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Peter Molyneux OBE

Peter Molyneux co-founded Bullfrog Productions in 1987 to develop an idea he had for a revolutionary new type of strategy game for home computers. This first game, Populous, went on to sell over 4 million copies and is amongst the top ten most successful computer games.

At Bullfrog, Peter also developed other 'god games' Powermonger, Magic Carpet and Dungeon Keeper, each selling over 400,000 copies. Another of his titles, Theme Park sold over 3.5 million copies and became a sensation in Japan.

In 1995, Bullfrog was sold to Californian leisure software giants, Electronic Arts and Peter remained as Managing Director until 1997, when he left to set up Lionhead Studios, putting together a team of like-minded enthusiasts to develop games.

In late March 2001 Lionhead's first game Black & White was released to widespread critical acclaim, attracting some of the highest review scores ever achieved by a software program. Worldwide sales are currently more than 2 million. Autumn 2004 saw the release of Lionhead's second game Fable for Xbox. Sales now top the 1.5 million mark and it was the Xbox's fastest selling game at that time. Lionhead is also working on The Movies, which has excited both the gaming and consumer press.

Peter is a well-known speaker and has given talks at, among others, the British Film Institute, the American Museum of the Moving Image, the Institute of Contemporary Arts and the Dortmund Museum of History and Culture. He received an OBE in the 2005 New Year Honours List, for services to the computer games industry.
 

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