'The upshot was that Genesis got cancelled,' explains Ernest W. Work on a game to follow Populous: The Beginning - Genesis: Hand of God - was rolling, but the shutters were pulled down when marketing types got the jitters about similarities to Black & White, which was also published by EA. Back In The second half of 1999, after EA purchased Bullfrog and Peter Molyneux left for Lionhead, everyone's favourite gaming mega-corporation began to play around with two names beloved by PC gamers: Populous and Dungeon Keeper.