Fable Legends Is No More - Lionhead Studios have Closed

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A while ago we already brought news that Lionhead Studios the creators of Fable would be closing their studios. The Unfortunate news now is finalized, Lionhead Studios, the dev studio from Microsoft that started in 1996 by Peter Molyneux today closed it's doors.



Microsoft confirmed that the studio comes to an end on April 29th. The decision was made after six weeks of talk with Lionhead employees. According to sources the company did not have any potential buyers to take over the studio and its employees. 

Lionhead studios was founded in 1996 and in 2001 released Black and White. In 2004 the first Fable titles was released for Xbox. Microsoft took over the company in 2016. In 2013 Fable Legends was announced, an online-game in the Fably universum, which should have been a free to play game. In march Microsoft cancelled this project.

Microsoft never made clear what the precise reason was to halt the project and the studio, but it is suggest that the title was not popular enough. Here's a statement from a Microsoft spokesperson:

"We can confirm that after much consideration over the six week consultation period with Lionhead employees, we have reached the decision to close Lionhead Studios. We have nothing but heart-felt thanks for the team at Lionhead for their significant contributions to Xbox and the games industry."


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