Gamecock Media Group

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Gamecock Media Group
Type Video Game Publisher
Founded February 2007
Headquarters Austin, Texas, USA
Area served North America
Key people Mike Wilson, Harry Miller, Rick Stults
Industry Video game industry
Products video games
Website http://www.gamecockmedia.com/

Gamecock Media Group is an independent video game publisher based in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 2007 by video game industry veterans Mike Wilson, Harry Miller and Rick Stults, original founders of Gathering of Developers. They use a more hands-off approach and allow developers creative freedom with their work, as well as letting them keep their own intellectual property. [1]

Contents

[edit] Games

Game Release Format
Fury 2007 PC
Dementium: The Ward 2007 NDS
Insecticide 2008 NDS, PC
Stronghold Crusader Extreme 2008 PC
Hail to the Chimp 2008 Playstation 3, Xbox 360
Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball 2008 Xbox 360 (XBLA)
Legendary 2008 Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Microsoft Windows
Mushroom Men: Rise of the Fungi 2008 NDS
Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars 2008 Wii
Velvet Assassin 2009 Xbox 360, PC
Dungeon Hero 2009 Xbox 360, PC
Section 8 2009 Xbox 360, PC
Untitled Croteam Project TBA Xbox 360, Playstation 3, PC

[edit] Digital Distribution

Gamecock and GameTap recently signed a distribution deal which includes the rights for the publisher's titles to be available for digital download. Some of titles that will be available for digital download include Legendary and Velvet Assassin.[2]

[edit] Controversy

During the 2007 Spike Video Game Awards in Las Vegas, Gamecock employees rushed the stage in capes and rooster heads as Ken Levine was about to take the stage to give an acceptance speech for winning the Game of the Year award for Bioshock (which infuriated Levine). Using the microphone for self-promotion[3], the interruption resulted in Levine being unable to talk before he was ushered offstage. Gamecock's CEO later apologised.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/1666/from_god_to_cock_mike_wilson_on_.php
  2. ^ http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3169011
  3. ^ http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=8522556&publicUserId=4561231
  4. ^ http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3164869

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