It's been nearly two years since the last South Park-branded title landed on Xbox Live Arcade, but apparently at least one more is in the works exclusively for Microsoft's digital marketplace. In speaking with 345 Games creative director Prithvi Virasinghe during a recent Ugly Americans: Apocalypsegeddon preview, I couldn't help but wonder what other Comedy Central properties his studio might work on next -- perhaps one of the network's most famous?
"Right now, South Park is actually in a first-party deal with Microsoft Studios, who published the first game, and they're doing a second game as well," he explained. Apparently South Park: Let's Go Tower Defense Play! was just the first of two titles in the deal, set to expire whenever that follow-up title launches. "After that, that first-party exclusivity window expires, and we get a shot of taking that back," Virasinghe explained.
Though his team is up to the challenge, Virasinghe also has some other projects he's interested in first, particularly a couple of ideas involving Stephen Colbert (as well as Colbert's hilarious side character, Tek Jansen). That said, the developer needs to leap some hurdles before that can happen, the least of which is deciding whether or not its game idea fits well with the brand. According to him, "It has to be the right combination of game idea meets property." Personally, I'm holding out for Tek Jansen.
Reader Comments (34)
Posted: Jul 12th 2011 7:05PM TaintedKane said
I hope it isn't another tower defense game. Lets Go Tower Defense was pretty lackluster for me.
Posted: Jul 13th 2011 4:54PM tylerh1701 said
@whylekat
I really enjoyed it as well. I bought it on a whim when it was on sale and it turned out to be a more-than-adequate tower defense game.
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I really enjoyed it as well. I bought it on a whim when it was on sale and it turned out to be a more-than-adequate tower defense game.
Posted: Jul 12th 2011 7:07PM maxxgold said
lol. We don't want it.
Posted: Jul 12th 2011 7:08PM dargondarkfire said
wasn't there a south park game for the n64? so wouldn't this be the third south park game?
Posted: Jul 12th 2011 7:22PM thelolotov said
@dargondarkfire Actually, it's the 5th, South Park Rally, South Park Chef's Luv Shack, that N64 one, and the two 360 games
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Posted: Jul 12th 2011 7:32PM Once known as Shadsy said
@dargondarkfire I assume it means "A second South Park game," not "THE second South Park game."
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Posted: Jul 12th 2011 7:09PM Miranda Lawson said
Everyone will now respect the 360's authoritah!
Posted: Jul 12th 2011 7:13PM Schlecht said
As long as I can fire cows out of a gun and watch the person run around blindly with their head up its poop chute, I'm down.
Posted: Jul 12th 2011 7:43PM HighFiveJesus said
I wonder if Comedy Central gets a cut everytime they work in the phrase Xbox or xbox 360 on the show, i hear it quite a bit.
Posted: Jul 12th 2011 8:08PM Ezio Auditore da Firenze said
/yawn
Posted: Jul 12th 2011 8:39PM Sprinkled Cupcake said
@Ezio Auditore da Firenze
We all know if it was a PSN exclusive your fanboy panties would be soaked with excitement.
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We all know if it was a PSN exclusive your fanboy panties would be soaked with excitement.
Posted: Jul 12th 2011 10:13PM tylerh1701 said
@BigEgo007
Knowing Ezio, it would take less. Much less.
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Knowing Ezio, it would take less. Much less.
Posted: Jul 12th 2011 10:44PM Liquidfingers said
@BigEgo007
it could be a Barbie Playdate simulation and Ezio would get excited....as long as it were exclusive to PSN. then if Sony released a bundle of the PS3 with Barbie Playdate and the Move, he would say "Brilliant. Best way to play this game. Ever. Period."
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it could be a Barbie Playdate simulation and Ezio would get excited....as long as it were exclusive to PSN. then if Sony released a bundle of the PS3 with Barbie Playdate and the Move, he would say "Brilliant. Best way to play this game. Ever. Period."
Posted: Jul 13th 2011 10:26AM DesmondMiles said
@Ezio Auditore da Firenze
U gaiz hez no real hez a jaz a figgman ofu my imagination MAMAMiAH!!
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U gaiz hez no real hez a jaz a figgman ofu my imagination MAMAMiAH!!
