BeefJack writes: "It's not often that a politician sings the praises of the video game industry, which is why a big deal should be made of it when it does happen.
1UP writes: "Large-scale game development might have a certain structure to it, but at the Game Developers Conference, you often hear stories about a game progressing along just fine until some jackass comes in towards the end and pushes for some neat feature to be put in, which steals everyone's focus. Peter Molyneux admits he's one of those people, and as the founder of Lionhead, that was a particularly big problem in their first game, Black & White. When a journalist was interviewing him about the game, Molyneux got the idea to put in a realistic weather system. He got it into the game, but the game itself wasn't being worked on during that time; everybody was pitching in trying to get the weather right."
VG247: Why not? The Lionhead boss has already said he's not going to announce a new game at GDC this year, but he's always worth watching.
Adrian P from AnalogHype reports: GDC 09 is filled with more surprises. Lionhead announced the "See the Future" DLC will be released within the next couple of weeks. Stay tuned for more information.
Kotaku writes: "See the Future, the next downloadable content from Lionhead Studios for Fable II, will be hitting in weeks, Peter Molyneux told Kotaku today.
OXM UK writes: "Peter Molyneux has admitted that Fable 1 "destroyed the team" that worked on it, while the sequel did not.
Announced on Major Nelson's podcast, the next Deal of the Week will be the Xbox Original Fable.
There's little doubt as to the four key titles that look set to dominate proceedings at this year's ELAN Awards, with Left 4 Dead, Fallout 3, Gears of War 2 and Fable II all nominated in the majority of the nine categories.
Ve3tro writes: "Today, Xbox 360 and Lionhead Studios are thrilled to announce that the blockbuster "Fable II" claimed the prestigious accolade of "Action and Adventure" award at the Video Game BAFTAs, held last night in central London.