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Legendary Game Maker Peter Molyneux Talks Regrets and What's Next

When Peter Molyneux – the charismatic designer of Fable, Populous, and Black & White, among other seminal video games – announced a couple of years ago that he was going to stop talking so much, a lot of people didn't believe him. He was the seventh person inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, after designers like Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto, Civilization creator Sid Meier, Id Software founder John Carmack, and SimCity creator Will Wright. He was given a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Game Developers Choice Awards in 2011. He was even honored with an OBE, the Order of the British Empire, in the 2004 New Year's Honors list. Yet by the point in his career that he was for this particular announcement, Molyneux had became almost as famous for not delivering on grand pronouncements as he was for delivering extraordinary video games.

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Nyxus2342d ago

No one should sell any studio they care about to EA.

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indysurfn2341d ago

This is the same jerk that said they will not fix the game because only 1.5% of all gamers get to the end anyway? I still wasted 59 dollars and hours of game play and especially the frustration trying to get around the bug until I heard his reply to it.

Mr Pumblechook2341d ago

This interview is from March 31st!

indysurfn2340d ago

Yes this interview is WAY after He said that. I don't forget people that screw me over.

stuna12342d ago

EA and Microsoft are the destroyer of studio's!

Godmars2902341d ago

@darthv72:
The example of Rare, one of the few surviving studios - in name only - would disagree.

Zeref2342d ago

Sony shuts down studios too...

Bahamut2342d ago

Sony wouldn't let a franchise like Fable just die.

Cyborgg2342d ago

It's not affecting them though.

USMC_POLICE2342d ago

@Bahamut, they let socom and syphonfilter just die.

darthv722342d ago

Bahamut... did Fable die or is it just tucked away for the time being?

AmstradAmiga2342d ago (Edited 2342d ago )

@Bahamut

Pure speculation based on what? Regardless of what you think Sony is a business trying to remain profitable. FYI in 2014 Sony downsized by over 1,000 employees, Santa Monica Studios (i.e. Wipeout) being part of the casualties. The year before Sony had downsized by 10,000 employees.

Auron2342d ago (Edited 2342d ago )

Sony shuts down their handhelds too
@bahamut fable isnt dead.. lionhead just sucked and got shut down. FIII was garbage.

michellelynn09762342d ago

Yeah they do, but not nearly like Microsoft or EA. Sony has only done two.

Juvia2342d ago

Are you really trying to say that Sony is at the same level as Microsoft or EA? That is madness, little kitten.

I realize you xbots are desperate to lash out at Sony for whumping you this gen, but there's something to be said for losing gracefully.

madforaday2342d ago

@USMC_POLICE

How did they let Socom die? They came out with Confrontation and Socom 4. Confrontation was really good only after 6 months of it's release. Then they killed it with the DLC. Socom 4 was Zipper's redemption but failed even worse than Confrontation and with no way to fix because it was just awful. Zipper killed Socom. Zipper also messed up MAG towards the end with the crappy DLC that you couldn't even get into because you couldn't get enough people to play. Also, Zipper made a meh Vita game as well. Zipper had a lot of chances to redeem themselves has developers. I just think Bend Studios didn't want to make another Syphon shooter because they are still around and are now making a new IP.

Bigpappy2341d ago

"Sony wouldn't let a franchise like Fable just die."

But they would kill Motor Storm?

Knushwood Butt2341d ago

Socom 4 was a lot of fun in online co-op.

Confrontation was just pain.

Bennibop2341d ago (Edited 2341d ago )

@Zeref Sony has also opened new studios though

Godmars2902340d ago

But they've made games before being shut down. Have long running histories of making games, while under Sony's umbrella, before being shut down. Versus being known for making games, being bought my MS, not making game for years or making one game after many years of nothing, only to be shut down before that one game under MS is released. If its released.

XiNatsuDragnel2338d ago

Brother man you sound pretty salty about Xbox. Alavrez kingdom king for a reason

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sk8ofmnd2341d ago

Ea and Ms are the black holes of the gaming industry... gamers are finally coming around to their bullshit.

