Peter Molyneux keeps snapping up the accolades. He will be receiving a Lifetime Achievement award at the 2011 Game Developers Conference and now BAFTA (the British Academy of Film and Television Arts) will be honouring the man with a ‘Fellowship.’
Molyneux is the creative force behind some of the gaming industry’s iconic titles, including Dungeon Keeper, Theme Park, and Fable. He will receive the honour in London on 21 February 2011 during this year’s GAME British Academy Video Games Awards. Click-through for the full list of nominees for the event, and for details on how to participate in the public voting.
Molyneux co-founded Bullfrog Productions in 1987 and created a new genre of computer games known as “the God game” with the release of Populous. Since then he has been responsible for a string of popular and experimental gaming titles including Powermonger, Theme Park, Magic Carpet, Dungeon Keeper, Black & White and the Fable series. Cumulative sales of his games are at approximately fifteen million worldwide.
On being invited to receive the Fellowship, Peter Molyneux said: “I remember back in 1967 watching the first BAFTA awards on television with my family and seeing them being so excited about those accolades. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think it would be possible for me to accept one of the greatest honours the entertainment industry has to offer. My first thought on learning that I was awarded an Academy Fellowship was that to be in the company of some of the greatest talents the entertainment industry has ever seen is truly humbling and secondly that this an award not just for myself, but for all the people I’ve ever worked with.”
Amanda Berry OBE, Chief Executive of BAFTA, said: “We are delighted to be honouring Peter at this point in his long and successful career in video games. He is one of the leading figures in the development of video games as an art form and an inspiration to the next generation of creative minds.”
The GAME British Academy Video Games Awards will take place on Wednesday 16 March 2011 in London. The Awards will be streamed live for the first time at: go.ign.com/baftamicrosite; www.bafta.org; and www.baftagameaward.com
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