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Peter Molyneux Has Left Lionhead

Peter Molyneux Has Left Lionhead

Well, there’s some news I’m sure you didn’t think you’d hear when you got up this morning. Peter Molyneux, the creative genius at the head of Lionhead Studios has left the company and Microsoft in order to pursue new ventures with another development team.

Peter Molyneux is best known for the creation of the series Black and White, as well as Fable, which has been getting worse and worse with each release. The latest entry into the series is Fable Heroes, an XBLA only title.

News of this departure comes just one day after the game’s announcement, with Molyneux taking to twitter for the first time in four months to break the news.

“I have left the lovely amazing Microsoft and lionhead. Now for something really amazing, scary and brave a new company called 22 Cans.”

At this time, I don’t think anyone in the world knows who 22 Cans are, besides, maybe, their employees. Is all not well at Lionhead? Molyneux was also the creative director of Microsoft Game Studios, so did creative or design clashes lead to his departure from the software giant? All I know is, now with Molyneux gone, I can truly forget about Fable ever being something meaningful again.

Source: IGN

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  • Oren

    Bye Bye, Peter, Hopefully they get someone that can repair the mess he made outta the fable series

  • Pea_Peralta

    No Peter dont leave…please dont..no actually please do..He is the one man i know who has led soo many gamers to the promised land just by talking only for us to discover when we play the game that we have been had..D:

  • Treble

    Populous the game where you were shaman lol

  • AG_Sonday

    22 Cans of shit with rainbow stickers on them. 

  • sage of the six paths

    A song in celebration of Molyneux leaving. :P

    22 cans of Fable on the wall, 22 can of Fable,If one of those cans of Fable were to fall, 21 cans of Fable on the wall. (EVERYBODY!)
    21 cans of Fable on the wall…… 

  • Mglionheart

    Best wishes

  • http://www.facebook.com/willem.grobler Willem Grobler

    Finally – the gaming industry’s Prince of Lies will hopefully fade into Oblivion now. Molyneux always reminded me of someone who revelled in the stench of his own farts. Good riddance I say.

  • NeoN

    I wish him all the best with his new venture. Keen to see what he works on next.

    • Oren

      NeoN, I remember you, werent you on the LO Mag forums back in the day?

    • NeoN

      haha, still am. xD Although there’s hardly anyone on nowadays. What was your nick on LO? Maybe I’ll recognize it.