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maybelovehate2342d ago

And I wish he hadn't sold us all so much BS

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Bahamut2342d ago (Edited 2342d ago )

I love his games, but yeah, he promises much more, every time. I remember when Fable used to be called "Project Ego" and the game he described in the years during creation... and then what he delivered. He's a visionary, but it's like he doesn't understand what the game developers are really capable of.

Trez12342341d ago

Fable was the game that made me fall in love with the xbox brand so I'll alwayd have a soft spot for him.

nowitzki20042341d ago

I hated him but the more I learned about the business the more I learn that he really might have had not much control over what he was paid to do.

Knushwood Butt2341d ago

This guy is a disgrace.

He talks BS about his games until launch, then begs for forgiveness afterwards, time and time again.

Just shut up and deliver.

If not, just retire and suck on some Blackpool rock.

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MunchMiller002342d ago

I'm sure he feels perfectly fine once gazing upon his sellout bank account, if he even truly regrets it at all anyways. Which I highly doubt he does.

Mikelarry2342d ago

Exactly what i was thinking, didnt complain about all the monies tehy must have paid him

DevilishSix2342d ago

He decided money was more important. Now he has to live with it.

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Steam’s Refund Policy Change Won’t Affect You Unless You’re A Lowlife

Steam is changing its refund policy, but you probably won’t be affected

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thorstein9h ago

Should have happened a long time ago. People wanting refunds after 50 hours in game.

fsfsxii5h ago

Pc gamers will take this as an excuse to pirate things

KyRo4h ago

I'm not sure why you're getting disgrees. Whilst not all PC gamers are petty, an awful lot of them are lol

Crows904h ago

Entirely untrue. Not any more petty than console gamers. The only large difference is console gamers don't have much of a choice.

qalpha5h ago

Daily reminder that 'TheGamer' is a corporate-generated, anti-gamer, anti-consumer, clickbait web site. They are mostly A.I. generated articles that villainize gamers. They provide nothing positive and actively try to provoke and divide the community through extreme view points and politics. Do not give them any clicks.

Inverno4h ago

Only scumbags? As if people don't play their games on console put in the most amount of hours and return it to GameStop and trade it in for another game. But also how many people are actually do this? And what games have been allowed to be refunded?

DustMan4h ago

You can refund any game you've purchased as long as it hasn't been longer than two weeks, and you've played less than 2 hours. I wish they would change it to 3 hours because some RPG's have so much exposition that you may only get an hour total of complete gameplay. That's my only knock on it. I've refunded plenty of stuff I was just curious to try. I typically stay away from Early Access titles which are the only ones affected by this policy change.

Inverno3h ago

Apparently early access doesn't count, only complete games with a play early preorder bonus.

Gaming4Life19814h ago

I definitely know if I want a refund in 2 hours.

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Media Molecule’s Next Game is Going to be a New IP

A job listing published by the UK studio reveals that its next project will be another entirely new IP.

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Inverno1d ago

The only PlayStation dev I care about tbh.

Inverno4h ago

Dayum did I hit a nerve. Sorry for not liking most of this gens games coming from PS, not really doe.

Cacabunga1d ago

Hopefully doesn’t take them a complete gen to release it

TheColbertinator18h ago

Good. Something not boring, not one of those "make your own game" crap and also on Steam would be nice.

Stopac17h ago

I too like to look for things in the wrong places.

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Outriders Dev's Next Game Has Been Canceled After Publishing Agreement With Take-Two Fell Through

Outriders developer People Can Fly's next game has been canceled after its publishing agreement with Take-Two Interactive fell through.

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Tacoboto2d ago

"the capital group of PCF Group S.A."

If you're getting funding from a group that needs two different ways of Acronyming itself, things will not go the way you want them to.

banger881d 22h ago

If it was more online-only crap then good riddance.

jjb19811d 8h ago

Outriders was crap. They slapped that game together and threw in a loot system to get players' attention. This game was absolutely jank and the always online nonsense made it stutter like crazy. People Can't Optimize.

thorstein1d 7h ago

I liked Outriders but I could see where the artistic vision was compromised. The way the industry is now, it wouldn't surprise me that upper management would scrap something that didn't pull in money via gaas, mts, or other means.