Peter Molyneux, co-founder of Guildford studio 22 Cans, has indicated a willingness to create games for next-gen consoles.
Project currently codenamed MOAT.
Imagine a game where Peter Molyneux presents an extraordinary set of ideas that players will enjoy for years to come. Now imagine that this particular game will come out because it will never exist.
One of the biggest reveals at this year's Xbox Games Showcase was the latest Fable trailer. After a lengthy stint of silence, Playground Games gave us a look at bits of the title, albeit in a trailer that was mostly made up of CGI nonsense headlined by comedian Richard Ayoade, who is playing a rather frustrated giant.
Molyneux asked about what he thought about the Fable reveal.
From GI.biz: "UK developer 22cans has suffered a round of redundancies, GamesIndustry.biz has learned.
The studio, founded by Fable creator Peter Molyneux, has laid off multiple employees, although an exact figure has not been disclosed.
A spokesperson said: "Unfortunately, due to a number of factors including projects reaching a certain stage in their development, we can confirm that a number of roles at 22cans have been made redundant."
Doesn’t that always happen with every studio lol? Contract workers for certain stages.
Seriously, what is Peter Molyneux up to these days? In his prime, he was the most famous western developer in the world. Now he's doing f all.
They're not actually layoffs, they're fantastical multi-faceted journeys into lands of unimaginable unemployment giving the worker near-infinite freedom of choice.
Is that like I'm not saying no to having sex with Scarlett Johansson?
Didn't this guy go to mobile development? Whatever happened with that? Did he promise super A.I and hologram mobile games and basically made Snake 3.0?
This guy!
No one asked him yet so he hasn't said yes or no.
I would like to see some of his ambitions flourish and next gen could be a great place to start. Maybe he could set more realistic goals and not over hype his own work to the extent he does. I admire the way this guy thinks, but his thought process doesn't translate well in to the actual games.
I would like to see him apply himself and develop for next gen consoles.
Whatever he is doing I'm sure he'll promise the world and to change video games forever. Followed by just releasing a typical decent to good game. I actually like the fable games but the $hit that came out of his mouth describing the fable games before they released was redickulas and laughable.