The Cut Scene, looking at a recent SEC filing by SouthPeak, found that the publisher is making two payouts: a 7% royalty on future Gamecock releases (with the rest of revenues going to SouthPeak) and "a warrant to purchase 700,000 shares of SouthPeak stock."

In essence, SouthPeak got a great deal for the independent publisher of Red Fly's Mushroom Men (Wii, DS) and Spark Unlimited's Legendary (PC, 360, PS3). Gamecock's ownership, on the other hand, got a stake in a rather small publisher.

SouthPeak has committed to publishing the two aforementioned Gamecock titles as well as Replay Studios' Velvet Assassin (PC, 360) next year, but after that the future of the Gamecock brand and the role of CEO Mike Wilson--who once before sold off an independent-oriented publisher he helped found--is unknown.