Jeff
Minter's Back
January
27, 2003
UNITY
n.
pl. u·ni·ties
The state or quality of being one; singleness. The state or quality of
being in accord; harmony.
Lionhead Studios is delighted to announce a collaborative
project between two of the games industry's most respected veterans,
Peter Molyneux and Jeff Minter.
Lionhead Studios will work closely with Minter on a new game,
"Unity" which is being developed for the Nintendo Gamecube,
a new development platform for Lionhead Studios. Day to day
development of Unity will take place in Minter's welsh studio, but he
will have access to all Lionhead resources including audio, game
testing, production and PR.
Unity is a fabulous journey through a succession of beautiful abstract
3D spaces, with gameplay varying in tempo, from fast paced shooting to
a more gentle progression. Audio effects will be closely linked with
the games pace and tempo and will be an integral part of the playing
experience.
The project is already five months underway and is to be the subject
of a ten- page EDGE feature at the end of the month. The visual
effects that Minter has already managed to create stunned even Edge's
experienced editorial team.
In announcing this exciting collaborative venture Peter Molyneux said
"Jeff Minter is one of the people that inspired me to get into
the industry. I queued along with everyone else in the 80's to get his
autograph and even considered getting a Llama! To be working with one
of the founding figures of this industry is huge honour, I am sure
we'll be producing a game that is amazing and unique".
Jeff Minter responded " "I am very happy indeed finally to
be able to talk about this excellent collaboration between Llamasoft
and Lionhead which will allow me to work on what is basically my dream
project. The chance to undertake this work with the backing of one of
the best and most respected development houses in the world, and with
the guidance of some of the finest and most creative minds in the
business, is perhaps the greatest opportunity I have had in my entire
career, and I believe that together we can produce something truly
extraordinary".
Reported
By: Jared
Black
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