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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Fable 2 PC by mwn3d · 2016-03-07 05:35 · Score: 5, Insightful

Maybe they could keep it alive if they'd make the Fable 2 PC port that we have wanted for years
Re:I hope Peter Molyneux never works again by Kobun · 2016-03-07 06:58 · Score: 5, Interesting

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.
I feel like this undersells how great the team at Bullfrog was. For me, Molyneux always felt similar to John Romero - started off as part of a great team, but was significantly less impressive when put in the primary lead position.