Peter Molyneux is back with new god sim Masters Of Albion, which looks like a stripped-down Black & White | Gaming

Peter Molyneux is once again back from the beyond, and he’s making a new god sim. The game in question is Masters Of Albion, which now has a page on Steam. In development at Molyneux’s 2012-founded studio 22cans, it looks like a mix of Populous and Black & White with knocked-together, toylike visuals, and a loose tower-defence format whereby monsters attack your villages at night. Here’s the first trailer.

“The story of Albion is one of power and consequence, a rich and deep narrative set in a world full of quests and moral choices,” explains the announcement blurb. “Navigate your way through intrigue and plot – kings come and go, lords shake you by the hand then stab you in the back, and the people work like dogs and are treated no better.

“Gifted…