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From Molyneux to Media Molecule, we spoke to the games community in Guildford to find out why the area has become synonymous with the UK games industry
Read More »Regional Spotlight: How Guildford became the ‘Hollywood of Video games’
Peter Molyneux’s The Trail coming to PC soon
22cans’ smartphone title The Trail will be released for PC on Steam this summer, publisher Kongregate has said. The game was released on iOS and Android late last year, and must have done reasonably well to warrant a port. The PC version has apparently undergone a complete redesign and rebuild, …
Read More »Peter Molyneux’s 22Cans stealth-launches new title The Trail
Free-to-play adventure game appears on iTunes in the Philippines after two years of development
Read More »Peter Molyneux’s The Trail appears on iOS App Store
22Cans’ mysterious The Trail, which we’ve been aware of but known little about for quite some time, has suddenly appeared on the Apple App Store. The game does not yet appear to have launched proper, with its page only showing in some regions, and the app itself not yet available …
Read More »Goodbye, Lionhead: studio officially closes
Fable, Black & White and The Movies developer originally founded in 1996 by Peter Molyneux
Read More »‘Lionhead closure could be exciting for UK indie scene,’ says ex-Fable art chief
John McCormack compares fate of beloved British studio to death of Bullfrog upon acquisition by EA in 2001
Read More »22Cans pulls Godus Wars microtransaction after criticism
New release Godus Wars has taken less than 24 hours to run into bother. Peter Molyneux and his studio 22Cans announced and released its second Godus title yesterday. The Early Access game costs 10.99 to download and includes the original Godus – which itself has yet to exit Early Access. …
Read More »Molyneux: It was tempting to retire
Peter Molyneux has given his first interview to the press in nearly a year, in which he admits that he nearly abandoned game development entirely. The famed UK developer had vowed to never talk to the press again. This followed the revelation that promises made to the winner of 22Cans’ …
Read More »22Cans launches Godus Wars on Steam Early Access
A second Godus title has been released on Steam. It’s called Godus Wars. It costs 10.99, or is free to previous Godus Kickstarter backers and owners. It’s currently a single-player only experience. To answer the question ‘what is Godus Wars?’ You have to take a step back and look back …
Read More »22cans signs deal to launch Godus in China
Molyneux’s studio will team up with LongTu Games to take the god game to the East
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