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Peter Molyneux was one of the lead designers at Lionhead Studios and the creator of the Fable, Dungeon Keeper, Populous, and Black & White series'. On 7 March 2012, he announced he was leaving Lionhead and moving to independent developer 22Cans.

History

Peter Douglas Molyneux was born on May 5th, 1959 in Guildford, Surrey, in the United Kingdom. He began his career in 1982, by distributing games for Atari and the Commodore 64. Around 1984, he began to work on video games. His first game, The Entrepreneur, a text-based business simulation game, was a commercial failure.

In 1987, he co-founded the game design company Bullfrog Productions - which he later left - and he also founded Lionhead Studios. Lionhead Studios was later purchased by Microsoft Game Studios.

Peter Molyneux suffers from dyslexia[1], though he had not found out about this until he was attending technical college.

Awards

Inducted into Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences hall of fame in 1998.
Honoured with an Order of the British Empire on December 31, 2004.
Given the title of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters) by the French Government in 2004.
Awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Science by the University of Southampton.

Works

Pre-Bullfrog

The Entrepreneur
Druid 2

Bullfrog

Fusion (1987)
Populous (1989)
Populous II: Trials of the Olympian Gods (1991)
Syndicate (1993)
Theme Park (1994)
Magic Carpet (1994)
Hi-Octane (1995)
Genewars (1996)
Dungeon Keeper (1997)

Lionhead Studios

Black & White (2001)
Fable (2004)
Fable: The Lost Chapters (2005)
The Movies (2005)
Black & White 2 (2005)
The Movies: Stunts & Effects (2006)
Black and White 2: Battle of the Gods (2006)
Fable II (2008)
Fable III (2010)
Milo and Kate (Cancelled)
Fable: The Journey (2012)

22Cans

Curiosity: What's Inside the Cube? (2012)
Godus (2014)
Godus Wars (2016)
The Trail: Frontier Challenge (2017)

Trivia

In Fable: The Lost Chapters, his gravestone can be found in Snowspire village behind the bar. If players dig here, they will be rewarded with the Lionhead back tattoo, an obvious reference to Lionhead Studios.
In Fairfax Gardens besides the entrance of the tomb of Lady Grey there is a gravestone for PDM that has the note "this is the best grave in history and will change the way people look at final resting places in the future."
In Fable: The Balverine Order, one of the characters, Molly Newsome, is named as a reference to Peter Molyneux.

