Chip firm AMD today officially launched its series of “true” quad-core processors under the name Phenom. As part of the inevitable press release that goes with that sort of thing there were a bunch of quotes from various people saying just how awesome it is, and this time there was one from Lionhead’s CTO Tim Rance.

“Lionhead is excited with the possibilities that multi-core will bring to gaming and believe that AMD’s quad-core technology is another step in delivering the power we are looking for,” said Tim Rance, CTO of Lionhead. “We are eager to push the detail in our simulations ever deeper, make our physics more fine grained, our AI more emotional and our lighting more dynamic. All of this will enable us to deliver the mass-market experiences that our customers are looking for.”

If Lionhead’s CTO is busy investigating quad-core processors then that has to mean something for future development there. Is MGS’ next Xbox going to use them, is the Secret Game planned for PC or are they already working on porting Fable 2?