Naughty Dog's  Richard Lemarchand has been interviewed and he was asked what he thought about the PlayStation Network when stacked against Microsoft's Xbox Live. You may be surprised to know that he picked the PSN and said that Sony's service will have a "competitive edge" in the near future. More in the full article.

We got word that Naughty Dog's former employees, Bob Rafai and E. Daniel Arey, who worked on titles such as Crash Bandicoot, the Jak and Daxter series, and Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, have teamed up to form an all new studio: Big Red Button Entertainment.

Details can be found in the full article.

There are video game awards, and then there are video game awards. This particular video game awards feature is probably of the latter, but with a lot of good-natured irreverence thrown into the mix. While it would have been easier for us to just make an article about our favorite games (and we did), we felt that the gaming year of 2007 had a lot to offer, and thus we're giving credit (and blame) where it's due.

Check out the winners in the full article.

Originally posted on January 21, 2008 at 1:14 PM.

(Editor's Note: Happy new year! Time to serve this year's first ever QuickJump QuickPeek; now let's party like it's nineteen seventy-ni.. err... 2008!)

Had fun with our barrage of QuickPeek special edition fireworks? Last week sure capped the year on a good note, and this week, the gaming industry welcomes 2008 with its own dazzling display of pyrokinetics - including some pre-CES goodies on the side!

* Article originally posted on Jan 05, 2008 at 02:38 PM.

Various game companies are out to spread the holiday cheer by delivering several personalized digital Christmas cards dedicated to all gamers. You can take a look at the Christmas cards presented by PopCap Games, Marvelous Entertainment, Naughty Dog, Bioware and Square Enix in the full article.

Apparently, the April issue of Game Informer Magazine is set to reveal a lot of juicy info on Naughty Dog's Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. In fact, the game's the issue's cover story. Behold:

 

Moreover, the said issue also reveals that Pandemic Studios - the folks responsible for Mercenaries 2 - is also working on another WWII action game called Saboteur. How will Saboteur play? WorthPlaying informs that when thinking Saboteur, we should think GTA mixed with FPS and Stealth. You'll play as a member of the French La Resistance. Yes, a lot of anti-Nazi action here.

Saboteur is reportedly scheduled for 2008, and WorthPlaying.com claims that it will be out for the PS3 and the Xbox 360.