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» Mon May 14, 2012 11:15 pm

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/122/1220195p1.html

Peter Molyneux, the ~~much-loved~~ creative at the head of Lionhead Studios, the Fable series and games like Black and White, has tweeted that he will be leaving the developer and Microsoft behind to join a new company.

"I have left the lovely amazing Microsoft and lionhead," reads the tweet. "Now for something really amazing, scary and brave a new company called 22 Cans." Nothing is known of this new venture yet.

This news comes just one day after the announcement of a new game in the Fable series, Fable Heroes for XBLA.

This is Molyneux's first Tweet since November last year - seems he only uses it for things that are REALLY important. We've reached out to Molyneux and Microsoft for comment.

Interesting, could be a very good thing for the Fable series. What do you all think of this?

» Mon May 14, 2012 9:10 pm

I like PM, he has a raging passion for video games.

» Mon May 14, 2012 1:20 pm

LIES. THIS IS A LIE!

» Mon May 14, 2012 3:08 pm

Good. maybe the Fable series will actually be good now...

» Mon May 14, 2012 7:22 pm

What's going on in Lionhead? http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-03-01-lionhead-veterans-form-new-studio-another-place-productions

» Mon May 14, 2012 9:20 am

Probably got tired of being thehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_iMh0DMHpIof Gameses Devopolis

» Mon May 14, 2012 11:37 am

What's going on in Lionhead? http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-03-01-lionhead-veterans-form-new-studio-another-place-productions

I know another dev left to form his own studio too (forum name was "The Bag"), and another went into some non game related job (Sam (cant remember his last name)).

Lionhead is a sinking ship.

Now with PM in another place, I will see if he was the one too blame. But given him leaving, Im not so sure. He wanted too make 7 Fable games...
If it turns out he is the problem, all of my hate, for ruining fable.

I wonder what will happen too the other devs I knew from looking at their forums, they seemed pretty important too.
Speaking of which, I wonder how their forum is reacting, allthough it was slow for a very long time, so I doubt I will see much.

» Mon May 14, 2012 1:42 pm

Good. maybe the Fable series will actually be good now...

hard to imagine since they announced the next title will be an Arcade game.

» Mon May 14, 2012 8:54 am

Some other big people left the company recently if I remember correctly. I guess they aren't happy with the direction of the Fable series and I can't blame them.

» Mon May 14, 2012 12:57 pm

hard to imagine since they announced the next title will be an Arcade game.

That's not entirely a dooming announcement. Alan Wake's XBLA title is pretty good IMO.

As for Lionhead, after hearing this I am automatically reminded of Team Ninja falling apart. That being said, I can't say I'm disappointed with PM leaving. Fable 2 was so much of a letdown from what he preached it was going to be, and 3 was one of the worst games I've ever played.

» Mon May 14, 2012 2:11 pm

Some other big people left the company recently if I remember correctly. I guess they aren't happy with the direction of the Fable series and I can't blame them.

I don't really understand what they're doing with the Fable franchise: it has a catchy name, and the first two games have a good reputation. Why ruin the brand with cheap kinect and xbla games? It looks like they're trying to kill the franchise, and not even for much short term profit since I don't think these spin off games are going to sell well.

» Mon May 14, 2012 3:38 pm

I guess the writing was on the wall ever since Microsoft bought Lionhead; I doubt it's a good environment for independent, creative minds to flourish (by which I mean the Lionhead staff in general, not specifically Molyneux.) The huge delay getting the PC version of Fable 3 to market suggested to me at least that there must've been some problems going on there. Of course we'll never get to hear what those problems were since everyone involved will be up to their necks in non-disclosure agreements...

» Mon May 14, 2012 9:43 am

Hopefully Fable 4 will be more like 2 as I did not like 3! :banana:

» Mon May 14, 2012 6:25 pm

Most of the people who make modern games are business men, not gamers. Peter molynuex used to be a gamer, like 20 years ago. I bet if he does play games now they are casual games for like 5mins. of course this is all just assumption after playing his crappy fable series, all installments.

Ok a bit harsh, I respect that he tried something different at least.

» Mon May 14, 2012 3:52 pm

Most of the people who make modern games are business men, not gamers. Peter molynuex used to be a gamer, like 20 years ago. I bet if he does play games now they are casual games for like 5mins. of course this is all just assumption after playing his crappy fable series, all installments.

Why would being a gamer 20 years ago (or being involved with the Fable series) mean he only plays "casual games for 5 minutes"? :huh:

» Mon May 14, 2012 11:22 pm

"Todd, we would like to talk about Kinect. No? Shame, ah well."
"Pete, we would like to talk about Kinect. No? Shame, pity you have no choice in the matter."
Just a thought.

» Mon May 14, 2012 9:07 am

Wonder what Fable will be like now, if the studio will still carry it on, that is.

» Mon May 14, 2012 10:11 pm

Why would being a gamer 20 years ago (or being involved with the Fable series) mean he only plays "casual games for 5 minutes"? :huh:

I dunno, Ignore me, just rambling.

» Mon May 14, 2012 11:57 am

How much longer does this guy get to bank on a name he made two decades ago?

Populous and Dungeon Keeper (1) are his only good titles.

Whatever. Good luck to him and his twenty toucans.

» Mon May 14, 2012 7:48 am

Some other big people left the company recently if I remember correctly. I guess they aren't happy with the direction of the Fable series and I can't blame them.

I think it's quite a lot of people at RARE and Lionhead that aren't pleased that Microsoft force them to do kinect stuff and try to copycat Nintendo or whatever. The latest Fable Heroes announced earlier this week look horrible.

Two excellent british game studios that stopped being excellent after Microsoft bought them.

» Mon May 14, 2012 10:47 am

Two excellent british game studios that stopped being excellent after Microsoft bought them.

I've long been of the opinion that "our way or no way" tends to be the regime that people are expected to work under once absorbed into the Microsoft collective.

» Mon May 14, 2012 8:57 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3ALwKeSEYs

» Mon May 14, 2012 10:16 am

About time, although I think it's too late for The Fable Franchise. Lionhead could still be saved but they would need a miracle and I don't see it happening.

» Mon May 14, 2012 6:29 pm

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/122/1220195p1.html

Interesting, could be a very good thing for the Fable series. What do you all think of this?

Exactly what I thought. He does nothing but exaggerate, over hype, and make promises he can 't keep.

» Mon May 14, 2012 1:00 pm

I think it's quite a lot of people at RARE and Lionhead that aren't pleased that Microsoft force them to do kinect stuff and try to copycat Nintendo or whatever. The latest Fable Heroes announced earlier this week look horrible.

Two excellent british game studios that stopped being excellent after Microsoft bought them.

I liked all three Fables... i'm sad they go kinect. Loved Rare too... once :sad: