SouthPeak Games is a video game publisher

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 of titles in Europe

Europe

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 and North America

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.

History

SouthPeak Games, which was originally a subsidiary of SAS Institute

SAS Institute

SAS Institute Inc. , headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, USA, has been a major producer of software since it was founded in 1976 by Anthony Barr, James Goodnight, John Sall and Jane Helwig...

, has been publishing games since 1996 and has worked with multiple development studios, including EAI Interactive, Psyonix Studios and TopWare Interactive

TopWare Interactive

TopWare Interactive is a video game publisher and developer located in Paradise, Nevada.TopWare Interactive started out in 1995 as a video game publishing subsidiary of the TopWare CD Service AG based in Mannheim, Germany— which included a inhouse development studio based in Poland. In...

. The company published games for the Xbox

Xbox

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, PlayStation 2

PlayStation 2

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, Nintendo 64

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, PlayStation

PlayStation

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, PlayStation Portable

PlayStation Portable

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, Game Boy Color

Game Boy Color

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, Game Boy Advance

Game Boy Advance

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, and Nintendo DS

Nintendo DS

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 video game systems as well as Microsoft Windows

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. It also has games in development for the Xbox 360

Xbox 360

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, Xbox Live Arcade

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 and PlayStation 3

PlayStation 3

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. SouthPeak publishes games for all current-generation consoles and hand helds, and Microsoft Windows. Their games cover a wide variety of genres and demographics. SouthPeak is headquartered in Midlothian, Virginia

Midlothian, Virginia

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, United States

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 and has branch offices in Grapevine, Texas

Grapevine, Texas

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 and London, England. The company recently revealed that it had raised USD

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$12.9 million in private investments for the development of indie

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 games. On October 14, 2008, the company acquired Gamecock Media Group

Gamecock Media Group

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.

On February 17, 2009, SouthPeak announced earnings of $17.3 million in revenues for a three month period ending December 31, 2008 - an increase from $4.2 million for the same period in 2007 - calling themselves "one of the fastest growing video game publishers". Southpeak Chairman, Terry Phillips, attributed their success to "our diversified portfolio, tightly managed costs, and strict supervision of the retail channel and field inventory levels." This along with the unexpectedly high demand of the "My Baby" games for Nintendo DS

Nintendo DS

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 drove Southpeak's revenue, according to CEO Melanie Mroz. On November 11, 2009, they revealed their acquisition of the TNA Wrestling

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

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 video game license from Midway Games

Midway Games

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 during their quarterly report. The license only includes an upcoming hand held game and the back catalog.

