All Posts by: Mike Murphy

By Mike Murphy, October 15, 2009 0 GN

Recently a Naughty Dog developer went and did something, well, naughty in accidentally confirming cross game voice chat for the PlayStation 3 on the official PlayStation 3 message boards. The developer’s fitting user name, ReklissAbandon, has since edited the post… Read More »

By Mike Murphy, October 14, 2009 0 GN

Ubisoft has already "had discussions" on where Assassin’s Creed III could take place, and one setting brought up was a female assassin in World War II-era France and England. "Where would that make sense?" asked producer Sebastien Puel about a… Read More »

By Mike Murphy, October 14, 2009 0 GN

GameStop director Leonard Riggio has recently sold 2.3 million shares of the company, accumulating approximately $60.2 million in the process. The move is being seen as a sign of pessimism by Riggio and a possible foreshadowing of bad times for… Read More »

By Mike Murphy, October 13, 2009 0 GN

The week ahead features a square-off between a treasure hunter and a roadie, as two of the big titles of the Fall 2009 quarter hit stores. PlayStation 3 owners will be taking Nathan Drake on another adventure to find Marco… Read More »

By Mike Murphy, October 10, 2009 0 GN

In a recent interview with the Official Xbox 360 Magazine, Vice President of Epic Games Mark Rein stated that the developer will have all its future Xbox 360 titles support in some way Microsoft’s Project Natal, set to launch next… Read More »

By Mike Murphy, October 7, 2009 0 GN

At Microsoft’s "Open House" in New York yesterday, a roundtable discussion with Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft’s entertainment and devices division, produced some new bits of information surrounding Project Natal and its pricing structure when it launches. Bach stated that… Read More »

By Mike Murphy, October 7, 2009 0 GN

Back in April, Activision acquired the developer of DJ Hero‘s competitor Scratch the Ultimate DJ. Today the publisher laid off approximately 30 people from the developer, 7 Studios. Both the developer and Activision are in the middle of a lawsuit… Read More »

By Mike Murphy, October 6, 2009 0 GN

If ever there needed to be any more evidence that videogames are mainstream, this recent announcement from Business Week is it. The magazine has announced its 2009 list of the World’s Best Companies/Global Top 40, and Nintendo took the number… Read More »

By Mike Murphy, October 6, 2009 0 GN

Imagine the epic scenes from the Call of Duty series being played out in a theater near you, because they may very well be in the next few years. Activision recently trademarked the popular first-person shooter series centered on war… Read More »

By Mike Murphy, October 5, 2009 0 GN

A report from Electronic Theater is stating that the PC version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been delayed. Originally intended to release alongside the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game as well as the… Read More »