Posted: Jul 12th 2011 8:08PM Softserve said
What we really need is a South Park kart game. Mario Kart, but with South Park characters, language and violence.
It needs to control well and have good weapons, that's how Mario Kart clones usually screw it up. If they get that down, I'd buy it right away.
It needs to control well and have good weapons, that's how Mario Kart clones usually screw it up. If they get that down, I'd buy it right away.
Posted: Jul 12th 2011 10:05PM Catalyst691 said
@Softserve
Go back in time to the year 2000 and you will find a mediocre Mario Kart clone named "South Park Rally":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Park_Rally
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Go back in time to the year 2000 and you will find a mediocre Mario Kart clone named "South Park Rally":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Park_Rally
Posted: Jul 12th 2011 10:15PM HighFiveJesus said
@Softserve
I was gonna say, I had that for nintendo 64, and it was pretty good. STEEP learning curve but once you get the hang of it, its pretty fun. I swear the first few races/events were the hardest.
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I was gonna say, I had that for nintendo 64, and it was pretty good. STEEP learning curve but once you get the hang of it, its pretty fun. I swear the first few races/events were the hardest.
Posted: Jul 12th 2011 9:09PM Scnew said
Tek, tell me your space dreams
Put down your bioplasma disruptor pistol
And love me through the night!
Put down your bioplasma disruptor pistol
And love me through the night!
Posted: Jul 12th 2011 9:32PM badkins1102 said
Who cares about exclusives? Just man up and buy each system and enjoy games. Fanboy-ism pisses me off so bad.
Posted: Jul 12th 2011 10:09PM Catalyst691 said
@Roxas560
What he means is if you wanna play Halo, Fable or Gears of War buy an Xbox 360, if you wanna play Killzone, Uncharted, or LittleBigPlanet buy a PS3, and if you wanna play a game for the Wii, well you shouldnt be on this article :)
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What he means is if you wanna play Halo, Fable or Gears of War buy an Xbox 360, if you wanna play Killzone, Uncharted, or LittleBigPlanet buy a PS3, and if you wanna play a game for the Wii, well you shouldnt be on this article :)
Posted: Jul 12th 2011 10:12PM Walter White said
@nnmmnnn - Me so hawney... me rove you rong time.
Posted: Jul 12th 2011 10:44PM FunkMasterRitter said
The tower defense game was ok... I just hope its something better. Crab people and manbearpig are a must!
Posted: Jul 13th 2011 12:01AM jsilva93635 said
That's fine with me, all their games suck anyways!!! LOL
Posted: Jul 13th 2011 12:37AM US 447 said
FYI the code for the N64 version was Goldenpie.
Posted: Jul 13th 2011 5:00AM Typhonic said
Am I the only commenter here that loved their first SP game? I feel like an outcast here
Posted: Jul 13th 2011 7:19AM broken 4th wall said
@Typhonic
no, you're not. i also enjoyed it. heck, i like pretty much anything SouthPark, and to be honest i'd hate to envision a world without it. when the show comes off the air, you just know it's time for Earth to explode.
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no, you're not. i also enjoyed it. heck, i like pretty much anything SouthPark, and to be honest i'd hate to envision a world without it. when the show comes off the air, you just know it's time for Earth to explode.
Posted: Jul 13th 2011 6:35AM Oopacsunoo said
Cool! Judging by the comments, I must be one of the few people who actually enjoyed the tower defense game. And these fanboy comments are providing me many LULZ. To argue about a console exclusive, that of which is an arcade game based on a television show, is just quite childish. Let's Go Tower Defense Play was a fun couch co-op game, nothing more than that. I'm looking forward to the next game, but I'm still waiting for the South Park N64 port for PSN/XBLM.
Posted: Jul 13th 2011 9:30AM mietha said
I'm pretty sure the quotation marks should be around "game" instead...
Posted: Jul 13th 2011 10:01AM AFATALERR0R said
I don't like tower defense games so I hope this is a different style.
Posted: Jul 13th 2011 10:22AM Jon Jon said
Just re-release the N64 game on xbox live and PSN. I'd buy it.