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+}}'''Peter Molyneux''' was one of the lead designers at [[Lionhead Studios]] and the creator of the ''[[Fable]]'', ''Dungeon Keeper'', ''Populous'', and ''Black & White'' series'. On 7 March 2012, he announced he was leaving Lionhead and moving to independent developer 22Cans.
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-'''Peter Molyneux''' is one of the lead designers at [[Lionhead Studios]] and the creator of the ''[[Fable]]'', ''Dungeon Keeper'', ''Populous'', and ''Black & White'' series'.
 == History ==
-''Peter Douglas Molyneux'' was born on May 15, 1959 in Guildford, Surrey, in the United Kingdom. He began his career in 1982, by distributing games for ''Atari'' and the ''Commodore 64.'' Around 1984, he began to work on video games. His first game, ''The Entrepreneur'', a text based business simulation game, was a commercial failure.
+Peter Douglas Molyneux was born on May 5th, 1959 in Guildford, Surrey, in the United Kingdom. He began his career in 1982, by distributing games for ''Atari'' and the ''Commodore 64.'' Around 1984, he began to work on video games. His first game, ''The Entrepreneur'', a text-based business simulation game, was a commercial failure.
-In 1987, he Co-Founded the game design company ''Bullfrog Productions,'' which he later left, and founded [[Lionhead Studios]]. Lionhead Studios was later purchased by ''Microsoft Games.''
+In 1987, he co-founded the game design company ''Bullfrog Productions ''- which he later left - and he also founded [[Lionhead Studios]]. Lionhead Studios was later purchased by [[Microsoft Game Studios]].
-''Peter Molyneux suffers from Dyslexia[http://www.4-small-businesses.co.uk/top-small-businesses-idea-008.html], he hadn't found out until he was attending technical college.''
+Peter Molyneux suffers from dyslexia[http://www.4-small-businesses.co.uk/top-small-businesses-idea-008.html], though he had not found out about this until he was attending technical college.
 == Awards ==
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 === Pre-Bullfrog ===
-* The Entrepreneur
+* ''The Entrepreneur''
-* Druid 2
+* ''Druid 2''
 === Bullfrog ===
-* Fusion (1987)
+* ''Fusion (1987)''
-* Populous (1989)
+* ''Populous (1989)''
-* Populous II: Trials of the Olympian Gods (1991)
+* ''Populous II: Trials of the Olympian Gods (1991)''
-* Syndicate (1993)
+* ''Syndicate (1993)''
-* Theme Park (1994)
+* ''Theme Park (1994)''
-* Magic Carpet (1994)
+* ''Magic Carpet (1994)''
-* Hi-Octane (1995)
+* ''Hi-Octane (1995)''
-* Genewars (1996)
+* ''Genewars (1996)''
-* Dungeon Keeper (1997)
+* ''Dungeon Keeper (1997)''
 === Lionhead Studios ===
-* Black & White (2001)
+* ''Black & White (2001)''
-* [[Fable]] (2004)
+* ''[[Fable]] (2004)''
-* [[Fable: The Lost Chapters]] (2005)
+* ''[[Fable: The Lost Chapters]] (2005)''
-* The Movies (2005)
+* ''The Movies (2005)''
-* Black & White 2 (2005)
+* ''Black & White 2 (2005)''
-* The Movies: Stunts & Effects (2006)
+* ''The Movies: Stunts & Effects (2006)''
-* Black and White 2: Battle of the Gods (2006)
+* ''Black and White 2: Battle of the Gods (2006)''
-* [[Fable II]] (2008)
+* ''[[Fable II]] (2008)''
-* [[Fable III]] (2010)
+* ''[[Fable III]] (2010)''
-* Milo and Kate (TBA)
+* ''Milo and Kate (Cancelled)''
+* ''[[Fable: The Journey]] (2012)''
+===22Cans ===
+*''Curiosity: What's Inside the Cube?'' (2012)
+*''Godus'' (2014)
+*''Godus Wars'' (2016)
+*''The Trail: Frontier Challenge'' (2017)
+== Trivia ==
+* In ''Fable: The Lost Chapters'', his gravestone can be found in [[Snowspire]] village behind the bar. If players dig here, they will be rewarded with the Lionhead back tattoo, an obvious reference to Lionhead Studios.
+* In [[Fairfax Gardens]] besides the entrance of the tomb of [[Elvira Grey|Lady Grey]] there is a gravestone for PDM that has the note "this is the best grave in history and will change the way people look at final resting places in the future."
+* In ''[[Fable: The Balverine Order]], ''one of the characters, [[Molly Newsome]], is named as a reference to Peter Molyneux.
+==External links==
+*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Molyneux Peter Molyneux at Wikipedia]
+*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0597319/ Peter Molyneux at IMDB]
+*[https://rawg.io/creators/peter-molyneux Peter Molyneux at RAWG]
+<!--Interwiki links-->
-[[Link title]]== Trivia ==
+[[ru:Молиньё,_Питер]]
-* In Fable: The Lost Chapters, his gravestone can be found in [[Snowspire]] village behind the bar. If players dig here, they will be rewarded with the Lionhead back tattoo, an obvious reference to Lionhead Studios.
+[[Category:Content]]
-* In Fairfax Gardens besides the tomb of Lady Gray entrance there is a gravestone for PDM that has the note "this is the best grave in history and will change the way people look at final resting places in the future" which is probably a reference to the way Peter Molyneux massively over hypes games and announces features that do not appear in the end product (like children in Fable).
-[[Category:Fable]]
+[[Category:Lionhead Studios]]
-[[Category:Fable II]]
-[[Category:Browse]]