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|name=Lionhead Studios | |name=Lionhead Studios | ||
|image=LionheadStudios logo.jpg | |image=LionheadStudios logo.jpg | ||
|founded= | |founded=1997 | ||
|founder=Peter Molyneux | |founder=Peter Molyneux | ||
|website=http://www.lionhead.com/ | |website=http://www.lionhead.com/ | ||
| | |twitter=LionheadStudios | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Lionhead Studios''' is a United Kingdom-based computer game development company led by industry veteran Peter Molyneux, and acquired by [[Microsoft Game Studios]] in April [[2006]]. | '''Lionhead Studios''' is a United Kingdom-based computer game development company led by industry veteran Peter Molyneux, and acquired by [[Microsoft Game Studios]] in April [[2006]]. | ||
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Lionhead started as a breakaway from the developer [[Bullfrog]], which was also founded by Molyneux. Lionhead's first game was [[Black & White]], a "god game" with elements of artificial life, strategy, and beat 'em up games. Black & White was published by [[Electronic Arts]] in [[2001]]. Lionhead Studios is named after Mark Webley's hamster, which passed away not long after the naming of the studio. | Lionhead started as a breakaway from the developer [[Bullfrog]], which was also founded by Molyneux. Lionhead's first game was [[Black & White]], a "god game" with elements of artificial life, strategy, and beat 'em up games. Black & White was published by [[Electronic Arts]] in [[2001]]. Lionhead Studios is named after Mark Webley's hamster, which passed away not long after the naming of the studio. | ||
Black and White was followed up with the release of an expansion pack named [[Black & White: Creature Isle]]. Lionhead then released the popular [[Fable]], from satellite developer [[Big Blue Box]]. In 2005, Lionhead released [[The Movies]] and [[Black & White 2]]. On | Black and White was followed up with the release of an expansion pack named [[Black & White: Creature Isle]]. Lionhead then released the popular [[Fable]], from satellite developer [[Big Blue Box]]. In 2005, Lionhead released [[The Movies]] and [[Black & White 2]]. On April 6, [[2006]], it was announced that Lionhead Studios was to be purchased by Microsoft to further bolster their range of [[Xbox 360]] games. | ||
The company's latest work has been with adding additional, downloadable, content for [[Fable II]]. | The company's latest work has been with adding additional, downloadable, content for [[Fable II]]. | ||
==Big Blue Box Studios== | |||
'''[[Big Blue Box Studios]]''' was a UK based company that developed [[Fable]], but is now a part of Lionhead Studios and no longer operates independently under a separate name. Its assimilation was unannounced to the public, however the works of Big Blue Box are now carried on by Lionhead itself. |