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Peter Molyneux's Black and White franchise places you in the shoes of a god.

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Overview

Black & White is a series of god simulation games developed by Lionhead Studios. An interesting attempt by Peter Molyneux (Person) to produce a god-game coupled with a pet simulator like that found in the Tamagotchi series. As a deity figure, the player must manage to infect the hearts of the people, aid them in their struggle to master civilization, and rear their gigantic pet creature. Your creature changes its look depending on how the player encourages/punishes behavior, and the player has free reign to do what they want with their people. The IP for the Black & White franchise is currently owned by Xbox Game Studios (Company), although the series hasn't had an entry since 2005. In recent years, the previous games have become unavailable to purchase through digital storefronts due to the publishing rights still being held by Electronic Arts (Company).

Games

Black & White

25 March 2001

Platforms/PCPlatforms/Mac

Black & White: Creature Isle

22 January 2002

Platforms/PCPlatforms/Mac

Black & White 2

7 October 2005

Platforms/PCPlatforms/Mac

Black & White 2: Battle of the Gods

24 April 2006

Platforms/PC

Franchise details

Name

Black & White

Features

4 games

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First game

Black & White

Aliases

Characters

• Has characters: God (Character), The Good Consciences (Character), The Evil Consciences (Character)

Locations

• Has locations: Temple (Location), Castle (Location), Island (Location), Tavern (Location)

Concepts

• Has concepts: Fire (Concept), Voice Acting (Concept), Weather (Concept), Anthropomorphism (Concept), Physics Manipulation (Concept), Puzzle (Concept), Sacrifice (Concept), A.I. Companion (Concept), Bodily Functions as Weapons (Concept), Bully Mode (Concept), Good vs. Evil (Concept), Religion (Concept), God (Concept), Lightning Manipulation (Concept), Magic (Concept), Corruption (Concept), Morality System (Concept), Pets (Concept), Item Throw (Concept), Kaiju (Concept), Human (Concept), Polygonal 3D (Concept), Apes (Concept), Killing Children (Concept), Artificial Intelligence (Concept), Unreliable Narrator (Concept), Tigers (Concept), God Complex (Concept), Micromanagement (Concept), Morale (Concept), Deicide (Concept), Mana (Concept), Dimension Travel (Concept), Stone Age (Concept), Tutorial (Concept), World Building (Concept), Cows (Concept), Resource Gathering (Concept), Hand Of God (Concept), Tutorial Mascot (Concept), Terraforming (Concept), Virtual Pet (Concept), Disgruntled Subjects (Concept), Footprints (Concept), Bink Video (Concept), Contextual Controller Rumble (Concept), Day/Night Cycle (Concept), Dynamic Soundtrack (Concept), E3 1998 (Concept), E3 1999 (Concept), E3 2000 (Concept), E3 2002 (Concept), E3 2003 (Concept), E3 2004 (Concept), E3 2005 (Concept), External Character Creation (Concept), Fog of War (Concept), Game Critics Awards (Concept), Game Developers Choice Awards (Concept), Gesture-Based Control (Concept), Interactive Achievement Awards 2002 (Concept), No HUD (Concept), Three-Word Game Title with Conjunction or Preposition (Concept), Tower of Hanoi (Concept), Xfire (Concept), Abandonware (Concept), Zooming Out to Orbit (Concept)

Objects

• Has objects: Fireball (Object), Water (Object), Alcoholic Beverages (Object), Lightning Bolt (Object), Fishing Rod (Object), Lava (Object), Bone (Object), Asteroid (Object), Tree (Object), Feces (Object), Volcano (Object)

