Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Lionhead layoffs part of natural cycle, says Microsoft]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/16/lionhead-layoffs-part-of-natural-cycle-says-microsoft/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/16/lionhead-layoffs-part-of-natural-cycle-says-microsoft/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/16/lionhead-layoffs-part-of-natural-cycle-says-microsoft/#commentsImageMicrosoft's Lionhead Studios, which most recently launched Fable: The Journey, has been hit with layoffs. Microsoft tells Develop that the downsizing represents less than 10 percent of Lionhead's head count and the publisher still intends to hire 100 people over the next year across its UK studios.

"Following the completion of Fable: The Journey, Lionhead Studios has begun work on its next projects," the statement to Develop notes. "As is common in the games industry, a smaller headcount is needed as projects kick-off and ramp up as full-production gets underway. At this time a small number of positions have been identified as at risk of redundancy and the affected employees were notified today."

Fable: The Journey and Fable: Heroes have been the latest from the studio Peter Molyneux founded, who left in March to create new studio 22 Cans.

JoystiqLionhead layoffs part of natural cycle, says Microsoft originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>fable-the-journeykinectlayoffslionheadLionhead-StudiosmicrosoftxboxTue, 16 Oct 2012 12:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Fable: The Journey review: On the road again]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/09/fable-the-journey-review/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/09/fable-the-journey-review/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/09/fable-the-journey-review/#comments If you're a fan of the long-running Fable series, you're probably wondering how designer Peter Molyneux's swan song for the franchise turned out. The good news is that Fable: The Journey finally fulfills some of Molyneux's infamous promises. The bad news is that few of them are the promises he made for Fable: The Journey.

The Journey puts the player in the fur-lined boots of Gabriel, a young and adventurous Dweller, Albion's version of a gypsy traveler, who sits behind the reins of his beloved and loyal horse, Seren. Gabriel is anxious for a life of more than driving a cart through a caravan, hoping to find a life of adventure and heroism, presumably the same way the player is supposed to feel. Using the Kinect, players control Gabriel as he drives Seren on the roads of Albion. Before long, Gabriel is separated from his clan and comes across Theresa, the blind seer who has been a Fable mainstay since the beginning. Theresa tells Gabriel of his destiny and the magic he will wield.

Gallery: Fable: The Journey (E3 2012)

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JoystiqFable: The Journey review: On the road again originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 09 Oct 2012 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This video tells us just how hardcore these hardcore gamers were before Fable: The Journey magically turned them into hand-waving casuals. Or maybe we're missing the point. Should you need more convincing and have access to a Kinect, you can download the demo to try for yourself.

JoystiqFable: The Journey to find testimonials originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 24 Sep 2012 23:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>fable-the-journeykinectlionheadlionhead-studiosmicrosoftxboxMon, 24 Sep 2012 23:59:00 EST<![CDATA[PSA - Fable: The Journey demo reaches XBLM today]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/17/psa-fable-the-journey-demo-reaches-xblm-today/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/17/psa-fable-the-journey-demo-reaches-xblm-today/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/17/psa-fable-the-journey-demo-reaches-xblm-today/#comments PSA Fable The Journey demo reaches XBLMLast month Microsoft and Lionhead described the Fable: The Journey demo as filled with "heart-pounding action." Should you wish to pound your heart with some Kinect-ified fantasy, the 1.22GB trial file is up on Xbox Live Marketplace today.

The fully-fledged game is set to reach retail shelves on October 9. As we saw at E3, Lionhead isn't letting any skeptics stop it from trying to make The Journey "awesome" on Kinect.

JoystiqPSA - Fable: The Journey demo reaches XBLM today originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Fable: The Journey may not launch until early October, but you'll be able to take its virtual reins on September 17 when a demo for the game goes live worldwide on Xbox 360. Microsoft and Lionhead describe the demo as filled with "heart-pounding action," so, uh, maybe take some heart medication ahead of playing the game.

Should the potential for heart failure caused by playing a demo worry you too much, you could always just watch the new "ViDoc" above. It's a lot like a trailer, but with a weird name. Take a look!

