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Immersion Games, the designers of the PhysX-powered CELLFACTOR: Revolution, have unveiled a new studio based in Guadalajara Mexico, reports GamesIndustry.biz..

The new studio's location was chosen to support the Immersion studio currently operating in Bogota, Columbia. In addition, the Mexico Immersion studio will perpetuate the country's burgeoning games industry by exploiting "initiatives from the government," according to GI.biz. Finally, due to Immersion Games' continued growth, the new studio will also help carry an increased workload, as well as create an original IP.

Also the developer of the PS3 title Monster Madness, Immersion Games is currently at work on two unannounced projects: an FPS, and an arcade title.

Southpeak Interactive originally began as a division of the SAS Institute, a business software company that wanted to break into the game business. They released third party software (including the first Rainbow Six PC releases for Red Storm) and developed their own titles in-house, mostly of the full-motion video adventure game genre. However SAS never made money from Southpeak and shut down their operations in 2000. A group of investors bought the Southpeak Interactive name and in 2005 began using it to release titles like Monster Madness and Two Worlds.

Now Southpeak is looking to expand even more. It has not only turned into a publically traded company, Venture Beat reports that they have also received a $12.9 million venture capital investment which Southpeak will use to help publish a number of game titles for the PC and other platforms. Look for the company to display its upcoming titles at next month's E3 event.