ElBoxyBrown
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I think this is Microsoft's second time they have closed down a studio. The first being Ensemble Studios. Holy shit. Lionhead was a pretty big first-party for them.
I guarantee that's not true. Maybe some of them did (I have no idea), but not all of them (I have certainty).
Surprising as hell.
Legends looked awful imo though.
What does press play make?
Btw - title is misleading. Lionhead is not closed just yet. They are still discussing this.
What.... And just when it sounded like MS were bolstering the Xbox business, this happens. Surely this hints at MS pulling out - or at least, back - from gaming. They're short on first-party studios as is. Dropping one of their biggest teams is just bizarre.
The Halo+Forza yearly recycle continues so.
I remember. At this rate, I don't think there will be an Xbox console next gen.
We could say the same of quite a few MS-owned franchises.
Mech Warrior / Mech Assault
Perfect Dark
Crimson Skies
Brute Force
Kameo
Conker
and so on.
TBQH, it tends to feel like Microsoft is where franchises just eventually die if they don't involve guns. Sometimes even then.
Battletech IP is doing fine, Kameo isn't a 'franchise' and neither is Conker and Brute Force
lol even bringing up Brute Force anyway
"proposed" closure means it's closed but they're talking severance packages with employees.
Fable Legends was doomed from the start- didn't see the allure of that game at all.
Say what you will about Molyneux, but that guy was this studio. When he left it became a generic product. Fable I and II were fantastic games and that's what I'll remember this studio for.
https://twitter.com/LionheadStudios
Their twitter hints of nothing of this closure since it's last tweet on the 4th. Maybe it was a sudden closure?
in the op, work in progressAfter much consideration we have decided to cease development on Fable Legends, and are in discussions with employees about the proposed closure of Lionhead Studios in the UK.
Battletech IP is doing fine, Kameo isn't a 'franchise' and neither is Conker and Brute Force
lol even bringing up Brute Force anyway
Out of nowhere. Was Legends really in that rough a state that they just don't put it out?
MS: "hey lionhead can we make FL into a microtransactiondriven moba?"
LH: "not really"
MS: "RIP"
I wonder how much longer Rare is gonna last at this point, honestly.