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JoystiqGrab the reins of Fable: The Journey's demo on September 17 originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>demofable-the-journeykinectlionheadlionhead-studiosmicrosoftmicrosoft-studiostrailervideo-documentaryvidocxboxxbox-livexbox-live-marketplaceFri, 17 Aug 2012 13:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Fable: The Journey could be a rough one]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/12/fable-the-journey-could-be-a-rough-one/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/12/fable-the-journey-could-be-a-rough-one/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/12/fable-the-journey-could-be-a-rough-one/#comments Fable The JourneyLionhead designer Ted Timmons says he learned a lesson after showing off Fable: The Journey to the public for the first time at E3 2011. "It's fine to be on rails," he says a year later, at the tail end of E3 2012. The spin-off was famously labeled as "on rails" by the public thanks to an early demo, and Timmons told Joystiq that while the team was surprised at the response, they eventually got a different message out of the whole thing: "We shouldn't be distracted by the whole 'on rails' issue," he says now. "We just want to make an awesome Kinect game."

The Journey's awesomeness is yet to be determined, but it is certainly a Kinect game. The E3 2012 demo featured about ten minutes of two different levels in the game. You use Microsoft's all-seeing camera to snap and steer a horse's reins, throw a magical spear and open a locked door with magic spells.

But while it all works (once you're shown how to do it - the tutorial is still a work in progress), the real question here is whether this journey is one worth taking.

Gallery: Fable: The Journey (E3 2011)

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JoystiqFable: The Journey could be a rough one originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>e3-2012fablefable-the-journeygary-carrkinectlionheadmicrosoftted-timmonsxboxTue, 12 Jun 2012 13:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Fable: The Journey out fall 2012 [Update: Trailer added!]]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/04/fable-journey-out-fall-2012/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/04/fable-journey-out-fall-2012/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/04/fable-journey-out-fall-2012/#comments Fable The Journey out fall 2012Fable: The Journey will come out during the holiday season this year, a video at Microsoft's E3 conference revealed.

JoystiqFable: The Journey out fall 2012 [Update: Trailer added!] originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 04 Jun 2012 12:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>e3-2012fable-the-journeykinectmicrosoftxboxMon, 04 Jun 2012 12:53:00 EST<![CDATA[Peter Molyneux 'not that interested' in retail]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/13/peter-molyneux-not-that-interested-in-retail/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/13/peter-molyneux-not-that-interested-in-retail/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/13/peter-molyneux-not-that-interested-in-retail/#comments Who goes into a store to buy games anymore? A lot of people, surprisingly, but Peter Molyneux ain't feeling it. For him, it's all about digital distribution.

"The incentives for driving me out of my seat and into a shop is becoming increasingly limited. I don't go to retail to buy a film. I don't go to retail to buy music. I don't go to buy books any more. And I'm certainly not that interested in buying games in shops, myself," he told Develop. "If you look at everything that's exciting, from the resurgence of PC to iPad and iPhones, it's hard to see where retail fits into that."

Molyneux, who recently left Microsoft and started up his own studio, 22 Cans, is hard at work on his first game under the new roof. It's unclear whether that title will rely entirely on digital distribution, but Molyneux has gone on record as saying it'll be his "best" game ever. We wouldn't take that at face value, though; he says that about every one of his games.

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"I believe it has all led me to this point. I believe the greatest game I've ever made is still ahead of me."

Molyneux is adamant that he is building something special with 22 Cans, in both the structure of the company and the games it will produce. So far he has co-founder and former Lionhead programmer Dimitri Mavrikakis, data miner Paul Knight and IT director Tim Rance on board, but Molyneux is looking to have 22 people total from various industries, including architects, veterans, fresh faces and people who know nothing about the video game world.

These people will help Molyneux make his "best" game ever; a game he couldn't create while at Microsoft. "I was in a creative padded cell," Molyneux said. "Microsoft was so safe. Microsoft was so nice. You're so supported. Everything I did couldn't hurt me, both creatively and physically. The danger was long gone. I had this huge desire to make something truly special, and I felt like I was being suffocated creatively a little bit."

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JoystiqMolyneux: Microsoft was a 'creative padded cell;' 22 Cans will see his 'best' game ever originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Fabled game developer Peter Molyneux has left Microsoft and Lionhead Studios for startup 22 Cans. In a statement to Kotaku, the creative lead of Microsoft Studios Europe said he will conclude his work on the latest Fable before going off on the next great adventure.

