Lionhead chief Peter Molyneux, in the process of promoting his firm's big name 2 release, has told VG247 that the game genre isn't progressing and is in desperate need of real innovation.

Molyneux has previously hinted that he might consider creating a sports game of his own in the past: "As far as the sports game’s concerned, what I was saying at that time is that, for me personally, it’s the challenge of doing something I haven’t done before, and obviously I’ve never done anything like a sports game before."

He added that he won't actually be doing a sports game of his own anytime soon, stating that "there’s not that step-change which you can see other genres taking."

The designer has hinted that his new game will be all about AI, but wouldn't be drawn revealing any more: "Obviously, theses days, when there are millions and millions of dollars at stake, you’ve got to be responsible about this, and I did anyway say that I wouldn’t talk about anything unless I could show it, prove it and it was ready to be unveiled."

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By Luke Guttridge

  • Fable 2
  • Platform: Xbox 360
  • Publisher: Microsoft
  • Developer: Lionhead
  • Release Date: 24/10/2008