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Lionhead Studios is a United Kingdom-based computer game development company led by industry veteran Peter Molyneux, and acquired by Microsoft Game Studios in April 2006. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Peter at the University of Southampton Peter Molyneux OBE (born 5 May 1959 in Guildford, Surrey, UK) is a computer game designer and game programmer, responsible for well known God games Populous and Black & White, among others, as well as Business Strategy games such as Theme Park and most recently...
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Lionhead started as a breakaway from the developer Bullfrog, which was also founded by Molyneux. Lionhead's first game was Black & White, a god game with elements of artificial life, strategy, and beat 'em up games. Black & White was published by Electronic Arts in 2001. Lionhead Studios is named after Mark Webley's (now deceased) hamster, which passed away not long after the naming of the studio. [1] Bullfrog Productions was a UK computer game developer that was founded in 1987 by Les Edgar and Peter Molyneux, and was one of the entrepreneurs of video gaming. ...
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Black and White was followed up with the release of an expansion pack named "Black & White: Creature Isle." Lionhead then released the popular (and controversial) Fable, from satellite developer Big Blue Box. In 2005, Lionhead released The Movies and Black & White 2. On 6 April 2006, it was announced that Lionhead Studios was to be purchased by Microsoft to further bolster their range of Xbox 360 games. Creature Isle is an expansion pack for the PC game Black & White by Lionhead. ...
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Corporate Structure
For a period of three years, Lionhead set up a network of "satellite" developers, including Big Blue Box Studios (developers of Fable), Intrepid Games (developers of B.C., since suspended due to a massive overrun) and Black & White Studios (who have taken responsibility for the continuation of the Black & White series). Lionhead proper was working on three games, Fable, B&W2 and The Movies, potentially including Dimitri. The Dimitri Project is a code name for a computer game currently being developed by Lionhead Studios, creators of Black & White, Fable and The Movies. ...
The "satellite" system has ceased to exist in any meaningful form since mid-2004, however, with Big Blue Box having been more or less integrated into the main company, and Intrepid essentially having been disbanded.
Lionhead was a privately held company until October 2004 (shortly before the suspension of BC) when a consortium of investors, including Ingenious Ventures, IDG VE and technology firm Add Partners, made a significant investment into the developer. This at a time when the company was in severe financial straits, as they had over-run development on two projects, Black & White 2 and Fable, and also canceled B.C. and a project with Jeff Minter named Unity. Jeff Minter at Assembly 2004 Jeff Yak Minter (born in Reading, April 22, 1962) is a British computer/video game designer and programmer. ...
However, since September 2005 Lionhead have successfully released two titles, Black & White 2 and The Movies, as well as an updated version of Fable (entitled Fable: The Lost Chapters). To date, these titles have not achieved a massive impact in sales, and this left the company vulnerable to a takeover bid. They have since started developing Fable 2 and an unknown game, for which only subtle hints have been dropped, which may have been a continuation of Dimitri. [2] [3]
In April 2006 Lionhead Studios was acquired by Microsoft, signalling the end of independent development, and a focus on Microsoft's proprietary gaming platforms. Lionhead will be a fairly independent part of Microsoft Game Studios, which has also acquired Rare Ltd. and Bungie Studios (Bungie Studios recently announced it had become an independent studio) Microsoft Game Studios (MGS), branded with current logo and moniker in 2002 (formerly the Microsoft Game Division or Microsoft Games), is a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft Corp. ...
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Please improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed. (August 2007) | Lionhead has received a lot of media attention for their delayed games, in part due to the large amount of publicity and hype generated for their games. Various reports on this indicate a company tendency to re-design games mid-development and a tendency toward over-ambition, though few reports are official. The company is always on the cutting edge of developing new technology, especially in the area of NPC AI, which adds considerably to their development schedules. Peter Molyneux, who often refers to himself as either the lead designer or creative director of Lionhead, often promises specific release dates early on in the development of his titles. This causes particular problems and disappointment among fans as many release dates are pushed back, sometimes more than once. Black & White missed several deadlines until it was finally released in 2001. A similar problem occurred with the release of The Movies which was intended for a 2004 release date but was eventually delayed to 2005. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ...
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Peter at the University of Southampton Peter Molyneux OBE (born 5 May 1959 in Guildford, Surrey, UK) is a computer game designer and game programmer, responsible for well known God games Populous and Black & White, among others, as well as Business Strategy games such as Theme Park and most recently...
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Games
Released Black & White redirects here. ...
Fable is a video game for Xbox. ...
Black & White 2 is a video game developed by Lionhead Studios and published by Electronic Arts. ...
For the 1925 film directed by Fatty Arbuckle, see The Movies (film). ...
In development - Unknown Project - possibly Dimitri
- Unknown Project - Project X
- Fable 2
The Dimitri Project is a code name for a computer game currently being developed by Lionhead Studios, creators of Black & White, Fable and The Movies. ...
Fable 2 is an upcoming role playing video game for the Xbox 360, in development by Lionhead Studios and will be published by Microsoft Game Studios. ...
Cancelled - B.C.(Xbox)
- Unity
- Black & White: Titan (Xbox, PlayStation 2)
- Black & White (PlayStation, Dreamcast)
- The Movies (Gamecube, Xbox, Playstation 2) (may be released, not by Activision)
Unity was a video game being developed by Jeff Minter and Lionhead Studios for the Nintendo GameCube video game system. ...
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External links - Lionhead Studios
- Official Lionhead news site
- About Lionhead
- Lionhead Studios profile on MobyGames
- Interview with Head of Lion Studios Peter Molyneux by BBC Blast
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