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Lionhead Looks for MMO Programmer for Secret Project

Developer Lionhead has announced that they are looking to hire a new and experienced MMO programmer who will work on a secret, unannounced MMO project.The company is not ready to offer any details on the new game, telling Eurogamer when they asked for more information that, “We’re happy to tell you all ab...

15 December 2011
14:01 GMT

Former Employee Says Lionhead Needed Microsoft Takeover

A former employee of Lionhead says that before publisher and console manufacturer Microsoft picked it up the studio was on its knees and close to going out of business.James Duncan, who was an artist working on Fable 2 and 3 at Lionhead, told Eurogamer that, “Literally the day I started Microsoft said we’...

7 November 2011
10:43 GMT

Rumor Mill: Volition, Rare and Lionhead Working on Xbox 720 Games

A report in the United Kingdom based Xbox World magazine hints at the fact that a number of well known video game developers linked to Microsoft are already working on titles that will be launched on the next generation console, which has been widely called the Xbox 720.The magazine says that Rare, which has been kno...

5 October 2011
05:44 GMT

Fable Creator Bored of the Same Old Current Games

Fable creator and boss of Microsoft European Game Studios, Peter Molyneux, has expressed his thoughts on the current state of the gaming industry, criticizing the fact that most of current titles look and feel pretty much the same. Molyneux became famous for his quirky attitude and, even if his Fable series went t...

1 July 2011
12:21 GMT

Xbox 360 Used Games More Threatening than PC Piracy

Video game developer Lionhead has voiced its opinion that the existence of a secondary market for used games for the Xbox 360 from Microsoft (and presumably for the PlayStation 3 from Sony) is far more of a threat to video gaming than the piracy that assaults the PC market. Matt West, who is a combat designer workin...

18 May 2011
17:41 GMT

Lionhead Talks About Fable III PC Commitment

One of the leading developers working at studio Lionhead on the PC-based version of the action and role-playing mix Fable III has said that his team is determined to make sure that the release is more than just a simple port and takes advantage of the exclusive feature of the platform. Josh Atkins, who is the lead...

14 April 2011
15:01 GMT

Fable III PC System Requirements Revealed

Fable III is getting ready for its PC release this May, so Lionhead, its developer, and Microsoft, its publisher, have now revealed the minimum and recommended system specifications. Fable III, after appearing last year on the Xbox 360, and being promised time and time again for the PC, is finally getting ready to...

1 April 2011
03:10 GMT

Fable 4 Will Amaze Gamers, Creator Promises

Flamboyant games designer Peter Molyneux has once again discussed his Fable franchise, and how he hopes that the next step in the series will amaze gamers with both narrative and technological quality. Molyneux and his team at Lionhead have been working on the Fable franchise since its inception, managing to imple...

22 March 2011
03:35 GMT

Traitor's Keep DLC for Fable III Arrives on March 1

Lionhead, as the developer, and Microsoft, as the publisher, have announced that their action role-playing mix Fable III will be getting additional downloadable content, called “Traitor's Keep,” set to be launched on the Xbox Live Marketplace on March 1 in all territories, with the price point set at...

25 February 2011
05:02 GMT

Microsoft Again Promises Fable III on the PC

Video game publisher and hardware manufacturer Microsoft has announced that it plans to release Fable III on the PC at some unspecified point in the future and that Age of Empires Online is still in development but has also unveiled plans for new releases on the Xbox Live and on its Windows 7 powered series of phones...

7 January 2011
08:26 GMT

Lionhead and Microsoft Send Mixed Messages on PC Fable III

Developer Lionhead has again sparked hopes for those who are still waiting to see Fable III, the mix between adventure and role-playing game, released on the PC, with a message that suggests that a positive message could be delivered soon. A Twitter message coming from the official account of Lionhead reads, &ldqu...

6 January 2011
13:51 GMT

Kinect Can Create New Game Genres, Peter Molyneux Says

Flamboyant games designer Peter Molyneux recently talked about Microsoft's Kinect peripheral, and how it can help designers like himself create whole new genres for video games, due to the new nature of the controls.Molyneux, famous for titles like Black & White or Fable, is the boss of Lionhead, a studio owned ...

8 December 2010
14:51 GMT

Lionhead Talks about Fable III Patch

Lionhead has released a list of problems with its latest release, Fable III, that it plans to address with a new patch saying that gamers who are playing the mix between action and adventure set in the land of Albion will have a better experience soon.The new patch will fix issues with spawning all through the game a...

