The Washington Times didn’t take the news of Sony’s poor Playstation sales well. They’re calling the sales fumble internal sabotage, and they’re hopping mad about it.
Game name changes can be good, especially when your original title is something as generic as Sabotage. Gamecock and developer replay studios have announced a brand new name for their upcoming World War II stealth-action game for next-gen consoles and PC – Velvet Assassin. Much, much better. “Rather than a trite, overused, and generic working title like ‘Sabotage,’ ‘Velvet Assassin™’ captures the heart of what we’re trying to accomplish,” said Sascha Jungnickel, Creative Director at Replay Studios. “From the start we’ve wanted a game with a strong female lead that stays true to the history of Violette Szabo while pulling players into a world of dark intrigue.”
Mind you I have terrible issues with the stealth genre, but I will slightly more remorse passing up Velvet Assassin when it releases this Fall than I would have not buying Sabotage. Hit the jump for a larger picture featuring the main character’s leather-clad bottom.
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
