Molyneux and Curiosity developer return to the ‘god game’ with a new Kickstarter project

Developer 22 Cans is already moving on to its second experiment

The hidden truth of enigmatic experimental game Curiosity

The game, Curiosity, is a massively multiplayer game where everyone works together to tap apart a cube that is hiding some kind of secret -- and only one person will actually find it.

Peter Molyneux Twitter parody inspires indie game jam

Parody Twitter accounts are a popular way for people to satirize their favorite celebrities, superheroes, and political figures, but this may be the first time one has inspired its own indie game jam.

The first ever Molydeux 2012 will be …

Former Sony game design chief Phil Harrison joins Microsoft

Phil Harrison, most recently a venture capitalist and former game design chief at Sony, is joining Microsoft Game Studios Europe as its chief.

Harrison, who now serves as a partner at London Venture Partners, will step into a larger job …

A roundup of stories from the Game Developers Conference

Our GamesBeat team is exhausted after five days of covering the biggest show for game developers in San Francisco. Here’s a day-by-day roundup of the major stories that we wrote from the Game Developers Conference this week. We’ve also thrown …

Peter Molyneux departs Lionhead Studios and Microsoft to found 22 Cans

Peter Molyneux, one of the most recognizable names in the video game industry, has announced that he will be leaving Lionhead Studios, the company he founded 15 years ago.

Taking his place will be the studio co-founder Mark Webley. Molyneux …

How Fable: The Journey will use the Kinect in revolutionary ways (interview with Peter Molyneux)

Game designer Peter Molyneux discusses in detail how the latest Fable will use the Xbox 360's Kinect in never-before-seen ways...and why he stores his iPad in his underwear (seriously).

Red Dead Redemption studio worked on an “interactive girlfriend project” for Microsoft

Before there was Halo, there was XGirl, apparently. Former Angel Studios Chief Creative Officer Michael Limber lists some interesting design work on his online portfolio, including what he describes as an “interactive girlfriend project” for Microsoft for the launch of …