"It is with mixed emotions that I made the decision to leave Microsoft and Lionhead Studios, the company that I co-founded in 1997, at the conclusion of development of Fable: The Journey," Molyneux said in the statement. "I remain extremely passionate and proud of the people, products and experiences that we created."

Molyneux expressed the departure was amicable and Microsoft noted the ever-quotable developer "has made an indelible mark on the games industry and we wish him all the best of luck in his future endeavors."

JoystiqPeter Molyneux leaves Microsoft, off on 'new independent venture' originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 07 Mar 2012 09:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Gallery: Fable: The Journey (E3 2011)

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JoystiqFable: The Journey dares us to steer a relationship in the right direction originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>fable-the-journeykinectLionhead-Studiosmicrosoftmicrosoft-showcase-2012xboxxbox-showcase-2012xbox-spring-showcase-2012Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:15:00 EST<![CDATA['Fable Heroes' revealed by Xbox Live Marketplace]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/04/fable-heroes-revealed-by-xbox-live-marketplace/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/04/fable-heroes-revealed-by-xbox-live-marketplace/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/04/fable-heroes-revealed-by-xbox-live-marketplace/#comments Apparently, Fable Heroes is a forthcoming XBLA game from Lionhead Studios that has been unceremoniously leaked by the Xbox Live Marketplace. The screenshots in the gallery below show the rather cartoony game's four-player multiplayer, which the title's blurb describes as simultaneously cooperative and competitive.

Said screenshots also show a distinctly board-game-esque game board, which makes us think that Fable Heroes may be a Mario Party-ish friendship ruiner couch multiplayer game. Players will earn gold coins that can be spent on "upgrades, characters, and items in both this game and Fable: The Journey for Kinect for Xbox 360." We wouldn't be surprised if Fable Heroes' actual announcement happens during this week's Game Developers Conference.

Gallery: Fable Heroes (Marketplace, 3/4/12)

Joystiq'Fable Heroes' revealed by Xbox Live Marketplace originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 04 Mar 2012 21:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Fable-HeroesFable-The-JourneyLionhead-Studiosmicrosoftmicrosoft-studiosxboxSun, 04 Mar 2012 21:10:00 EST<![CDATA[Fable: The Journey won't have swords or guns due to lack of feedback]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/11/fable-the-journey-wont-have-swords-or-guns-due-to-lack-of-feed/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/11/fable-the-journey-wont-have-swords-or-guns-due-to-lack-of-feed/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/11/fable-the-journey-wont-have-swords-or-guns-due-to-lack-of-feed/#comments If you tend to stick to the trees of Strength and Skill in the Fable series, you'll be out of your element in the series' Kinect-based installment, Fable: The Journey. In an interview with OXM, Peter Molyneux explained the player's bag of tricks would be limited strictly to magic. He added, "We could have done melee weapons, but the one thing I hate about melee weapons, and guns as well, is that the human brain is encoded to expect recoil from those things."

Molyneux said that satisfying that expectation of physical feedback was necessary, and that "visuals and the sound isn't enough." It's that weakness that makes the game's robust magic system work. Molyneux explained, "The thing about magic is there's nothing encoded in your mind about how it should feel." That's true! The only preconception we have in mind about magic is that it probably requires a lot of gesticulation; something we know for a fact the Kinect excels at.

JoystiqFable: The Journey won't have swords or guns due to lack of feedback originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>fable-the-journeykinectLionheadmicrosoftMicrosoft-Game-StudiosPeter-MolyneuxrpgxboxThu, 11 Aug 2011 15:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Buy Peter Molyneux's E3 badge for a good cause]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/20/buy-peter-molyneuxs-e3-badge-for-a-good-cause/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/20/buy-peter-molyneuxs-e3-badge-for-a-good-cause/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/20/buy-peter-molyneuxs-e3-badge-for-a-good-cause/#comments Looking for the perfect accessory for that "Peter Molyneux at E3 2011" costume you've been putting together for the last week or so? Good news: you can buy Molyneux's E3 badge on eBay, and all the proceeds go to charity.

