The Abysmal Godus Is No Longer Abysmal, APPARENTLY
Peter Molyneux and 22 Cans’ intended Populous heir Godus is the most miserable gaming experience I’ve had in many a year. It was so crushingly short on joy and cleverness, it seemed like a tech demo...
View ArticleS.EXE: Groin Gravitators
My circumstances have changed yet again as I make my way around the world on a silly adventure with game developers. I find myself writing this week’s S.EXE in the muggy heart of the most boisterous...
View ArticleOh Godus, What The Hell’s Going On?
Hey, remember Godus?! It was successfully Kickstarted in 2012, despite launching with no video at all, as the name of “Peter Molyneux” still carried enough currency to raise over half a million pounds...
View Article22cans Confirm Godus Team Shrinkage, Admit Mistakes
Yesterday we reported on the giant mess that 22cans’ Godus appears to be in. After a lead developer on the project stated that Kickstarter goals will likely not be met, and woefully dissatisfied...
View ArticleLoss Of Faith: Will Godus Ever Have A God Of Gods?
Eurogamer have published a really superb article in which they speak to Bryan Henderson, the “winner” of Curiosity, who was promised a life-changing prize. That prize turned out to be the role of “God...
View ArticlePeter Molyneux Interview: “I haven’t got a reputation in this industry any more”
When Peter Molyneux agreed to speak to me, I knew the interview was going to be tense. I knew that an article we’d posted on Monday, asking what was going on with the development of Godus, had kicked...
View ArticleGodus Wars Scraps Surprise In-Game Charges
Godus Wars [official site], the second unfinished Godus game from development team 22Cans, costs £11 on Steam. And until a few moments ago, once you’d battled through the first continent of its...
View ArticleRead This Article About The Life And Death Of Lionhead
We had a little glimpse of what happened during Lionhead’s death earlier this morning, but our cousins at Eurogamer have just published a mammoth article about the company’s life. I’ll pick out some...
View ArticleGodus’ Designer Has Left 22cans, No Time Frame For Release
The grim tale of Godus‘s development seems to have gotten a lot grimmer. Lead developer Konrad Naszynski’s contract expired shortly after the release of Godus Wars and wasn’t renewed, 22cans confirm,...
View ArticleThat hiking game from Peter Molyneux is coming to PC
What’s the auld rascal up to now? The Trail: Frontier Challenge [official site] is a multiplayer hiking game by 22Cans, the studio headed by Peter Molyneux and responsible for the troubled and...
View ArticleThe lessons Of Fable and what we want from a sequel
According to the rumour-mills, we may be due another Fable in the world of Albion. A Fable 4, if you will. It’s easy to shrug that off as no big deal. Fable is arguably the series most talked about...
View ArticleHave You Played… Black & White 2?
Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. I really wanted to write a Have You Played about The Movies, and then realised Graham had done...
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