People

• Has people: Shelley Blond (Person), Mark Healey (Person), Peter Molyneux (Person), James Leach (Person), Hugo Myatt (Person), Peter Barnard (Person), Earl Boen (Person), Gavin Simon (Person), Adam Rivera (Person), Adrian Price (Person), Alex Evans (Person), Andrew Chung (Person), Andrew Mills (Person), Andrew Young (Person), Andy Bass (Person), Andy Robson (Person), Anthony Alexander (Person), Anthony Barbagallo (Person), Ben Jackson (Person), Ben Ward (Person), Benjamin Crick (Person), Benjamin Smith (Person), Bettina Bachon (Person), Bing Gordon (Person), Brett Yagi (Person), Bruce E. McMillan (Person), Chris Espiritu (Person), Christine Jean (Person), Daniel Davis (Person), Darryl Jenkins (Person), Dave Knudson (Person), David Bryson (Person), David Fielding (Person), David García (Person), David Lapp (Person), David P. Miller (Person), David Smith (Person), David Wu (Person), Don Mattrick (Person), Ellen Lin (Person), Eron Garcia (Person), Evan Webb (Person), Frank Gibeau (Person), Frank Werner (Person), Greg Stephen (Person), Hans Sievers (Person), James Featherstone (Person), James Lenoël (Person), James O'Riordan (Person), James Stevenson (Person), Jamie Durrant (Person), Jamie Keen (Person), Jason Collins (Person), Jean-Yves Duret (Person), Jeff Roberts (Person), Jeffrey Brutus (Person), Joe Borthwick (Person), John Emory (Person), Jonathan Farmer (Person), Jonty Barnes (Person), Joseph Lee (Person), Juan Carlos Lozano Muñoz (Person), Ken Malcolm (Person), Lincoln Hershberger (Person), Mark Adami (Person), Mark Webley (Person), Martial Le Minoux (Person), Matthew Salazar (Person), Michael Deir (Person), Michael Yasko (Person), Miguel Zúñiga (Person), Nathan Smethurst (Person), Paul Davies (Person), Paul Johnson (Person), Paul McLaughlin (Person), Paul Richards (Person), Peter Brozyna (Person), Peter Nicholson (Person), Robert Böck (Person), Robert Stiasny (Person), Ronald Millar Sr. (Person), Russell Medeiros (Person), Russell Shaw (Person), Ryan Wiltshire (Person), Sami Valkama (Person), Sandra Picaper (Person), Scott Burfitt (Person), Serge Thiriet (Person), Simon Ffinch (Person), Simon Steel (Person), Stephen Bashow (Person), Steve Groll (Person), Steven Lawrie (Person), Sue Garfield (Person), Sven Dahlem (Person), Tak Saito (Person), Thomas Marshall (Person), Tim Wileman (Person), William Overgard (Person), Wolf Frass (Person), Adam Burke (Person), Marc Silk (Person), Cathy Campos (Person), Chris Johnson (Person), Christian Bravery (Person), Eric Boltjes (Person), Peter Smith (Person), Rob Den Dekker (Person), Tom Lee (Person), Andy Smith (Person), Eric Bailey (Person), Richard Evans (Person), James Carey (Person), Charlton Edwards (Person), Oliver Purkiss (Person), Paul Nettleton (Person), Scawen Roberts (Person), Aaron Ludlow (Person), Mark Klocek (Person), Allan Mulholland (Person), Joe Falke (Person), Eric Reynolds (Person), Daniel Cook (Person), Adam Hodgson (Person), Alex Ashby (Person), Alison Robinson (Person), Andrew Copland (Person), Andrew White (Person), Armando D'Amico (Person), Ashley Berlin (Person), Ben Bodien (Person), Ben Irwin (Person), Bernie Goldsmith (Person), Bradley Brown (Person), Brian Dyg Arp (Person), Carl Andersson (Person), Carton Wim (Person), Chad Goulding (Person), Charles Bullen (Person), Chris Armsden (Person), Chris Hagg (Person), Chris Hanes (Person), Chris Knowles (Person), Christian Gloor (Person), Craig Garvey (Person), Daniel Eggar (Person), Daniel Kollmann (Person), Daniel Overton (Person), Daniel Owusu-Ankomah (Person), Daniel Scheers (Person), David John Springate (Person), David Liliehammar (Person), David Polson (Person), David Webley (Person), Derek Da Silva (Person), Dimitri Mavrikakis (Person), Douglas Berg (Person), Duncan Sutherland (Person), Dylan Davies (Person), Ed Goodfellows (Person), Edward Karney (Person), Felix Klastrup (Person), Foster Pollard (Person), Giles Jermy (Person), Glen Woods (Person), Iain Farrell (Person), James Hamer-Morton (Person), James McSweeney (Person), James Milner-Walker (Person), James Noy (Person), James R. Mearman (Person), Jamie Newman (Person), Jason Hutchens (Person), Jean-Claude Cottier (Person), Jeremy Chatelaine (Person), Jeremy White (Person), Johan Ribenfors (Person), Johnathan Korteweg (Person), Lester Milner (Person), Lian Fincham (Person), Louis Bromne (Person), Marcus Robinson (Person), Mark Ffrench (Person), Mark Naylor (Person), Mark Silk (Person), Mark Smethurst (Person), Markus Backer (Person), Martin Golday (Person), Martin Khige (Person), Matthew Fletcher (Person), Matthew Hamilton (Person), Matthew Lily (Person), Maurice Berk (Person), Michael Milnes (Person), Mirco Matuscheck (Person), Natali Mailand (Person), Nick Tsiantinis (Person), Oliver Parker-Picken (Person), Olli Koob (Person), Paul Dolimore (Person), Paul Richardson (Person), Peter Leung (Person), Petere McSweeney (Person), POaul Lockett (Person), Raphael D'Amico (Person), Robert Bowry (Person), Robert Mould (Person), Robert Ranisch (Person), Robin Allison (Person), Roger Ingraham (Person), Ross Smith (Person), Rowan Newman (Person), Roy Cheung (Person), Sam Hamilton (Person), Sam Van Tilburgh (Person), Scott Kirkham (Person), Simon Dune (Person), Simon Rozner (Person), Sos Kjeldsen (Person), Steafan Hannigan (Person), Stephen Hibbert (Person), Steven Fossett (Person), Styn Dekker (Person), Thilmany Alexandre (Person), Thomas Barnet-Lamb (Person), Thor Keil (Person), Tim Wvyts (Person), Timmy Geleyn (Person), Toby Hine (Person), Tom Arnell (Person), Tony Ciniglio (Person), Troy Lonergain (Person), Valerie Cook (Person), William Hall Jr. (Person)