Gamecock acquisition goes south on Joystiq is a lengthy article endeavoring to untangle the complicated story of the purchase of the Gamecock Media Group by SouthPeak in October of last year. The aftermath of that acquisition lead to ruthless negotiations over reduced payment to vendors, which provoked layoffs at Cyan among other things. There are explanations from Gamecock cofounder Mike Wilson (now of Devolver) of how this and other post-acquisition events unfolded, refuting the perception allegedly spread by SouthPeak that Gamecock's upper management just took the money and ran: "We have all worked in this industry for a long time, and continue to work in it, and it's hard enough to do the right thing in this business when your competition is bigger and almost universally more cutthroat in its practices, without someone taking your legs out in verbal conversations behind closed doors." The article also includes a full interview on the topic with Mike Wilson.