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German-base Deep Silver is apparently planning to get more involved in the US game market. Today the publisher announced a new arrangement with Southpeak Games that will have Southpeak become the official distributor for all of Deep Silver's upcoming games.

As part of the new deal, Deep Silver's parent company Koch Media has bought a minority stake in Southpeak Games. Specific financial numbers were not announced. Deep Silver released the RPG Risen last year and their upcoming PC game titles include the open world action title Ride to Hell and the upcoming game adaptation of the canceled TV series Prison Break.

Check out this short teaser trailer for Ride to Hell, an upcoming motorcycle adventure game. Why the trailer uses Born to be Wild as music instead of Highway to Hell is anyone's guess. Fans of motorcycle games vaguely reminiscent of Full Throttle might want to keep an eye on this one.

Download HD Ride to Hell Teaser Trailer (109 MB)

Last month, Deep Silver announced plans to develop and publish Ride to Hell, an open world action game set in the American West of the 1960s and designed to give the player that Easy Rider feeling. Now the publisher has sent out the first screenshots from the game and they indeed have that look of being out on the open road.

Set for release in mid-2009, Ride to Hell will have the player piloting one of these choppers across a vast landscape as they listen to hippie music, drink a lot and deal with other biker gangs out on the road. Will you drive your hogs well or leave them out on the side of the road? Hopefully we will get more info on the game soon.

So have you been itching for a game that recalls the Easy Rider era of the 1960s? Well, it's good news for you lot today as Deep Silver has just announced Ride to Hell, a new title from their own internal development studio that's set to be released in the second quarter of 2009.

While no screenshots have been released yet, Deep Silver claims that Ride to Hell will attempt to bring an authentic 1960's biker feel to gamers. Players will drive several vehicles in the game's version of the American West in a free roaming world. The promise of dealing with biker gangs, hard drinking and experiencing the 1960's hippy music scene is also promised. It sounds different but specific gameplay details are still lacking.