What can you say about a game that died? A game so widely ridiculed that it was banished to the the seventh circle of gaming hell. It could not possibly get a sequel … yet it did.

Today, publisher SouthPeak Games announced that it has acquired Austin-based Gamecock Media Group. SouthPeak, the company behind Two Worlds and Dream Pinball 3D, certainly seems to be adding some good games to its repertoire with the addition of Gamecock’s Velvet Assassin and Legendary. From the press release:

I got a chance yesterday to demo some upcoming products from SouthPeak Games, one of which was Ninja Town, a tactical strategy game for the Nintendo DS.

We have a dilemma here. On the one hand, we love beating down ogres and dragons and would happily do it year after year. On the other hand, we hate buggy gameplay and crippling slowdown. Fortunately it seems SouthPeak might have has found a way to minimize the glitches and maximize the ogres in their [...]