Peter Molyneux LiveText interview this Friday!

[Albion Knight]

Good news, Eurogamers! Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux is lining up to talk to you in our second LiveText interview this Friday, 30th November, from 3pm GMT!
Molyneux is following in the virtual footsteps of Naughty Dog's Evan Wells, who joined us earlier this month to field your questions and enjoyed himself so much he stuck around for half the night.



"To get tough and frank questions from gamers is what I am looking forward to this Friday," he told everyone in our fancy press release. "I don't mind whether they are about Fable 2, Lionhead's other games or the industry in general."


For those who missed out the first time around, Eurogamer's LiveText interview system sees you lot typing in questions that we then submit to the victim using magic. If you turn up a bit before the allotted time, you also get the chance to submit questions in advance.


As for what to ask about, Molyneux has worked on games like Black & White, Populous, Magic Carpet and of course Fable, and is one of the UK's best-known developers, so you could start off in that area. Or you could ask him whether he could score from there.


Whatever you come up with, he's sure to be worth going on the Internet for when you run out of emails to respond to on Friday afternoon. 3pm! Join us!

News - Peter Molyneux LiveText interview this Friday! // Xbox 360 /// Eurogamer

[Dark Drakan]

Great find Todd, look forward to seeing this. +rep

[Raiyell]

Yea, I'm gonna be in school since that is 10:00 AM for me. Maybe someone who is there can copy/paste the Q's and A's into a thread here for everybody's viewing pleasure.

[Albion Knight]

I'm sure somebody will
If not that then an audio clip of it

[Raiyell]

audio clip? It is all text. Its over the live chat on the site, I thought.

[Albion Knight]

Originally Posted by Raiyell

audio clip? It is all text. Its over the live chat on the site, I thought.

Oh yeah good point +Rep
Maybe I'll make a recording

[Raiyell]

haha this is like my first day on these forums and I love it already. Other sites would flame me for correcting them

[GameStopPro]

wher e exactly do u get to talk to hime *link please* because the link that is on the first post takes u to the original post from that game website but where on friday do i go to talk to him???

[Albion Knight]

Sorry I didn't see your post GameStopPro

Here are some Fable 2 related questions and answers from the Live Text Chat

15:54:48 -
VelocityLGi asks: Are there any new features that are going to be in Fable 2 that you can tell us about today?



Peter Molyneux: Well, I am looking at Fable 2 as I type. I am looking at a field of flowers that have just burst into pollen. The pollen is gently floating in the wind. It all looks very beautiful and peaceful as the sun sets. Me being me, I cannot resist using a fire storm to ignite the whole field!

Setting Fire to the Environment Confirmed

16:11:42 -
jay2 asks: hey Peter. My name is Jaime, and I'm beta testing Fable 2 next week, well done on the wedding, I came the week befor you got married. Any way my question is does Fable have (or will it have) a name rather than the number 2?

Peter Molyneux: Good question. I don't think so - unless you can think of one next week.

I'm just guessing but it sounds like it might be another community call

16:18:51 -
Jonsend asks: What is your meeting about?

Peter Molyneux: I am reviewing the latest combat developments in Fable II. We are currently balancing something call combinational combat. Not really supposed to talk about it.

Hmmm Combinational Combat

woodnotes asks: Will the dog in Fable 2 be comparable to the AI offered in Nintendogs? Or will we be seeing animal AI far beyond anything previously done? I'm actually incredibly intrigued about how you are implementing this feature.

Peter Molyneux: Nintendogs AI hahahaha. I would love my dog in Fable 2 to take on one of the Nintendogs. The out come would be 'interesting'. We are really trying hard to make the Fable 2 AI as amazing as possible.

Jim Bob asks: What integration with Xbox live is planned for Fable 2? Online co-op? New episodes? Dog armour?

Peter Molyneux: No comment, sorry - although this is my 'favourite' topic.

Drat I can't wait until he spills the bean on this part

Moderating Hero: We're told we can have one more question, so we go for - When is Fable 2 coming out?

Peter Molyneux: 2008 for sure.
Moderating Hero: Can you be any more specific?

Peter Molyneux: Late 2008. Maybe when the leaves have a slight brownish tinge - but are still on the trees, if you see what I mean.

That's Fall 2008 for sure I'm guessing it will be in November with this info I'm going to close the contest to be fair to all the early voters


A couple of other question I thought were interesting are here

Jim Bob asks: Peter, which game released this year have you been most impressed with and why?

Peter Molyneux: Well, it's been a cool year. Assassin's Creed, Mass Effect, Halo 3, BioShock were all great for different reasons. For me the one I most enjoyed, mainly because of the environment and story, was BioShock.

Clearly a Microsoft response but anyway

Hunam asks: EA of late has been bringing some classic PC games to Nintendo DS including Theme Park, and Microsoft has been fairly supportive of Rare making DS games. Are you interested in developing simulation/god games on the DS?
Peter Molyneux: Yes.

Fable for the DS That would be pretty slick!



Here's the link to the whole Chat
Live Q&A - Peter Molyneux LiveText // None /// Eurogamer

[§ephiroxa§]

Wow. Amazing. Fable DS

[Zingo]

Setting fire to the environment! I cant wait! Im going to make a bunch of bad guys follow me into a field, and then set the whole place on fire