Enthusiastic game developer and perpetual backpeddler Peter Molyneux has announced that he is leaving the developer he co-founded, Lionhead Studios. This departure also marks his exit from Microsoft Studios.
“It is with mixed emotions that I made the decision to leave Microsoft and Lionhead Studios, the company that I co-founded in 1997, at the conclusion of development ofFable: The Journey,” he said in a statement toKotaku.
“I remain extremely passionate and proud of the people, products and experiences that we created, fromBlack & WhitetoFableto our pioneering work withMilo and Katefor the Kinect platform. However, I felt the time was right to pursue a new independent venture.”
Since his announcement, Molyneux hastaken to Twitterin order to announce his new venture. He shall be heading a fresh-faced studio called 22 Cans, an endeavor he calls “Really amazing, scary and brave.”
