After arriving back in all of our lives by showing off his latest project, god game Masters of Albion, at Gamescom Opening Night Live, veteran developer Peter Molyneux has now been asked what kinds of changes and evolutions he thinks the next few decades of gaming might see. His answer? More Hollywood adaptations and, well, AI.
]]>We already knew work had kicked off on Cyberpunk 2077’s sequel since the calendar flipped over to 2024, and now CD Projekt has revealed some of the fresh talent that’s joined the team of Night City vets working on the game.
]]>Yes, you read that right. Fable, which returned from the dead with a killer look at gameplay, and a teaser for its narrative at the Xbox Showcase, left many wondering how much of what we saw was real.
]]>Folks, you've waited long enough for this moment, and it looks like you'll be waiting longer yet to actually play it, but the Fable reboot has once again graced the stage of the Xbox Showcase at not-E3 2023.
]]>Although gaming is a creative industry where, perhaps more than any other, it’s disingenuous to pin the success of any one product on a single individual, it’s extraordinarily hard to uncouple Peter Molyneux from the Fable series.
]]>On paper, last night's Xbox next generation showcase was better than Sony's equivalent event - but online perception and reaction has been more negative.
]]>Microsofts most powerful console, the Xbox Series X, hits the shelves later this year, so let's take a look at everything we know about it.
]]>Rumours suggest that the new Fable game revealed during yesterday's Xbox event could be an MMO as opposed to the long-awaited Fable 4.
]]>Playground Games might be known for racers, but a new Fable game from the studio behind some of the most gorgeous worlds on Xbox One is a tantalising prospect.
]]>Halo, is it me you’re looking for? Why not watch today’s Xbox Games Showcase with us?
]]>It was already rumored that Fable and Perfect Dark could be coming to Xbox Series X, but Twitter accounts for both games have added more fuel to the fire - meaning that Fable 4 could be closer than we thought.
]]>Servers for Fable Fortune, the digital card game from Lionhead veterans, will be shut down in March.
]]>Playground Games is bolstering its second studio with a number of big hires with impressive experience.
]]>Microsoft E3 2018 knocked everyone’s socks off with 100 minutes of announcements, game reveals, and more, Get all the news from the show right here.
]]>This article first appeared on USgamer, a partner publication of VG247. Some content, such as this article, has been migrated to VG247 for posterity after USgamer's closure - but it has not been edited or further vetted by the VG247 team.
]]>Although Microsoft has yet to officially announce that a new Fable game is in the works, more and more sources are coming out to confirm there is in fact one in development.
]]>Fable 4 - from a studio previously dedicated to car games? Hell, why not.
]]>Peter Molyneux, arguably one of Kinect's biggest early supporters, has quite the stark opinion of the peripheral today.
]]>Fable 4: almost certainly not happening.
]]>Fable Fortune is a new digital card game from Lionhead veterans.
]]>Lionhead Studios had pitched a mature-rated Fable 4 project set in an industrial-age to be developed using Unreal Engine 4. But it was rejected by Microsoft which had switched the IP over to a "games as a service model."
]]>Many big names in the video game industry were interested in purchasing Lionhead Studios before it was closed, according to a report.
]]>The Fable Legends beta will continue to run for a few more weeks.
]]>Microsoft has announced it's ceasing development on Fable Legends and closing down Lionhead Studios.
]]>"To be honest, we didn’t anticipate just how big Fable Legends is becoming."
]]>Microsoft is looking to hire franchise managers for Halo and Fable, with a view to expanding both brands into a new range of merchandising opportunities.
]]>Peter Molyneux hypes analytics like he used to hype features in Fable. Will Godus be his greatest game years after release?
]]>Fable creator Peter Molyneux has said that he'll probably never make a perfect game, but at least one of his past efforts is particularly far from ideal.
]]>Fable developer Lionhead Studios, once a bastion of solid, offline single-player experiences, is transitioning to a games-as-services development and business model.
]]>Ten-year Fable veteran Ted Timmins discusses the acorn that grows into an oak tree, "rubbish" quests, why Fable Anniversary will never score a 10, and stepping out from Molyneux's shadow.
]]>Just how different does the HD remake of the Lionhead classic look compared to the original? VG247's video editor Sam Clay puts the two side-by-side in this video.
]]>We go hands-on with the HD remake of Lionhead's RPG. It's still funny, but VG247's Sam Clay wants to know if it's still fun.
]]>This article first appeared on USgamer, a partner publication of VG247. Some content, such as this article, has been migrated to VG247 for posterity after USgamer's closure - but it has not been edited or further vetted by the VG247 team.
]]>Project Spark beta testers are currently tinkering away with Team Dakota's game-creation toolbox, and one user has re-created Fable village Oakvale in-game.
]]>Fable: Legends will be around quite a long while, according to Lionhead boss John Needham. Speaking with GI International, Needham said the development team is looking to keep the game going for at least 5-10 years. "We're playing the long game with this," he said. "This is the next big Fable game that is going to be out for five to ten years so it needs to be big, it needs to be interesting. There needs to be a lot of stuff to do, it needs to integrate all the cloud and Xbox One features so we keep our community alive and growing. It's big and ambitious, but it needs to be because it's going to be around a long time." The persistent online title with four player co-op, has yet to be given a release date.
]]>Asked what direction he would have taken the Fable series in should he have stayed at Lionhead Studios, Peter Molyneux noted that he would definitely have kept the dog.
