Peter Molyneux to recieve BAFTA Fellowship

BAFTA have announced that at this years British Academy Video Games Awards, game designer Peter Molyneux will be awarded a fellowship.

Peter Molyneux is the designer behind some great games including Populous, Theme Park, Dungeon Keeper, Black & White and the Fable series.

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".

This years British Academy Video Games Awards will take place on Wednesday 16 March at the London Hilton on Park Lane. The Awards will be streamed live for the first time at www.bafta.org and www.baftagameaward.com.