24 November 2010
16:31 GMT

PC Fable III Still in Development, Studio Confirms

The PC version of role playing game Fable III is still in development at Lionhead Studios, and gamers shouldn't worry about the title being canceled or anything like that, at least according to the studio's Twitter account.Fable III has already been launched on the Xbox 360 console, and even if it has quite...

18 November 2010
03:07 GMT

Fable 3 Glitches Will Be Patched Soon, Lionhead Says

The glitches in Fable III, the most recent iteration in the medieval role playing game franchise, will be fixed soon, according to its developer, Lionhead, which has just posted an announcement on its official blog.Fable 3 has been launched by Lionhead, and published by Microsoft, and even though a lot of testing has...

3 November 2010
16:51 GMT

Molyneux Admits He Never Created a Truly Great Game

Peter Molyneux, the creator of the Fable franchise and many other popular video games, admits that he hasn't really created a truly great game, at least in his eyes, up until now.Molyneux, the lead creative designer at Microsoft's Lionhead Studios in the UK, has talked about his activity as a games creator,...

22 October 2010
02:25 GMT

Fable Is Not Limited to the Trilogy Format

Peter Molyneux, who is the leader of the Lionhead development team and probably one of the most outspoken developer in the world of video games, has suggested that Fable III might not be the last title set in the world of Albion, saying that he will deliver more experiences as long as fans respond positively to the e...

19 October 2010
03:13 GMT

Fable III Had Statues Making and Tomato Throwing Mini Games

Peter Molyneux, the leader of developer Lionhead, has said that time is needed in order to create the defining gaming experience that could link the Kinect motion tracking system and the upcoming role playing action hybrid Fable III, just as sources talked about two of the ideas that were scrapped for the upcoming ga...

18 October 2010
05:23 GMT

Fable III Shows Off Supporting Cast

Lionhead, the developer, and Microsoft, as publisher, have offered more information related to the supporting cast the the actors that will lend their voices to the upcoming action role playing game Fable III, which is set to arrive exclusively on the Xbox 360 on October 26.The entire cast includes:John Cleese as the...

30 September 2010
10:31 GMT

Rumor Mill: Project Milo Is Canceled

Sources that are close to Lionehad have reported that Project Milo, the first piece of software which was originally linked with Kinect, aka Project Natal, has now been canceled with 19 contractors at the developer having been let go as a result of the decision.Eurogamer has reported the news, saying that the team wh...

24 September 2010
13:21 GMT

Achievement List of Fable III Includes Dye Hippie, Dye and Online Merger

A complete list of Achievements for the Xbox 360 has been revealed for the upcoming action role playing game Fable IIII, which is set to be released exclusively on the Microsoft home console by developer Lionhead and publisher Microsoft.The complete list of Achievements includes the following, with Gamerscore values ...

21 September 2010
05:37 GMT

No More Evolving Weapons for Fable III

Peter Molyneux, the designer leading Lionhead in the development process for Fable III, has announced that the game will not be getting a complex weapons system that allowed for them to evolve depending on the actions of the players and to be traded via an online action system.The feature was one of the highlights wh...

25 August 2010
13:41 GMT

Fable III Novel Comes with In Game Weapon Bonus

Publisher Microsoft and developer Lionhead are offering a in game weapon for their upcoming action role playing game Fable III to all those who will pick up a novel set in the same universe, called Fable: The Balverine Order.Video game and movies have a pretty close relation nowadays and a lot of major titles like De...

16 August 2010
07:51 GMT

Peter Molyneux: Fable III Needs to Sell Five Million Units

Peter Molyneux, the head of Lionhead, has declared that he hopes that Fablle III will sell five million copies when it launches in October. The game has been streamlined to welcome casual audiences, with a simpler user interface. Molyneux hopes that Fable III will be the best selling title in the series. Fable has so...

12 August 2010
15:51 GMT

Peter Molyneux Shakes Up Pre Order System

During last week developer Lionhead and publisher Microsoft have announced that they are launching a new Fable III related tool called the Village Maker, which will be accessible to all those interested in the world of Albion and will enable them to create a character, with a unique look and with a complex background...

