• impressions

    Velvet Assassin – Morphine Makes Everything Better, Seriously

    There were several things that stayed with me long after I’d put down Velvet Assassin – the most vivid of which was the morphine. In this World War II stealth-action game, morphine acts sort of as bullet-time; when you botch a sneaking mission and your character Violette gets shot at, you can inject yourself with a syringe of the magic medicine which turns everything all orangey with little flower petals/red blood cells floating everywhere. While this is going on, Violet appears onscreen in her hospital nightie (sexy), can run super-fast, and kills people in lightning-quick shanks.

    Naturally, you can’t get through the whole game injecting yourself with morphine – there are only so many syringes you can find in a level. The morphine bullet-time is mostly just a way to get you out of trouble when all else fails (and it is not so effective if more than one guy sees you). The developer has other interesting ways to kill people in mind for the player – such as the taint-stab (yes, taint-stab), the skull-shank, and the ever-popular “sneak up, pull pin on Nazi’s grenade, sneak away, boom!” attack. More »

    12:00 AM on Wed Oct 22 2008
    By AJ Glasser
    4,652 views, 26 comments

    Most discussed TheDarwinian: So... Velvet Assassin, huh? This is different from Pandemic's Saboteur... how? more »

  • Target Acquired

    SouthPeak Devours Gamecock

    Whoa, I didn't even know SouthPeak Interactive swung that way, but apparently they've been Gamecock-hungry for quite some time and aren't too proud to pay for it. SouthPeak today announces that they have acquired wild-and-crazy Gamecock Media Group. 'Cock head Mike Wilson swells with excitement.

    "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,” said Mike Wilson, CEO of Gamecock. “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."

    The feverish coupling should have no effect on Gamecock's upcoming titles, with Legendary and Mushroom men still slated for release this quarter. Phew, I need a cigarette. More »

    8:20 AM on Tue Oct 14 2008
    By Mike Fahey
    2,587 views, 51 comments

    Most discussed Blue_Six: I hated Gamecock ever since they refused to talk to me at Games Convention because I wasn't an important industry more »

  • mushroom men

    Tons of New Mushroom Men Screens

    The whole Mushroom Men concept is one bizarre creation from Gamecock. The thing is that you can't help but stare at the beauty of it. There's something really intriguing about helping a lone fungi find his place in society. We have screens from Spore Wars (Wii) and Rise of the Fungi (DS) after the jump. More »

    2:00 PM on Thu Oct 2 2008
    By Adam Barenblat
    3,420 views, 32 comments

    Most discussed jon.doe: gotta admit, i'm looking forward to this game. i mean imagine the storyline. more »

  • velvet assassin

    Velvet Assassin Slinks Back To 2009

    European gamers who fancied some 1940s stealth gaming in Velvet Assassin will have to wait until the new year.

    Replay has pushed back the game's European release to early 2009.

    This is ostensibly to bring the launch in line with the US release but will of course have the handy side-effect of extending the development time by a couple of months and avoiding the Christmas rush.

    Velvet Assassin slips into early 2009 [Eurogamer]

    3:20 PM on Tue Sep 9 2008
    By Stuart Houghton
    1,077 views, 17 comments

  • legendary

    Another Look Behind the Scenes in Legendary


    In this behind the scenes look at Spark Unlimited's Legendary we get to see some of the environments that will be featured in the game. Expect it to hit stores for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 September 30th and PC November 4th.

    Legendary: Behind the Scenes

    9:00 AM on Fri Aug 29 2008
    By Adam Barenblat
    1,869 views, 46 comments

  • pirates vs. ninjas dodgeball

    Pirates Vs. Ninja Dodgeball Coming To Wii

    I always knew the age-old conflict between pirates and ninja was too large to be contained by one console. Today Gamecock announces that Blazing Lizards' Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball, coming out next week on Xbox Live Arcade, will also be getting a full retail release on the Nintendo Wii later this winter. Players will be able to face off in the dodgeball arena, showing their support for their favorite faction - pirates, ninjas, robots, zombies, and three unannounced teams, which I am guessing are monkeys, samurai, and Argentina.

    The Wii version of the game will feature several customized control schemes, as well as all-new story and challenge modes to make the game worth of retail release. Hit the jump for the full press release, along with two more screens worth of hot pirate vs. ninja Wii action. More »

    9:20 AM on Thu Aug 28 2008
    By Mike Fahey
    2,440 views, 50 comments

    Most discussed Murderdolls: The Wii manages to make everything look terrible I still have not seen a good looking screen shot for any more »

  • Games Convention 2008

    Legendary Hands On - Epic Moments

    My first real “wow” moment at the Games Convention in Leipzig came when a griffin threw a taxi at me. Mind you it could have been a roc – I'm not exactly up to date on my mythical birds, but whatever it was it was impressive. It was exactly the sort of epic moment you'd expect from a game called Legendary, and after playing through a good 15 minutes of the beginning of the PC version I can see why they decided to remove “The Box” from the title. The box is nice and all, but what comes out of it is much more impressive. More »

    11:00 AM on Tue Aug 26 2008
    By Mike Fahey
    11,828 views, 63 comments

    Latest by B-Minus: A street-beat cop with an MP5? more »

  • velvet assassin

    Wars are Won in the Shadows, New Velvet Assassin Trailer


    Along side Mushroom Men, Gamecock is also publishing Velvet Assassin which looks utterly bad ass. I am going with McWhertor here, I hope they get this stealth gameplay right. An Assassin game set in WWII, count me in! The game will be hitting Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.

    11:00 AM on Mon Aug 25 2008
    By Adam Barenblat
    4,791 views, 45 comments

    Latest by That Girl Hates You: it looks interesting but I think I'll wait for a demo to hit XBLA for an actual opinion. more »

  • legendary

    Legendary: Behind the Scenes

    Legendary has been in development now for more than three years by a team at Spark Unlimited (not the same ones who did Turning Point). With a little more than a month left before the Sept. 30 ship date for the Playstation and Xbox 360 (the game hits PC on Nov. 4) I'm posting this look at all three Legendary Behind the Scenes videos.

    6:20 PM on Fri Aug 15 2008
    By Brian Crecente
    2,583 views, 68 comments

    Latest by Black_Ops_19: I'll get it, though I am SICK TO DEATH OF FPSsss, I will get it. Maybe after I've burned out more »

  • gamecock

    Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball Hits LIVE Arcade Next Month

    Gamecock checked in with us today to date Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball, the Blazing Lizard developed, Gamecock published game that some of us might have already thought was out. Obviously, it hasn't been released, as it was delayed back in April, and is now due to hit Xbox Live Arcade on September 3.

    In the meantime, the dev team has added new features, such as having up to five balls in play at once, an "old-school" dodgeball gameplay mode and an enhanced mode that follows traditional rules, but lets players — whether they be pirate, ninja, zombie or robot — use special moves.

    You can check out our hands-on impressions of Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball to see the title sounds better or worse than the game's current dodgeball competition.

    5:40 PM on Fri Aug 8 2008
    By Michael McWhertor
    2,503 views, 24 comments

    Latest by SinisterUrge13: @kinglink: You are 100% correct. Microsoft decides when you get to release, not the developer (Blazing Lizard) or the Publisher (Gamecock Media more »