Game industry legend, Peter Molyneux, has been promoted within the ranks of Microsoft Game Studios (MGS), to creative director of European studios at MGS.

While Molyneux will continue to manage operations at his company, Lionhead, his duties have been extended to oversee projects at Rare and external projects, amongst others, and ensure better communication and understand within the group. Molyneux commented on his new responsibilities:

“What you’re not going to see is ten Peter Molyneux games. The value of this role is for someone like myself going in and making those little tiny lights of an idea shine as brightly as possible and ensuring everybody within the organisation clearly understands why we’re making those titles, the purpose of those titles and their importance to Microsoft overall.”

“All I’m going to be doing is making sure those lights are as bright as possible,” continued Molyneux. “People at Rare and other European studios are super, super bright and creative people and I’ll learn as much about design from them as they would from me.”

“I’m definitely not going to go in and say ‘this is a dumb idea’ and ‘this is a good idea’. I’m more about making sure they really are doing the experiences they’re passionate about. Because passion is really central.”

Congrats!

Source: GameIndustry.biz