SouthPeak Games Buys Gamecock Media Group
SouthPeak Games, one of the fastest growing videogame publishers, today announced the acquisition of Austin-based Gamecock Media Group. Commenting on the acquisition, Melanie Mroz, CEO of SouthPeak, stated, "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. We are […]
Champions Online Announces Beta Signups
Cryptic Studios announced today that players can now sign up for a chance to participate in the first closed beta for Champions Online, an action massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) slated for release in the spring of 2009. This PC specific beta begins in mid-November 2008 and players sign up by visiting www.champions-online.com/preview_application. "This closed […]
Frontier Developments Chooses Wwise For Audio
Audiokinetic Inc., the leading audio solution provider for the video game industry, announced today that its audio pipeline solution, Wwise, will be used in the creation of Frontier Developments' entire future output. Frontier, the award-winning Cambridge, (UK)-based independent game studio, has several major projects in development – including the highly anticipated action thriller ‘The Outsider' […]
SEGA Ships Golden Axe: Beast Rider
SEGA of America, Inc. today announced that Golden Axe: Beast Rider for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system has shipped to retailers in North America. Golden Axe: Beast Rider delivers an unparalleled gaming experience following the exploits of Tyris Flare, the original heroine from […]