Rumor: Project Milo 'canceled,' tech moved to Fable project

by Alexander Sliwinski on Sep 23rd 2010 10:37AM

Milo may have wandered off from the safety of the pond and into the jaws of a balverine. A Eurogamer source tells the site that Lionhead's Kinect-powered Project Milo was canceled yesterday, with 19 contractors let go. Surviving staffers on the boy simulator team will allegedly use the tech on a "Fable themed Kinect game."

Lionhead told Joystiq today that it "cannot comment on rumors or speculation." In late June, the studio dismissed prior cancellation rumors by showing a photo of the team hard at work. That didn't happen this time. Studio head Peter Molyneux had mentioned in recent months that Milo had become a "very, very big tech demo." Perhaps it was time to finally focus on a commercial product and bury the boy alive. (Wow, that's terrifying imagery.)

Source: Eurogamer

Tags: kinect, lionhead-studios, microsoft, Milo, Milo-and-Kate, Project-Milo, xbox

Reader Comments (64)

I just hope they do more with it than "Kinect-enabled" expressions.

I'm liable to hurt myself farting like that.

@GOODKyle But kotaku will have this news by christmas.

@Earandir

Draw it on a sheet of paper and hold it up to the camera.

MS is pretty famous for stunts like this. Courier anyone?

Expect this tech to resurface in another product a few years down the line.

@R Planteer

It wasn't MS's decision, it was Lionhead. You really think MS would deliberately cancel it's (possible) top game for Kinect? It was really the only game that used almost every bit of Kinect's power & potential.

@Prboi

Considering MS owns Lionhead, I'm sure they had some part in the decision making.

@Prboi What game? People sure throw the game word around a lot lately.

Milo appeared to be a software toy, not a game. More accurately, a rigged demo for a software toy.

@spin cycle

Ok, yes it was a big tech demo but it was the only demo to show off what Kinect can really do.

Looks like Milo...

*Puts on sunglasses*

...Has been dis-Kinect-ed...

What will Dave and Alexander put on toast now that Milo's gone? XD

MILO! NOOOOOooooooooOOOooooOOOoooooO!!!

It makes sense. Fable has a lot more sales potential. Disappointing though since it seems like Microsoft is pigeonholing Lionhead the same way it did to Bungie. Microsoft seems to believe that their developers should only work on 1 franchise only.