Big Blue Box
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| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Video game industry |
| Founded | 1 August 1996 |
| Founders |
Peter Molyneux Mark Webley Tim Rance Steve Jackson |
| Defunct | 29 April 2016 |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
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Key people
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Keith Ranger Dolliver Benjamin Owen Orndorff |
| Products |
Black & White series Fable series The Movies |
| Owner | Microsoft |
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Number of employees
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~100 |
| Parent | Microsoft Studios |
| Website | lionhead |
Lionhead Studios Ltd. was a British video game developer, formerly led by Peter Molyneux. It was acquired by Microsoft Studios in April 2006. Lionhead started as a breakaway from developer Bullfrog Productions, which was also founded by Molyneux. Lionhead's first game was Black & White, a god game with elements of artificial life and strategy games. Black & White was published by Electronic Arts in 2001. Lionhead Studios is named after Mark Webley's hamster, which died not long after the naming of the studio.
Black & White was followed up with the release of an expansion pack named Black & White: Creature Isle. Lionhead released 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. Fable Anniversary, which was released on 4 February 2014.
Milo and Kate was being developed for Kinect, though speculation arose concerning whether it was actually a game or a tech demo. Production has since been halted.
On 7 March 2016, Microsoft announced that it had proposed closing Lionhead Studios and that the planned game Fable Legends would be cancelled. On 29 April 2016, Lionhead Studios closed down.
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