]]>Lionhead Studios has announced Fable Anniversary for Xbox 360.
]]>Fable developer Lionhead Studios has just teased an HD remake of the original Xbox RPG. We've got the teaser clip here.
]]>Fable: The Journey is out today in the US, and not only has the launch trailer landed online, but a couple reviews have gone live as well. As more sites release scores, we will add them here.
]]>A demo for Fable: The Journey will arrive on XBL for Kinect on September 17, Microsoft has announced. The firm has also released a short video documentary discussing the game's narrative called Telling the Tale. It's below, courtesy of MasonicGamer. Fable: The Journey will be released on Xbox 360 for Kinect October 9 on the US and October 12 in Europe.
]]>Lionhead's creative director, Gary Carr, has reiterated the closest we'll ever get to playing Milo & Kate will be Fable: The Journey.
]]>"Lionhead and the Fable franchise has been left in incredibly capable hands. Fable: The Journey is coming out this year, and when I saw it last it was looking pretty cool and I am sure Lionhead will take Fable to a very bright and interesting future. You can't help but have thoughts and ideas of what you would do with something [like the Fable franchise], but I am so focused on what I am doing at the moment I don't often have those feelings." - Peter Molyneux to VG247 at Rezzed on whether he has any regrets leaving the Fable franchise behind.
]]>Lionhead Studios and Random House have announced an agreement to create a "broad line of products set to expand the universe of Fable", via two novels, multiple digital shorts, a world bible, and a strategy guide.
]]>Former Lionhead developer, James Duncan, has announced his new iOS game will be titled Rogue Star. It is currently in development at the studio he founded, RedBreast. He hopes the title will draw renewed interest from the public in the "much missed" space combat-trading genre. Details are still a sparse at the moment, but Eurogamer has one new shot of it through here. Still no date.
]]>Although the Microsoft-owned Lionhead is keeping quiet about Peter Molyneux's departure, ex-staffers have assured fans the Fable franchise is in no danger.
]]>In Fable: The Journey, your poor cart-pulling horse will "pay the price for your mistakes," according to Peter Molyneux.
]]>Famed development studio Lionhead Studios has put on a call for an experienced MMO programmer to work with them on an upcoming new project.
]]>Speaking with Xbox World 360 magazine, Peter Molyneux expressed some of his frustrations with modern video gaming, and offered a glimpse at where he'd like to see video games go.
]]>Simon Carter, lead technical director on the Fable series, has left Lionhead Studios, apparently to found a new company with brother Dene Carter.
]]>After insisting that Fable: The Journey is not on rails in a interview earlier this week, Lionhead's Peter Molyneux has tried to further clarify matters by stating that the game's demo shown to the press has misrepresented what the gameplay entails.
]]>Peter's latest looks a lot better in the flesh than it did in Microsoft's presentation. Molyneux explains why he thinks it is “Kinect's finest game.”
]]>The age of heroes is over. Albion's end is coming. All that matters is the journey. And you will use Kinect on this journey as well. More to come.
]]>Bet you didn't see this coming - Microsoft is to make more Fable, more Halo, more Forza and more Gears of War.
]]>Lionhead has an clear idea what the future holds for the next Fable, and it plans to make it stand "head and shoulders up," with any other developer in the industry.
]]>It's Tuesday lunchtime. Don't you even think about touching that packet of barbecue Hoola Hoops until you've read today's news that aren't worth covering on their own, Gringo.
]]>Fable is one of those franchises which evokes strong opinions in players, and Lionhead wants to hear yours.
]]>Those attending CES who happen to stop by the Microsoft booth will be in for a treat, as Fable III is on-hand and being demoed on PC.
]]>Lionhead has put out a list of issues it plans to fix with its upcoming patch for Fable III.
]]>Amazon Germany seems to think it knows when Fable III will hit PC.
]]>When Peter Molyneux mentioned the possibility of Kinect mini-games being added to Fable III a while back, throwing tomatoes at folks and building statues never crossed our minds.
]]>Lionhead has launched a teaser website for a Fable III smartphone game called Kingmaker.
]]>Lionhead's put out a video showing scripter Ted Timmins unboxing the Limited Collector's Edition of Fable III.
It's posted below.
]]>Waiting to see what the promised Kinect features in Fable III are going to look like? You might want to start re-evaluating your time management.
]]>The Fable III Limited Edition Xbox 360 Wireless Controller not doing it for you?
Perhaps you would be interested in a Fable prose novel instead.
]]>Lionhead had released five lovely screens from Fable III.
Get 'em below.
]]>Peter Molyneux, God love him, doesn't really "like" traditional pre-order campaigns, so instead, he and Lionhead came up with Villager Maker to entice gamers into dropping a fiver instead.
]]>Lionhead's released the opening cinematic to Fable III, and we've got it for you below the lovely page fold.
]]>Peter Molyneux has said he thinks of traditional controllers as a skateboard, and motion controllers as a bicycle, explaining the analogy comes from one taking practice to use, and the other something everyone can work.
]]>Peter Molyneux took the stage at Develop this afternoon to demonstrate Fable III, and while chatting about the cast, he let slip the game contained more "unannounced Oscar-winning talent" than previously mentioned.
]]>Peter Molyneux has said that during next week's X10 event, he might upset some people when features in Fable III are revealed.
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