In more layoff news, Myst developer Cyan Worlds has laid off the majority of its for-hire QA testing division after its main customer Gamecock was acquired by Southpeak.
Company CEO Tony Fryman noted that only seven employees remain, doing “testing for a few other smaller game companies.”
The studio has had a troubled past, as Myst [...]

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Publisher SouthPeak Interactive announced that it has acquired independent game publisher Gamecock Media Group for an undisclosed sum. Both company’s CEOs have noted that Gamecock will retain its focus on independent games.
Quite interestingly, this is Gamecock CEO Mike Wilson’s second sell-of of an independent publisher, with the first being Gathering of Developers, which was [...]

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The Japanese psychiatrists are going crazy over Dementium: The Ward, a West-made survival horror FPS set in a deranged hospital. They are demanding the game to be taken off not only taken off store shelves, but also to take its website down.
They are being represented by the Japanese Association of Psychiatric Hospitals, which represents [...]

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When was the last time you and your friends dressed up as ninjas and pirates and played dodgeball? While you may never do so in real life, publisher Gamecock announced that gamers can unleash their inner buccaneers and assassins on Xbox Live Arcade with Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball on September 3.
The game also offers [...]

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