Sweeping Changes At Microsoft Studios Kill Lionhead Studios and Fable (betanews.com)

Posted by timothy on Monday March 7, 2016 @05:31AM from the schumpeterian-growth dept.

Mark Wilson writes: Microsoft has announced sweeping changes at Microsoft Studios, affecting development teams in the UK and Denmark. In sad news for gamers, development of Fable Legends has been brought to an end. The Fable series is one that has suffered numerous setbacks and delays over the years, but this is the biggest blow yet. More than this, the team behind Fable — Lionhead Studios — is at risk of closure, and Microsoft is in talks with employees about this. General Manager of Microsoft Studios Europe, Hanno Lemke, also announced that Press Play Studios in Denmark will close, leading to the end of development on Project Knoxville.

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Re:I hope Peter Molyneux never works again by UnknownSoldier · 2016-03-07 06:00 · Score: 4, Informative

1. You do realize Peter Molyneux left Lionhead 4 years ago exactly to the day, right?
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

On 7 March 2012, Molyneux announced that he would be leaving Lionhead and Microsoft â" after the completion of Fable: The Journey â" to begin work at a company founded by former Lionhead Studios CTO Tim Rance called 22Cans.
2. And your god-genre-games are where again?
Sure, Molyneux, overpromises, and doesn't understand "scope" but he did give us the god-genre and gems such as with Populous, Syndicate, Dungeon Keeper, Magic Carpet.
There is no need to bag on a great game designer.