Two weeks ago Peter gave a speech at BAFTA in London about video games (duh!). He talked about the history, his career in the industry, what's to come and what can be expected from Lionhead Studios and our games.

I know many articles have been written about this talk and the following doesn't offer anything new but it's the same talk with a lot of pictures. And another reason I'm putting it on our blog is because they sent us a nice email asking us to.

So big it up for SuperHappyFunTimeShow - http://shfts.com/?p=1422 !

Milo wins 'Best Technology of E3 2009' award from Eurogamer and "WOW" Moment award from Gamefocus.

"The clamour to call Milo a fake when no-one ever claimed he was real - Molyneux himself admitting to “tricks” - proves just how hair-raising, how unsettling Microsoft and Lionhead’s achievement is. It has the smell of witchcraft about it." Eurogamer wrote.

The article goes on; “Milo was the hands-down sensation of E3, but that's not the only reason it takes the Best Technology award. It was the synthesis of Lionhead's AI experiments with Microsoft's technically amazing and surprisingly functional Project Natal hands-free interface to create something genuinely new - not just a demo resembling a flavour-of-the-mass-market Wii game - that attracted our attention, not to mention Steven Spielberg's. Usually the conservative follower of trends, it was Microsoft who took the boldest step into the future this E3.”

Gamefocus said the following about their “WOW” Moment - Project Natal – Milo "Some people say its fake, others think its scary. Either way, this jaw-dropping project from Lionhead’s Peter Molyneux raised the skepticism bar up a notch. Not that we don’t believe Mr. Molyneux and his claims. Nonetheless, it made us ask ourselves what if it was true. There’s no doubt that if this project works, we could assist at the next evolution of role playing games...and even more."

From time to time we like to call on this Community to spread the word about our beloved Lionhead. Preferably in a positive way! Like the time we collectively voted to make Peter Molyneux the sexiest designer in games. Remember that?

Anyway, this time Lionhead Studios is game in The Escapist's 2009 March Mayhem, which is a tournament for video games developers. And after winning a BAFTA with Fable II I'm pretty confident we're going to score very well. It'll also show once again that the Lionhead Community is a force to be reckoned with when it comes to public online competitions!  This - is - Lionheeaaddd! </spartanvoice>

In the first round, out of five, we are up against our fellow devs at Red Fly Studios and we're hoping for your vote in this round as well as in the upcoming ones to take Lionhead to that number one spot!  You can find more about the competition here and once you've registered with The Escapist, go here to vote.

I'll be sure to post a reminder for the second round, as it'll be very likely we're going to be up against Capcom.

Over on BBC24 you can find a short item about game development and animation. "The computer games industry in southern England, which is booming despite the downturn, has warned that home grown talent is being lured abroad."

There is also a short appearance (click link) from Lionhead Studios, plus some desks and monitors you might recognize from the Video Diaries...

It's the end of the week so it's a great time for some more Fan-Art!

   

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After a few weeks of silence, some more Fan Art!

   
   

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That's what my week has been like so far, an eight day week! Not just for me, plenty of other developers doing it around here. The news? One of the big things I've been working on the past two months is nearly done, we're talking days now. The final export (but not the final-final) is now happening, I'm going home in about ten minutes but if you've been watching the webcams you'll know it's all been video, video and video around here. He he he.... What day are we?

Oh and yes, my previous entry was a Velvet Underground reference.

This is the most important and at the same time the most interesting community call we’ve had in a long time! We’re looking for someone special and talented!

To come straight to the point we’re looking for somebody living in the London and Surrey areas. You need to be close to our Lionhead offices.

So we’re looking for someone local with machinima experience. Have you recorded quality game footage in the past, have a knowledge of  basic camera movements and an eye for detail?  Would you like come in and sit with our video team to record game footage?
If you are that person and you’d like to apply for this temp. job we’d like to hear from you!  Send your ‘machinima CV’ to webmaster@lionhead.com with the best examples of what you’ve worked, the tools and applications you’ve worked with.