Neowin News Feed for: Lionhead

What is Peter Molyneux going to do at Microsoft's next Xbox event May 21st?

John Callaham — Wed, 01 May 2013 22:42:43 +0100

Peter Molyneux, the former head of Lionhead that got acquired by Microsoft, is hinting that he will be attending Microsoft's May 21st next Xbox reveal event but won't say in what capacity. Read more...

Did Microsoft just hint that Lionhead is making a Fable MMO?

John Callaham — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 02:42:01 +0100

Microsoft has appointed former Cryptic Studios CEO John Needham to be the new studio head of its UK-based Lionhead game studio, which may be a clue that Lionhead is working on a Fable-based MMO game. Read more...

Microsoft lays off part of Lionhead development team

John Callaham — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 21:18:07 +0100

Microsoft has confirmed that it has laid off a portion of its UK-based Lionhead Xbox 360 development team, amounting to "less than 10 percent" of the team's total workforce. Read more...

Peter Molyneux says he felt "suffocated" under Microsoft

John Callaham — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:24:08 +0100

Peter Molyneux says he "was being suffocated creatively a little bit" while working at Lionhead under Microsoft, which was part of the reason he decided to recently leave Lionhead. Read more...

Rumor: Rare making "mature" game for next Xbox console?

John Callaham — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:09:17 +0100

A new rumor claims that Microsoft game developer Rare is working on a "mature" themed game for the next version of Microsoft's Xbox game console. Read more...

Molyneux: Kinect "has some real problems" but also greater sense of freedom

Mike Brown — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:57:03 +0100

World-renowned developer Peter Molyneux has expressed concerns in an interview that Microsoft's Kinect device may have some flaws. Discussing the device's practicality as an input device, Molyneux admitted that "Kinect has got some problems." Speaking to... Read more...

Review: Fable III

Alan Cone — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 21:02:02 +0000

Lionhead’s latest addition to the Fable franchise, Fable III, attempts to continue the legacy of your family in Albion. The incredibly hyped RPG hit consoles on October 26th 2010, coming in regular packaging, or could... Read more...

Microsoft Game Studios Acquires Lionhead Studios

Marcel Klum — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 20:39:55 +0100

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REDMOND, Wash. — April 6, 2006 — Microsoft Game Studios (MGS) today announced it has purchased U.K.-based Lionhead Studios, one of the world's leading and most innovative video game developers and creators of "Fable®," the... Read more...

Interview: Lionhead on Black & White 2

malebolgia — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 17:24:03 +0100

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Lionhead's Black & White 2, if everything goes according to plan, will stomp onto the scene this year and will without doubt be one of 2005's biggest PC releases. A sequel to what is now... Read more...