9 August 2010
18:01 GMT

Peter Molyneux: Milo Is a “Very, Very Big Tech Demo”

A recent interview with Peter Molyneux revealed that the Lionhead boss did not regard Project Milo as future release, but rather he thought it as a very big tech demo that could become a full game at some point. The development process for such a game, however, would be very non-traditional, as even the subject of a ...

6 August 2010
04:32 GMT

Fable III Introduces Village Maker for Pre Orders

Microsoft, as the publisher, and Lionhead Studios, as the developer, are announcing that those who have pre ordered Fable III, the upcoming role playing game that is set to arrive on the Xbox 360 from Microsoft and on the PC, will be able to access a new tool called the Fable III Village Maker. Players will be able t...

4 August 2010
13:11 GMT

The PC Version of Fable III Has Been Delayed

It was quite a surprise for the PC gaming community when Microsoft announced that the third installment in the Fable franchise will be released also on their platform of choice. Even more surprising was Microsoft's initial statement that both versions would launch at the same time on the 26th of October 2010, gi...

3 August 2010
08:01 GMT

Molyneux's Milo and Kate Detailed at TED Global 2010

 As promised earlier this year, during his talk at TED Global Conference 2010 in Oxford, Peter Molyneux revealed some details about the Milo and Kate game his company developed for Kinect. Molyneux unveiled new information about the plot, the way the player interacts with Milo and the way Milo's digita...

14 July 2010
04:51 GMT

Molyneux: Fable III Needs to Sell More than 5 Million Units

Fable III is an ambitious project and something of an odd beast. It's part of one of the series that defined what a role playing game could do on the Xbox 360 but also confirmed as coming to the PC, spearheading an effort from Microsoft to expand its presence there. It's set to feature touch as one of the m...

1 July 2010
15:01 GMT

Black & White Would Be Cool with Kinect

Peter Molyneux is one of those designers who design videogames for technologies that are not even in the planning stage. In 2001 his Lionhead Studio launched Black & White, a game which allowed the player to perform complex gestures with his hand (controlled through the mouse) in order to shape the world and comm...

28 June 2010
05:16 GMT

Peter Molyneux Sees Videogame Industry Creating New Genres

Innovation will be the name of the game for the videogame industry in the coming years, according to Peter Molyneux, the legendary designer who is in charge of Lionhead studios and currently working on Fable III. He believes the avalanche of new concepts and technologies that are coming to the fore at the same time w...

9 June 2010
13:31 GMT

Collector's Edition for Fable III Only Arrives on Xbox 360

Microsoft has finally delivered confirmation that Fable III will be coming to the old PC, through Games for Windows Live, while also announcing a new Collector's Edition package which, in a weird move, will only be offered to those who are planning on enjoying the role playing game on the Xbox 360 home console. ...

26 May 2010
13:31 GMT

Box Art Confirms PC Version of Fable III

The box art for Fable III seems to suggest that the role playing game is heading to the PC platform, as well as the Xbox 360 home gaming console, when it comes out in the final months of this year or in the first half of 2011. Development duties for the action role playing videogame are handled by Lionhead Studios, a...

17 May 2010
06:19 GMT

Peter Molyneux Has A Bone To Pick With the British Government

Lately, games have been trying to be more and more similar to movies, emphasizing emotions and the cinematic experience. However, not even this has been enough to get some of the higher layers of society to look at titles as being anything more than brainwashing instruments meant to wrap the tendrils of violence arou...

18 February 2010
02:45 GMT

Molyneux Doesn't See Fable III as an RPG

Fable III received quite a few new details during Microsoft's X10 conference, and the pieces of news that keep pouring in seem to have a hard time stopping. We already know that the game plans to move out of the Teen rating aisle, by introducing a more graphic and violent combat, with blood-dripping swords and p...

15 February 2010
05:18 GMT

Fable III Will Feature Plenty of Violence

A few days ago, Peter Molyneux announced that there was a big Fable III announcement coming our way, and it was one that would aggravate a lot of gamers. The day of Fable III announcements came and went, and, while several game details were revealed, it's hard to see which one of them is the controversial one th...

12 February 2010
03:05 GMT

Natal Will Be More of a Revolution than the Mouse Was

While Nintendo showed little interest in the early concepts of Natal, dismissing it as a possible future investment, the current version of Microsoft's "hands-free controller" has Lionhead's boss in pure ecstasy. Responsible for the Black and White and Fable series, the studio, and mainly its leader, Peter ...