Titles

Game name	Release date (US)	Genre	ESRB
PC
Temüjin	1997	Adventure	T
Dark Side of the Moon: A Sci-Fi Adventure Dark Side of the Moon: A Sci-Fi Adventure Dark Side of the Moon released in 1998 is an adventure-genre computer game developed and published by SouthPeak Interactive. The game is powered with SouthPeak Interactive Video Reality engine.-External links:* * * *...	1998	Adventure	T
Wild Wild West: The Steel Assassin	11/30/1999	Adventure	T
Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia	6/12/2007	Shoot-'Em Up	T
Two Worlds	8/24/2007	Role-Playing	M
Imperium Romanum Imperium Romanum (video game) Imperium Romanum is a video game for Microsoft Windows developed by Haemimont Games and published by Kalypso Media . The game is a city-building game where players are governor of a province and must build and maintain a thriving and prosperous settlement...	3/11/2008	Historic Real-Time Strategy	E10+
Dream Pinball 3D Dream Pinball 3D Dream Pinball 3D is a pinball simulation game developed by TopWare and published by SouthPeak Games for the Wii, Nintendo DS and Microsoft Windows, first released in North America on the 22nd of April 2008...	2/4/2008	Pinball	E10+
Roogoo Roogoo Roogoo is a downloadable puzzle video game for the Xbox Live Arcade and Microsoft Windows developed by SpiderMonk Entertainment and published by SouthPeak Interactive. It was released on June 4, 2008 for 800 Microsoft Points , and was released for Windows-based PCs on June 12, 2008...	6/24/2008	Puzzle	E
Legendary Legendary (video game) Legendary is a first-person shooter video game developed by Spark Unlimited and published in the United States by Gamecock Media Group and in the United Kingdom by Atari....	11/18/2008	Fantasy FPS	M
X-Blades X-Blades X-Blades is an action-adventure game for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. The player assumes the role of Ayumi who wields two pistol-blades. The game was developed by Gaijin Entertainment and was published by SouthPeak Interactive and TopWare Interactive...	2/10/2009	Hack and Slash	M
Velvet Assassin Velvet Assassin Velvet Assassin is a stealth action video game for Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows, released in North America on April 28, 2009. Velvet Assassin's working title was Sabotage....	4/30/2009	Stealth Action Adventure	M
Raven Squad: Operation Hidden Dagger	8/25/2009	Tactical RTS/FPS	T
Section 8 Section 8 (video game) Section 8 is a first-person shooter developed by TimeGate Studios and published by SouthPeak Interactive. It utilizes the Unreal Engine 3 and was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360...	9/1/2009	Sci-Fi FPS	T
Trine Trine (video game) Trine is a side-scrolling action platform and puzzle video game, available for the Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and PlayStation Network. It was developed by the Finnish company Frozenbyte, who previously developed the Shadowgrounds series...	9/8/2009	Fantasy Platformer	E10+
Horrid Henry: Missions of Mischief	3/26/2010	Adventure	E
Two Worlds II Two Worlds II Two Worlds II is a role-playing video game developed by Polish video game developer Reality Pump and published by TopWare Interactive as a sequel to the 2007 game Two Worlds. It was released on November the 9th 2010 in mainland Europe for PC , Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The game was released on...	2/28/2011	Role-Playing	M
Stronghold 3 Stronghold 3 Stronghold 3 is a 2011 real-time strategy computer game developed by Firefly Studios and published by SouthPeak Games. The game is the seventh in the series after several spin-offs, a remake and an MMORTS. It is the sequel to Stronghold, released in 2001, and Stronghold 2 released in 2005...	10/25/2011	Real-Time Strategy	T
Xbox 360
Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia	6/12/2007	Shoot-'Em Up	T
Two Worlds	8/24/2007	Role-Playing	M
Legendary Legendary (video game) Legendary is a first-person shooter video game developed by Spark Unlimited and published in the United States by Gamecock Media Group and in the United Kingdom by Atari....	11/4/2008	Fantasy FPS	M
X-Blades X-Blades X-Blades is an action-adventure game for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. The player assumes the role of Ayumi who wields two pistol-blades. The game was developed by Gaijin Entertainment and was published by SouthPeak Interactive and TopWare Interactive...	2/10/2009	Hack and Slash	M
Velvet Assassin Velvet Assassin Velvet Assassin is a stealth action video game for Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows, released in North America on April 28, 2009. Velvet Assassin's working title was Sabotage....	4/30/2009	Stealth Action Adventure	M
