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NASA’s Curiosity Rover may be 34.8m miles away from Earth, but that’s not stopping it causing a very terrestrial kerfuffle. Development favourite Peter Molyneux has revealed that a trademark issue with NASA means that he’s left looking for a new name for his debut iOS game, that until now has …
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Read More »VIDEO: Molydeux reveals truth behind Microsoft departure
Parody Twitter account @petermolydeux has upped its game. Not content with playing a part in Peter Molyneux’s real-life departure from Lionhead and Microsoft, the prankster has now gone live with a video that reveals the real reason why the legendary UK developer went solo. This is a rough video edit …
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Read More »Molyneux: Molydeux is another reason why I left Microsoft
The popular Peter Molyneux spoof Twitter account @petermolydeux has been named as one of the reasons for the developer’s departure from Microsoft. "Smart guy," Molyneux said of the account when speaking at PC games expo Rezzed, Eurogamer reports. "I tell you one thing: he’s far funnier, far more daring and …
Read More »Molyneux’s first iOS title Curiosity gets release date
The first release from Peter Molyneux’s new indie development studio 22 Cans will be released on August 22nd. Eurogamer reports that Curiosity will get a simultaneous release on iOS, Android and PC. A few more details about the game were also revealed. It will see up to 1m players collectively …
Read More »Molyneux to keynote Unite 2012
22Cans boss and former Lionhead man to speak at Unity user conference
Read More »E3 2012: Molyneux and Microsoft question Wii U design
Legendary UK designer (and former Microsoft exec) Peter Molyneux and Microsoft marketing exec Yusuf Mehdi have both found time to question the viability of the Wii U. "I am not really decided about Wii U," Molyneux told Games Industry Germany, as reported by Eurogamer. "I watch people playing and they …
Read More »Peter Molyneux’s £50,000 DLC
Oh Peter. Outspoken creative experimenter Peter Molyneux has confirmed that his next game will contain DLC… that costs 50,000. His first project post-Lionhead is Curiosity. It’s a virtual room that contains a single black cube. Players can then tap away at the cube with a chisel, causing fractures. Fractures caused …
Read More »Molyneux’s 22 Cans’ debut game could be here by July
The debut title from Peter Molyneux’s new studio 22 Cans could be released in as little as six weeks. Molyneux’s departure from both his own studio Lionhead and its owner Microsoft was only announced in March, but the iconic UK developer has told Beefjack that work is progressing quickly. He …
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