Peter Molyneux: The Story of the Developer Who Created the God Game Genre

Peter Molyneux is one of the most popular, respected, and controversial figures in the video game industry. You may hear him called a genius, ambitious, frivolous, impulsive… He created the “god simulator” genre and had a major impact on the development of RPGs, and many of the games he worked on will forever be part of gaming history. This book tells the story of the legendary developer’s life and career—from his youth to his mature years. Raphael Loca has spent a long time interviewing Peter Molyneux to create the most complete portrait of his personality. Memories of family, early successes in the late 1980s, experience in business, changes of companies, the development stories of Populous, Syndicate, Magic Carpet, Fable, and other famous games. Peter Molyneux speaks without holding anything back about his successes and failures, sources of inspiration, mistakes, and imagined worlds. Now is the time to find out: what is the real Peter Molyneux like?