In what has to be a major blow to the team behind the Fable series, original creators Simon Carter and his brother Dene (you know, the Normanomicon pair) have left Lionhead Studios to pursue new opportunities.
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Peter Molyneux will soon have another trophy to hang in his study, studio, sanctuary achievement room or wherever elseguys like Peter Molyneux display notable industry awards. As if his lifetime achievement nod at next week's Game Developers Conference wasn't enough of an ego-boost, the Lionhead Studios head has also been pegged to receive the British Academy of Film and Television Arts' (BAFTA) 2011 Academy Fellowship title during the association's GAME British Academy Video Game Awards in March.
The days of magic and adventure are fading away, giving way to the age of industry and science. As the aged last hero sits upon the throne of Albion, two friends-the privileged Thomas and his loyal servant, John, set out for the East in search of a legendary beast: the vicious, rarely-seen balverine. But their desire for adventure may be their ultimate undoing-because their quarry has just found them...
Bit-tramp: We at Bit-tramp were lucky enough to sit in a developer session for a talk about the Fable series by Peter Molyneux, we werent sure if this would be made publicly available through other channels afterwards, but just in case we recorded the entire talk. It isnt the best sound quality, but most of it is clearly audible, it weighs in around 42 minutes long and was certainly extremely interesting to listen!
Lionhead Studios boss Peter Molyneux, creator of many beloved franchises, has admitted what he considers to be the worst thing he has ever said in his life.
Games industry veteran Paul Conry - who is 100% Denki - has joined the company as head of Denki's new test team. Paul will oversee test and quality assurance for all of Denki's current and forthcoming projects. Paul has worked with games companies including Mucky Foot, Lionhead, Broadsword Interactive and Realtime Worlds, for the last three years. His credits include titles such as Fable, Impossible Mission, Blade 2, Super Fruit Fall and APB.
A source from inside Microsoft has given us a juicey peice of information, starting Spring 2009 Microsoft are to begin patching achievements into original Xbox titles, starting with Halo: Combat Evolved and Fable and aiming to update the entire back catalogue by Winter 2009. We were told by our source that...
Speaking to VG247, Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux has listed a string of minor imperfections that niggle him about Fable II, saying previous statements about elements not being perfect in the game are merely borne from honesty.
These lists are based on global unique users connected to Xbox Live or in the case of Arcade, full versions purchased this week. Here are the top 3 for each charts, see the source for the complete top 10 list. Xbox 360 Top Live Titles 1. Call of Duty 4 2. Halo 3 3. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Top Arcade Titles 1. Mr. DRILLER Online 2. DOOM 3. Brain Challenge Original Xbox Top Live Titles 1. Halo 2 2. Star Wars: Battlefront 2 3. Fable
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