SouthPeak Interactive, today announced a deal with Artificial Studios to publish Monster Madness, set for release February 2007 with other titles to follow.

Monster Madness is a frenetic co-op shooter with stunning character design and mind blowing physics. The game, which was on show behind closed doors at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles last month, is one of the first to utilise AGEIA’s groundbreaking PhysX chip.

“Artificial Studios are one of the hottest up-and-coming development studios around. We are greatly looking forward to working with them on their forthcoming releases.” said Shane Dodson, Managing Director, SouthPeak Interactive.

“SouthPeak’s breadth of knowledge within the games industry was very appealing to us,” said Jeremy Stieglitz, President of Artificial Studios. “With more than 10 years of publishing experience, we are excited to be working with them on our upcoming titles.”

Monster Madness is due for release during Q1 2007.