Mikey Neumann

In Real Life

At Age 29, A Game Developer Must Battle Back From A Stroke

1:00PM October 27, 2011 | Owen Good

When he got the vision floater in his right eye that morning at work, Mikey Neumann figured in the next 30 minutes he’d be asking someone to drive him home so he could fight off a migraine. But the walloping headache never came. More »

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Furious 4 Is More Like Inglorious Borderlands

2:30PM June 9, 2011 | Owen Good

Face it: A shooter set in World War II is going to be called derivative of something, and as a sequel, it’ll probably be called derivative of itself. But what Brothers In Arms: Furious 4 most resembles is not the 2009 film Inglorious Basterds, to which everyone connected the game after Ubisoft revealed it on Monday. Furious 4‘s loudest echoes come from Gearbox’s co-operative shooter smash, Borderlands. More »

Borderlands Writers Play A Bloody Game Of Catan

3:30PM November 25, 2010 | Owen Good

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Trophy List Hints At More DLC Coming For Borderlands

2:00PM December 9, 2009 | Owen Good

Gearbox creative dude Mikey Neumann twitter-teased some sort of announcement yesterday that had to get pulled back, but it looks like PS3Trophies.org stole the show. Four new trophies tip off some coliseum-based DLC in the works. More »

Borderlands’ Creative Boss Lives Up To His Loot Promises

11:00AM October 23, 2009 | Owen Good

“I’m asking for a quick invite, to drop you some loot,” said the voice message at 1pm. “You were on my list; I have to cross you off.” It was Mikey Neumann, the Gearbox Software creative director. More »