T1 - Famously outspoken British games designer Peter Molyneux has being reigning in his insane press promises recently, and it seems he’s finally learning to stop over hyping his projects. Speaking to Develop in an interview published today, the god-genre creator admits Fable III was a “train wreck”, and that he’ll never make what he sees as his “perfect gem” of a game.
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.
Fable 3 was a train wreck so they put the next game on basically a traintrack.
Molyneux suffers from over hyping himself, nothing wrong with dreaming big but eh does tend to over exaggerate sometimes.
Never say never though Mr M
I don't think any game dev makes there perfect game, that's what makes them create more games.
"Molyneux Says He’ll Never Make His Perfect Game" - The reason why his games never meet expectation is because he over hypes them beyond what he is able to achieve. Fable was a pretty great series that was brought down by unreachable expectations created by it's own creator.
well... i played black and white and fable... awesome games back then...
A developer who actually admits that he's made mistakes. Dunno about you guys but I actually feel sorry for him and he deserves my respect. I wish Peter all the best for whatever his future endeavors may be.