Brave: A Warrior's Tale Brave: A Warrior's Tale Brave: A Warrior's Tale is an action-adventure video game developed by Collision Studios and published by Evolved Games and SouthPeak Interactive for the Xbox 360...	8/4/2009	Action Adventure	E10+
Raven Squad: Operation Hidden Dagger	8/25/2009	Tactical RTS/FPS	T
Section 8 Section 8 (video game) Section 8 is a first-person shooter developed by TimeGate Studios and published by SouthPeak Interactive. It utilizes the Unreal Engine 3 and was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360...	9/1/2009	Sci-Fi FPS	T
Two Worlds II Two Worlds II Two Worlds II is a role-playing video game developed by Polish video game developer Reality Pump and published by TopWare Interactive as a sequel to the 2007 game Two Worlds. It was released on November the 9th 2010 in mainland Europe for PC , Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The game was released on...	2/25/2011	Role-Playing	M
XBLA
Roogoo Roogoo Roogoo is a downloadable puzzle video game for the Xbox Live Arcade and Microsoft Windows developed by SpiderMonk Entertainment and published by SouthPeak Interactive. It was released on June 4, 2008 for 800 Microsoft Points , and was released for Windows-based PCs on June 12, 2008...	6/4/2008	Puzzle	RP
Wii
Pool Party	9/04/2007	Billards	E
Dream Pinball 3D Dream Pinball 3D Dream Pinball 3D is a pinball simulation game developed by TopWare and published by SouthPeak Games for the Wii, Nintendo DS and Microsoft Windows, first released in North America on the 22nd of April 2008...	4/24/2008	Pinball	E10+
Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars Mushroom Men The Mushroom Men video games were developed for Nintendo on the Nintendo DS and Wii systems. Both games were developed by Red Fly Studio and published by Gamecock Media Group. The story revolves around a civil war between Mushroom Men in a human world...	12/2/2008	Action Adventure	E10+
Pirates Vs. Ninjas Dodgeball Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball is a fantasy dodgeball sports game developed by Blazing Lizard and published by Gamecock for Xbox Live Arcade and SouthPeak Games for the Wii. The game was released on September 3, 2008 for Xbox Live Arcade, while the Wii version was released on May 12,...	5/12/2009	Sports	E10+
Roogoo Twisted Towers	6/30/2009	Action Puzzle	E
Brave: A Warrior's Tale Brave: A Warrior's Tale Brave: A Warrior's Tale is an action-adventure video game developed by Collision Studios and published by Evolved Games and SouthPeak Interactive for the Xbox 360...	8/11/2009	Action Adventure	E10+
My Baby First Steps	11/03/2009	Simulation	E
Horrid Henry: Missions of Mischief	3/26/2010	Adventure	E
Sushi Go Round	3/30/2010	Simulation	RP
Sled Shred	2010	Sports	RP
Fast Food Panic	1/05/2010	Simulation	E
PS2
State of Emergency 2 State of Emergency 2 State of Emergency 2 is the sequel to State of Emergency. The game was released in February 2006. The game is available on PlayStation 2.It takes place ten years after the first game...	2/14/2006	First Person Action	M
Brave: The Search for Spirit Dancer Brave: The Search for Spirit Dancer Brave: The Search for Spirit Dancer is a platformer video game of the action-adventure genre originally released by VIS Entertainment for the PlayStation 2.-Overview and Gameplay:...	4/9/2007	3D Platform	E10+
Iridium Runners	1/31/2008	Racing	E
B-Boy	7/8/2008	Rhythm/Dancing	T
PS3
Hail to the Chimp Hail to the Chimp Hail to the Chimp is a video game developed by Wideload Games and published by Gamecock Media Group. The game was released on June 23, 2008 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It was later added to the PlayStation 3's online PlayStation Store in European and Australian markets on April 10, 2009...	6/24/2008	Party	E10+
Monster Madness: Grave Danger Monster Madness: Grave Danger Monster Madness: Grave Danger is a video game for the PlayStation 3. Developers Psyonix Studios took Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia and ported it to the PlayStation 3, adding 25 new challenge modes, 4-player online co-op for the adventure mode, reworking the control scheme, adding 100...	8/5/2008	Shoot-'Em Up	T
Legendary Legendary (video game) Legendary is a first-person shooter video game developed by Spark Unlimited and published in the United States by Gamecock Media Group and in the United Kingdom by Atari....	11/04/2008	Fantasy FPS	M
X-Blades X-Blades X-Blades is an action-adventure game for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. The player assumes the role of Ayumi who wields two pistol-blades. The game was developed by Gaijin Entertainment and was published by SouthPeak Interactive and TopWare Interactive...	2/10/2009	Hack and Slash	M
