Rare.
Didnt see that coming
This sucks. I've always thought Legends was a huge misstep for Fable as a name but I was really interested to see what they could do with a 'normal' Fable without Molyneux which I was hoping would come down the line.
Never get to find out now
Bullfrog (1987-2001)
Lionhead (1997-2016)
??? (2017-20XX)
Honestly, unless they announce they're buying/forming new studios in the immediate future (and they closed what they considered to be underperforming studios in the mean time to reallocate those resources)...
This just doesn't make any sense to me. Why on earth?
If they cancelled Legends a year or two ago I wouldn't be surprised
At this point it seemed so far along I'm shocked they're just throwing all that development time and money down the drain
What a shitty way to be let go. Just another normal day and then... were closed. What the fuck?
Who ever made the decision that the Fable Franchise next step is a F2P MOBA game should get fired not the people at Lionhead.
I don't think Rare's brand is especially valuable these days, and I'm actually surprised that after their big downsizing a few years back, Rare hasn't quietly been axed. Similarly, I'm surprised Microsoft outright killed Lionhead (and the almost-finished game they've been working on for years), rather than shrinking and relocating them.
Yea I know it is a minority opinion I just wanted to voice my thoughts on it. It is sad to see the team lose their jobs, but hopefully they all find a new place in the industry.
I'm sure this won't be the end of the fable franchise though, It will probably get shoveled to another studio like the Halo and Gears IPs.
Who ever made the decision that the Fable Franchise next step is a F2P MOBA game should get fired not the people at Lionhead.
I saw that coming. The game has been in beta for almost two years.
Sucks for all the people who lost their jobs. I wish they would of kept on working on the stable Fable series. It was all downhill after that Kinect game.
They probably haven't. While fans are disappointed with Rares output they helped a lot with the Kinect and were able to move on when MS dropped it
Who ever made the decision that the Fable Franchise next step is a F2P MOBA game should get fired not the people at Lionhead.
Okay I can understand cancelling a troubled project but shutting down a studio seems pretty drastic. Especially since it costs a decent amount of money to either buy or set one up.
Wow. Sad news. I didn't expect Lionhead to be closed.
Here's hoping we'll still get another TRADITIONAL Fable game.
I played Fable Legends and, though I didn't like the idea of it not being a traditional game, it was a bit better than expected. Still nothing great, though.
I doubt Fable is as big of a franchise as Gears or Halo to continue on after Lionhead's closure. Could be wrong of course.
Microsoft has probably thought long and hard about shutting down Rare but they won't survive the PR nightmare of shutting down one of gaming's (used to be) most beloved studios.
I saw that coming. The game has been in beta for almost two years.
Sucks for all the people who lost their jobs. I wish they would of kept on working on the standard Fable series. It was all downhill after that Kinect game.
Oh come on.
Crackdown?
Scalebound?
Quantum Break?
Killer Instinct?
Recore?
Sea of Thieves?
State of Decay?
All MS IPs.
It's a damn shame that the devs at Lionhead are most likely losing their jobs and that the Fable franchise will be put on ice, but let's not get crazy.