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Peter was pretty much a broken man.” Those are the words of 22Cans CEO Simon Phillips, who has told Develop that the disastrous events surrounding Godus earlier this year took their toll on one of Britain’s most famed developers. This really kicked the shit out of him. I think he …
Read More »‘Peter Molyneux was a broken man’: Meet the new CEO that plans to fix him
We speak to 22cans’ Simon Phillips about Godus, Bryan Henderson and repairing the reputation of the world’s most divisive games developer
Read More »Molyneux wants fellow developers to test his next game
Famed developer Peter Molyneux is calling on his peers to test his next game. Speaking at last night’s Guildford G3 Expo the 22cans founder suggested various ways in which the community could collaborate, and is even putting his next project out there as a guinea pig. "One of the biggest …
Read More »Molyneux wants devs to test his next game
'I know my games would be better if they had experienced eyes looking at them'
Read More »Peter Molyneux leads speakers for Guildford G3 Expo
22cans founder among several experts heading to new evening conference on July 1st
Read More »Peter Molyneux to speak at Guildford G3 games expo in July
A free networking expo will take place next month, aiming to showcase the games talent in and around Guildford. The town counts among its residents No Man’s Sky developer Hello Games, EA, LittleBigPlanet creator Media Molecule, Fable outlet Lionhead, Godus firm 22cans, Supermassive Games and Ubisoft. Set for the evening …
Read More »22Cans names Simon Phillips as new CEO
Studio founder Peter Molyneux to focus on duties as creative director
Read More »Godus co-designer Jack Attridge leaves 22Cans
The man described as 22Cans’ voice of reason” has left the studio to go it alone. The Guardian reports that Jack Attridge left the studio on Friday, telling the paper: Me and Peter [Molyneux] went on a big 10 mile walk and finally said our goodbyes.” Some had expected the …
Read More »Tim Schafer decries ‘extremely rough treatment’ of Molyneux
Double Fine chief says reaction to Godus shortcomings have been "way out of proportion"
Read More »Schafer: Criticism of Molyneux is ‘way out of proportion’
Monkey Island and Grim Fandango creator Tim Schafer has criticised the recent treatment of Peter Molyneux online and in the press. I’d like to send our support to friend and fellow developer Peter Molyneux,” he said in a Broken Age Kickstarter update video, which you can see below. In the …
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