News Tagged: Lionhead
News: Lionhead Thinks Fable: The Journey Can Be Its Best Game
Best foot forward
Fable: The Journey came face to face with a lot of criticism after it was first shown off at E3 2011, but Lionhead believes those days are behind it. In fact, Lionhead creative director Gary Carr reckons it has the potential to be the studio's best game. Carr told CVG that the backlash from the game's initial showing "destroyed"... Continue Reading »
News: Peter Molyneux to Leave Microsoft After Fable: The Journey
We're not lion(head)
Talismanic game creator Peter Molyneux will leave Lionhead and Microsoft Game Studios after completing work on Fable: The Journey. Molyneux will vacate his position as creative head of Microsoft Studios and director of Lionhead, which he set up 15 years ago after EA bought his old studio Bullfrog, creators of Theme Park and.. Continue Reading »
News: Lionhead Toning Down Fable's Adult Humour in The Journey
So no prostitute threesomes?
Fable is as famous for its bawdy sense of humour as its morality choice-filled gameplay, but with Fable: The Journey on Kinect the series is heading down a more family-friendly path, according to lead artist Tak Saito. Saito made the pronouncement at the recent Develop Conference in Brighton, with some of the games' trademark dark humour ditched: Because our game is.. Continue Reading »
News: Molyneux Wants You to Sit Back, Relax and Cry Your Eyes Out
In Fable: The Journey, at least
Peter Molyneux's seemingly endless journey to make people sob at their relationship with a virtual pet continues apace with Fable: The Journey. During a recent conference in Spain, Molyneux explained a little more about the Kinect game's aims, development and how to play. Once again keen to stress that Fable: The Journey is not on-rails, Molyneux emphasised that you.. Continue Reading »
News: Your First Look at Fable: The Journey on Kinect
Woah, nelly
Now that Fable is finally getting its long-promised Kinect support in Fable: The Journey, you probably want to see what it looks like running. We're only too happy to oblige. The newly announced game now uses the Unreal Engine to power its on-rails action, with players using spells and fighting enemies using gestures. The first trailer below is full of the sort of atmosphere and action.. Continue Reading »
News: Lionhead Working on Unannounced Kinect Game
Thank you, LinkedIn
LinkedIn is a useful tool for networking with peers, but it's even more useful when development staff list unannounced games on their public profiles. Lionhead producer Daniel Gray is the latest to oblige, mentioning a new game on his profile. Currently working on an unannounced Kinect title for Lionhead Studios in the role of Producer. Driving a team of designers and gameplay.. Continue Reading »
News: Lionhead Bursting with Secret Kinect Ideas
Will we see any at E3?
Despite the disappointment of Kinect support failing to materialise in Fable III, as well as the cancellation of Milo and Kate, Microsoft developer Lionhead is still keen on the sensor, according to the studio's senior designer Mike West. Speaking to NowGamer.com, West revealed a recent company initiative that allowed employees to pitch their game ideas to peers, with over.. Continue Reading »
News: Witness the Incredible Graphics of Milo's World
Shame it's canned, really
It was supposed to be one of Kinect's crown jewels: Lionhead's Milo & Kate, a game about a virtual reality boy and your friendship, was to show off the sensor's prowess like none other. Complex voice recognition, object scanning, sophisticated AI — it seemed too good to be true and so it proved, as the project was cancelled late last year. Since then, fascinating.. Continue Reading »
News: Get Closer to Milo and Kate with Development Video
Fascinating insight
Now-cancelled Kinect game Milo and Kate was one of the most promising titles shown off for Kinect way back when it was called Project Natal, but it seems destined never to see the light of day. This look behind the scenes of its development, then, could be the closest you come to playing Lionhead's fascinating character simulator. Drama director John Dower spoke of his three.. Continue Reading »
News: In Fact, There Is No Milo and Kate Technology in Kinectimals
Crossed wires
Whilst Milo and Kate was never announced as a game, its technology apparently didn't go to waste, with Microsoft's Alex Kipman stating: I will tell you that the technology developed in that sandbox, and by the way we continue to develop technologies in that sandbox, has migrated pretty closely to what you see in a game called Kinectimals. David Braben of Frontier Developments.. Continue Reading »
News: Molyneux's Milo Was "Never Announced as a Game"
So don't expect to play it
Is it, isn't it, is it, isn't it? Nobody's quite sure about whether Milo and Kate is ever going to materialise or not. Lionhead boss and Milo's dad Peter Molyneux said in August that he was working on the game in the hope it would be available to buy one day, but now father of Kinect Alex Kipman has gone the other way, saying "Milo was never announced as a.. Continue Reading »
