Some elements hidden near the end of the Wii’s Mushroom Men game might make you think the developers are trying to say something about marriage. More »
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 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) here in the gallery.
Jim Reilly, Kotaku New York intern and closet Saved By the Bell fanboy, hit up a Nintendo party and fundraiser for the Starlight Children’s Foundation at the Nintendo World Store Friday night.
Not only did he get to hang out with Kyle Massey of Cory in the House and get hands on with some unreleased games, he also had a chance to talk to Mark-Paul “Zack” Gosselaar about Rock Band. Specifically the former Bell star told Reilly that he really needs a singer for his Rock Band band. Preferably “chicks”. And then, right there, in mid sentence, it seemed to dawn on Gossellar that what he was saying was going to be printed and he suddenly recalled his wife of 12 years. Smoooooooth.
While Gamecock’s Mushroom Men looks weird as hell I am very intrigued by the idea of controlling a Kung Fu trained piece of fungus. I mean think about it, what is stranger than using fungi to karate chop other fungi all in a bunch of mushroom nations? I’m getting hungry just talking about this. The game will hit Nintendo DS.
Fungi? Mushroom nations? I blink perplexed, until I realise it’s Red Fly Studios’ Mushroom Men duo of games for Wii and DS, to be published by Gamecock in October.
Here are tonnes of new screens of both the Wii version, Mushroom Men: Spore Wars, and the DS version, Mushroom Men: Rise of the Fungi.
Gamecock also provided further info on the four different “nations” of mushroom creatures – put simply, there are two tribes of good guys, the Bolete and Morels, and two tribes of bad guys, the Amanitas and Lepiotas. Hey, wasn’t “Amanita” a poisonous mushroom in Symphony of the Night? It must be a real, actual thing that exists outside of video games. Amazing!
Full details and new screens after the jump.
Earlier today Gamecock announced that their annual mini-con, EIEIO, was moving from California to Texas to coincide with South By Southwest. While the company only has only brought two titles to market so far, they have a ton in the wings. Here’s how things official stand with their upcoming games, from Mushrooms to Insects:
Pirates Vs Ninjas Dodgeball XBLA – Feb Insecticide DS – 2/26 Insecticide Episodes 1 & 2 (Downloadable PC Episodic) – March and April Hail to the Chimp – May Mushroom Men:Rise of the Fungi DS – June Legendary PC Next Gen Consoles – Summer Mushroom Men:The Spore Wars Wii – Fall Sabotage 360/PC – Fall Dungeon Hero 360/PC – Spring 09 Section 8 Next Gen Console/PC – Summer 09
So what the hell is Mushroom Men? I’ve been wondering the same thing ever since the game was first announced, and now Red Fly Studio designer Ryan Mattson takes us beyond the loud, 2D teaser we posted back in June to show us the actual gameplay. The weapons creation system certainly looks intriguing, and I’m a sucker for games that put me in the role of a tiny thing in a big world. Should be interesting to see how the fungus grows leading up to its release next fall. More »
