... Werewolves will play a part in Legendary's multiplayer 12 Destructoid has checked out Spark Unlimited and Gamecock's Legendary a few times now. In fact, I got to check out the game just last week. A small hands-on of that will be going up some time late... Check out Hail to the Chimp's Achievement list 4 Wideload Games and Gamecock will be releasing Hail to the Chimp for the Xbox 360 and PS3 next week. This is the first console-backed title from Gamecock, and it's about time the 'Cock slapped a g... New Velvet Assassin screens plus details on the game's weapons 9 Gamecock just slapped us with some fresh new screens from their upcoming stealth-action game, Velvet Assassin. This game looks just better and better every time I see something new. This has been... The PC version of Insecticide has gone gold 27 Detective Chrys Liszt is tired of crime in the city of Troi and she isn’t going to take it anymore! Along with fellow anthropomorphic insect partner, Roachy Caruthers, she’ll be gathe... Hail to the Chimp: Impressions of a Political Party Game 22 The party game is a curious genre. Most other game genres describe some inherent characteristic of the game. Adventure games take you adventuring, shooters let you shoot aliens and/or Nazis, and ... Velvet Assassin slated for release this fall on Xbox 360, PC 16 A game that takes place during World War II that isn't a first-person shooter? Can they ... can they do that? Yes, actually, they can. And by "they," I am of course referring to Replay ... Gamecock's Mike Wilson takes a big step, runs for president of the ESA 34 Sure, Gamecock has rubbed some people the wrong way at times, as people attempting something radical usually do. However, these guys are attempting something that very few parts of the game indus... Les Claypool to provide original score for Red Fly Studio's Mushroom Men 25 Allow me to date myself for a moment: when I was 12, I walked to a local record shop and purchased Primus' Sailing the Seas of Cheese ... on a cassette. Little did I know that some 17 years later... Pirates Vs Ninja Dodgeball delayed till later this Spring 15 Gamecock and Blazing Lizard's Pirates Vs Ninjas Dodgeball is getting a little delay. The game will now be coming out sometime this Spring for XBLA and PSN. The game will be receiving new game mod... EIEIO 2008: Gamecock's office tamer than you'd think, but just what you'd expect 4 Wearing a black t-shirt and mariachi pants, Gamecock CEO Mike Wilson gave me a tour of Gamecock Media Group’s main headquarters in downtown Austin, Texas. Following a wild evening of EIEI... EIEIO 2008: Stronghold Crusaders Extreme is seriously 'xtreme' 15 Honestly, I'm not very familiar with Firefly Studios' PC real-time strategy title Stronghold: Crusaders. So when I was being given a demo of the upcoming Stronghold: Crusaders Extreme, I had abso... EIEIO 2008: How Velvet Assassin will help you find real-life Nazi gold 18 Promotional alternate reality games are nothing new in the videogame industry, but here's a first -- a game that will help you uncover hidden bricks of Nazi gold. During a demo of Replay Studio's... « NEXT « next - expanded blog view		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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