Legendary game designer Peter Molyneux has been notorious for hyping his games up beyond our wildest dreams. He's said things like Fable II being the "best, most complete game I've ever worked on" and that it would "set the standard for which all RPG's are compared." However, in an interview with Retro Gamer Magazine, the designer revealed that this isn't always his intention. In the interview, he spoke about his career, games, and what he has learned over the years from his experiences. Molyneux specifically talked about his biggest game, Fable.

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In an interview with ThatVideoGameBlog, Shattered Horizon's lead designer Antti Summala (whom we also interviewed not too long ago) hinted that Futuremark might make a campaign out of Shattered Horizon's setting and backstory.

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I recently had the opportunity to do a brief Q&A exchange with Antti Summala, lead designer of Futuremark Games Studio's latest (and first) game Shattered Horizon. We discussed the development and design decisions in Shattered Horizon and talked a bit about the studio's future plans for downloadable content.

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The 2 biggest controversies surrounding Infinity Ward's highly-anticipated upcoming first-person shooter, Modern Warfare 2, are the lack of dedicated servers for PC gamers and the rumored lack of Party Chat for Xbox 360 users. With just one week away from release it's unlikely we'll see anything change before then, which has a rather large group of gamers upset. Mackey McCandlish and Ryan Lastimosa of Infinity Ward recently took part in a live chat with the BestBuy.com community. Here's what they have to say about dedicated servers and their replacement IWnet:

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