Earlier today, it looked like British game developer Peter Molyneux, famous for his work on games like Fable and Populous, had announced on Twitter his retirement from video games.
https://twitter.com/embed/status/692816095686848512
https://twitter.com/embed/status/692816249559093254
https://twitter.com/embed/status/692817157927899137
Those first two tweets were sad reading. That last one though…looks a little weird. Especially since, as recently as 2014, Molyneux told us “I’m not retiring—I’m just gonna die. I don’t know what life is without making games.”
Turns out it was a hoax. Jack Attridge, Molyneux’s former colleague at 22cans, quickly tweeted:
https://twitter.com/embed/status/692817992581779457
https://twitter.com/embed/status/692817131822518273
Colin Gallacher, PR at Molyneux’s 22cans studio, chipped in:
@Wario64 Can confirm. Hacked.
— Colin Gallacher (@ColinCGallacher) January 28, 2016
This was quickly followed by confirmation from Molyneux himself:
Ahh my account has been hacked, ( you can tell cos they know how to spell) I am not retiring, not closing godus
— peter molyneux (@pmolyneux) January 28, 2016
And so the world, and Peter Molyneux, keep on keeping on!
Note: We originally reported, based on the hacked tweets, that Peter Molyneux was retiring. We apologize for the error.