3D Dot Game Heroes 3D Dot Game Heroes is a 2009 action-adventure video game developed by Silicon Studio and published by From Software in Japan, Atlus in North America and by SouthPeak Games in Europe. The game uses a unique style, presenting 2D retro-style graphics in a 3D environment using voxels...	5/14/2010 (Europe)	Fantasy Action Adventure	E10+
Two Worlds II Two Worlds II Two Worlds II is a role-playing video game developed by Polish video game developer Reality Pump and published by TopWare Interactive as a sequel to the 2007 game Two Worlds. It was released on November the 9th 2010 in mainland Europe for PC , Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The game was released on...	2/25/2011	Role-Playing	M
PSP
B-Boy	7/8/2008	Rhythm/Dancing	T
DS
Scurge: Hive Scurge: Hive Scurge: Hive is an action-adventure video game by Orbital Media released for the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS in 2006. The game follows the protagonist Jenosa Arma, a female bounty hunter tasked with hunting a parasitic lifeform called the "Scurge" an alien entity capable of rapidly adapting...	10/31/2006	Fantasy Action Adventure	E10+
Dream Pinball 3D Dream Pinball 3D Dream Pinball 3D is a pinball simulation game developed by TopWare and published by SouthPeak Games for the Wii, Nintendo DS and Microsoft Windows, first released in North America on the 22nd of April 2008...	4/24/2008	Pinball	E10+
Mister Slime Mister Slime Mister Slime is a video game that was first released on May 2, 2008...	7/8/2008	2D Platformer	E
Ninjatown Ninjatown Ninjatown is a tower defense strategy video game on the Nintendo DS that was released on October 28, 2008.-Plot:Ninjatown is a peaceful place populated by ninjas. But after a volcanic eruption, Ninjatown gets invaded by enemies and their leader, Mr...	10/14/2008	Strategy	E
My Baby Boy and My Baby Girl	11/04/2008	Life Simulation	E
Mushroom Men: Rise of the Fungi Mushroom Men The Mushroom Men video games were developed for Nintendo on the Nintendo DS and Wii systems. Both games were developed by Red Fly Studio and published by Gamecock Media Group. The story revolves around a civil war between Mushroom Men in a human world...	12/2/2008	Action Adventure	E
Big Bang Mini Big Bang Mini Big Bang Mini is a Nintendo DS title released on January 21, 2009 in North America and March 6, 2009 in Europe. It was developed by Arkedo Studio, known for their previous DS game Nervous Brickdown, and published by SouthPeak Interactive.-Gameplay:...	1/21/2009	Shoot-Em' Up	E
Roogoo Attack Roogoo Attack Roogoo Attack is a puzzle platformer for the Nintendo DS, published by SouthPeak Games and released on June 16, 2009. The game is based on Roogoo, an Xbox 360 puzzle game available for download through the Xbox Live Arcade that was later made available for Windows. The game's release will coincide...	6/16/2009	Puzzle	E
My Baby First Steps	11/03/2009	Simulation	E
Fast Food Panic	1/26/2010	Simulation	E
Crime Scene Crime Scene (video game) Crime Scene is an adventure game for the Nintendo DS. It was released on February 16, 2010.-Plot:...	2/16/2010	Adventure	M
Brave: Shaman's Challenge	2/17/2010	Puzzle	E
Horrid Henry: Missions of Mischief	3/26/2010	Adventure	E
Sushi Go Round	3/30/2010	Simulation	RP
Dementium II Dementium II Dementium II is a first person, survival horror video game developed for the Nintendo DS. It is the sequel to 2007's Dementium: The Ward, also for the Nintendo DS. The game was developed by Renegade Kid and published by SouthPeak Interactive...	4/04/2010	Survival Horror FPS	M
Montessori Music	2011	Edutainment	E
GBA
Juka and the Monophonic Menace Juka and the Monophonic Menace Juka and the Monophonic Menace is an adventure video game published and developed by Orbital Media, Inc. in PAL regions, and published by SouthPeak Interactive in NA...	10/24/2006	Fantasy Action Adventure	E
Scurge: Hive Scurge: Hive Scurge: Hive is an action-adventure video game by Orbital Media released for the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS in 2006. The game follows the protagonist Jenosa Arma, a female bounty hunter tasked with hunting a parasitic lifeform called the "Scurge" an alien entity capable of rapidly adapting...	10/31/2006	Fantasy Action Adventure	E10+

External links

• SouthPeak Games
• SouthPeak Interactive profile from MobyGames
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  -Platforms not yet included:- Further reading :* Rusel DeMaria, Johnny L. Wilson, High Score!: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games, McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media; 2 edition , ISBN 0-07-223172-6...