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Peter Molyneux is going to be hard to miss when it comes to picking up awards next month. The creator of classic PC games like Populous, Dungeon Keeper and many others is already set to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award next week at the Game Developers Choice Awards at GDC 2011.

Now comes word that the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) will also be honor Molyneux with its Academy Fellow honor during the BAFTA's annual game awards to be held on March 16. In a statement Molyneux states, "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."

PC gamers are still awaiting the promised PC port of Molyneux' latest game, the RPG Fable 3, from his Lionhead Studios team.

The Game Developers Conference is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year and as part of its celebration the conference will be holding some special post mortem panels. These panels will focus on some of the most influential games of all time. 11 such panels will be held during the event in San Fransisco on February 28-March 4.

The post mortem panels will include a look back at the development of a number of classic PC games. The list of games includes Prince of Persia (with Jordan Mechner), Doom (with John Romero), Bejeweled (with Jason Kapalka) Populus (with Peter Molyneux), Elite (with David Braben) and Manic Mansion (with Ron Gilbert).