Fable's Peter Molyneux was happy to become a Microsoft partner as he's "absolutely motivated by praise," especially from Xbox boss Phil Spencer: "He's someone that absolutely loves the game industry"

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"So I let myself forget how awful it had been, being SVP at EA."

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Fable, Black & White, and Dungeon Keeper developer Peter Molyneux is someone who's "absolutely motivated by praise," so he was really happy when Microsoft offered to acquire the studio he co-founded: Lionhead.

"Lionhead was 350 people, with a burn rate that meant I had to change my underpants twice a day, and these escalating costs of development," Molyneux remembered of the studio before it was purchased in 2006, speaking to the latest issue of Edge Magazine.

"Now, I am someone who is absolutely motivated by praise, so when he said, 'We want to make you a Microsoft partner, I thought: Fantastic they really like me!" It's just going back to school, this kid wanting to be liked, really – that's what it all comes down to. So I let myself forget how awful it had been, being [senior vice president] at EA."

Kaan Serin
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Kaan freelances for various websites including Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer, and this one, Gamesradar. He particularly enjoys writing about spooky indies, throwback RPGs, and anything that's vaguely silly. Also has an English Literature and Film Studies degree that he'll soon forget.

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