8 February 2010
05:30 GMT

Fable 3 Will Indeed Support Project Natal

A lot of rumors have been flying around about a possible connection between Fable 3 and Project Natal. Most of the annoying little insects have been raised by Peter Molyneux, a game designer for Lionhead Studios with a history of talking out of place. Molyneux became a famous figure after the huge statements he gave ...

22 October 2009
16:31 GMT

Fable III Will Have a Microtransaction System

Fable II was one of the most interesting role-playing experiences on the Xbox 360 last year, and it's creator, the loquacious Peter Molyneux, has begun to talk about the next installment in the series and the features that players might expect from it. Speaking at the Annual Video Game Lecture session in London,...

22 October 2009
07:39 GMT

Fable III Announced by Peter Molyneux, Coming in Late 2010

As you all know, the GamesCon conference is currently underway in Cologne, Germany. We're already in day two of the convention and there have already been some huge announcements made by Sony yesterday in regard to the PlayStation 3 Slim and new features for the PSP. But today was Microsoft's turn to revea...

19 August 2009
05:41 GMT

Lionhead Could Have Made LittleBigPlanet Instead of Media Molecule

Lionhead is one of the most respected video game studios in the United Kingdom. It is responsible for hits such as the Fable series or Black and White, which have a big number of fans across the world. The creativity going on at the studio is due to the fact that every employee could attempt to make a game mechanic a...

4 May 2009
02:38 GMT

Lionhead Announces Fable II Announcement

Lionhead is the studio behind the very successful Fable series of RPG titles. It is currently led by flamboyant video game designer Peter Molyneux, who is known for his ability to hype up something that isn't that great in the first place. But it seems that Molyneux's personality is rubbing off on other em...

30 April 2009
12:11 GMT

Fable II's Next DLC Will Bring 13 New Achievements

Fable II was one of the most hyped-up games last year, largely due to the fact that the leading creative mind behind it was Peter Molyneux, a designer renowned for his flamboyant style and his ability to make almost any ordinary object seem like something extraordinary. But even though a lot of critics were pessimis...

24 April 2009
12:11 GMT

Lionhead to Announce Its Next Videogame at E3

It seems that Twitter is beginning to change the gaming world. Recently, it was used by a student to break the news that Lionhead was set to unveil its most recent project at E3, with the rumor indicating that the game would not be Fable III, but a totally new project.It seems that Andrew Lindsay, who is the animatio...

23 April 2009
05:20 GMT

See The Future DLC for Fable II Gets Detailed and Dated

Fable II was one of the most hyped up games of last year, largely due to its creator, Peter Molyneux, who has a habit of making games seem much more exciting than they actually are. But even though it didn't rewrite the whole gaming industry, it became quite popular and has already received the first DLC add-on,...

7 April 2009
16:41 GMT

Lionhead Is Woking On Something Big, Says Molyneux

Peter Molyneux is one of the most interesting game designers, as he always manages to awake a huge amount of interest around his projects. That is why the expectations from him and his studio, Lionhead, to deliver great titles are very high.With Fable II, the team really brought something very interesting to the indu...

30 March 2009
03:00 GMT

Fable II Gets More DLC, Fable III All But Confirmed

Fable II was the biggest role playing game released for the Xbox 360 in 2008 and Microsoft and Lionhead are certainly looking for new ways to extend the franchise. After all, critics loved Fable II for the most part and it managed to sell no less than 2.6 million copies. These are strong signs that Fable III is alrea...

16 March 2009
14:51 GMT

Fable II Designer Talks About New Heroes in Fable III

Fable II was one of the most anticipated RPGs (Role Playing Games) of last year's holiday season. Supervised by Peter Molyneux and delivered exclusively to the Xbox 360, the game impressed a lot of people through its wide variety of choices, intricate story and vast palette of characters, each and every one of t...

25 February 2009
02:47 GMT

Fable II Developer Peter Molyneux Believes Game Prices Will Go Down

Initially, the videogame industry seemed impervious to the threat of the financial crisis. After all, if gas is very pricey and you cannot afford a vacation, you're gonna stay indoors, power up your gaming consoles and pop in your favorite release of 2008, be it GTA IV, Fable II or Fallout 3, right? As the finan...

6 January 2009
14:51 GMT


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