Legendary game designer Peter Molyneux – who no doubt has many fans on the Train2Game forum – is set to be awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Game Developers Choice Awards.
It’s probably an award Train2Game students dream about receiving in their future!
The Creative Director of Microsoft Game Studios Europe has produced many innovative and popular games during a career that spans over 20 years, and it’s likely that Train2Game students are very familiar with a lot of them!
The Guildford man first broke into the gaming mainstream with Bullfrog Productions, arguably becoming the father of the ‘God Game’ genre when the studio released Populous for the PC in 1989. Some Train2Game students are probably old enough to remember it!
Other classic games produced by Molyneux’s Bullfrog studio include Theme Park and Dungeon Keeper. He left Bullfrog to found Lionhead Studios in 1997 and as Train2Game students will know, the studio is still operating today, but now under the Microsoft banner.
Molyneux continued to produce innovative games and further developed the God Genre through the Black and White series of games, the first of which was released in 2001. More recently he’s produced the Fable series of games, the latest of which – Fable III – topped the UK Chart when it was released for the Xbox 360 late last year.
You can see a more in depth look at Fable III by reading this Thoughts of Train2Game blog by Gabe.
Molyneux’s success in the games industry is therefore going to be acknowledged with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the GDC Awards.
“Peter is a remarkable asset to the games industry, and truly embodies everything that the Lifetime Achievement Award represents,” said Meggan Scavio, event director of GDC.
“We’re proud to honour someone who has had such a profound impact on the industry, through his boundless enthusiasm and profound talent in creating games about choice and interactivity that the entire world loves to play.”
The 11th annual Game Developers Choice Awards will take place in San Francisco on March 2nd, and will be hosted by industry-favourite Tim Schafer.
So Train2Game, what are your favourite Peter Molyneux games? Do you think he deserves the award after his many years in the games industry?
As usual, you can leave your thoughts here on the Train2Game blog, or on the Train2Game forum.
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