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JoystiqBuy Peter Molyneux's E3 badge for a good cause originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>childs-playe3-2011fablefable-the-journeymicrosoftpeter-molyneuxxboxMon, 20 Jun 2011 13:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Molyneux declares Fable: The Journey 'definitely not on rails']]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/13/molyneux-declares-fable-the-journey-definitely-not-on-rails/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/13/molyneux-declares-fable-the-journey-definitely-not-on-rails/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/13/molyneux-declares-fable-the-journey-definitely-not-on-rails/#comments "My name's Peter Molyneux and I made this horrendous mistake." With that emblematic phrase, Lionhead creative director Peter Molyneux kicks off a hilarious public service announcement he created with the help of OXM UK. According to him, the Fable: The Journey demo he showed off at E3 2011 gave the impression that the game is "on rails," an idea he's quick to dispel.

Apparently, the team at Lionhead working on the Kinect-based Fable title decided to remove navigation controls from the press demo, the same snippet shown during Microsoft's presser, effectively putting the game on rails and giving everyone the wrong impression. "I will just say on record now that Fable: The Journey is definitely not on rails," he specifies, even going so far as to ask for journalists' signatures before they exit the demo room. If you look really hard, you can spot one of our own among them. It's like Where's Waldo with squiggly pen marks!

JoystiqMolyneux declares Fable: The Journey 'definitely not on rails' originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>e3-2011fable-the-journeykinectlionheadlionhead-studiosmicrosofton-railspeter-molynuexxboxMon, 13 Jun 2011 10:10:00 EST<![CDATA[Fable: The Journey preview: Speak and spell]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/08/fable-the-journey-preview-speak-and-spell/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/08/fable-the-journey-preview-speak-and-spell/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/08/fable-the-journey-preview-speak-and-spell/#comments Shortly after Fable 3 was first announced, Peter Molyneux announced that it would include support for what was then called Project Natal. Of course, the final game abandoned that ambition with Molyneux explaining that in order to do right by both Kinect and Fable, his team at Lionhead simply needed more development time. So when Microsoft announced a Kinect-exclusive Fable game during yesterday's press conference - titled Fable: The Journey - it might seem obvious that some of that jettisoned Fable 3 content had been repackaged as a standalone Kinect title ... except it hasn't. "Whilst we thought about doing a gimmick or two for Fable 3, it was always in the back of my mind that it would be great to do a Fable for Kinect," Molyneux explained in his second demo ever for the new title.

In fact, the team working on The Journey isn't even the same as the team that made Fable 3. When he explained that the Journey team had two years worth of experience developing for Kinect, we had to ask you know what. "A lot of the team were working on Milo," Peter admitted after getting a nod from the game's marketing manager in the back of the room. "A lot of the Milo tech we're not showing off. This is the first outing of this so we're keeping some of our big stuff safe behind. A lot of the stuff you can do in Fable: The Journey is some of the stuff that was originally found in Milo."

Gallery: Fable: The Journey (E3 2011)

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JoystiqFable: The Journey preview: Speak and spell originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 08 Jun 2011 05:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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While you won't see any Kinect-enabled spells casted in this pre-rendered trailer for Fable: The Journey, there may be a few morsels of info in here. The trailer stars the series longtime prognosticator and narrator, Theresa, as she flees from a very The Nothing-like cloud of evil. Dare we say it, she looks a little younger than her previous iterations. Do we smell a prequel? Check it out after the break.

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JoystiqFable: The Journey conjures up a trailer originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 22:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>e3-2011fable-the-journeykinectlionheadmicrosoftmicrosoft-game-studiosxboxMon, 06 Jun 2011 22:42:00 EST<![CDATA[Fable: The Journey utilizes Unreal Engine 3]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/06/fable-the-journey-utilizes-unreal-engine-3/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/06/fable-the-journey-utilizes-unreal-engine-3/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/06/fable-the-journey-utilizes-unreal-engine-3/#comments The cheerful hobbe you see above has been rendered in Unreal Engine 3. Lionhead Studios is using Epic's technology to power Fable: The Journey, a first-person Kinect game set in the land of Albion.

We'll ask Lionhead what user-side benefits the technology offers for this game in particular (which is a major departure from the franchise), but you'll be pleased to know that Peter Molyneux's already giving it the hyperbolic treatment in the press release. "Already we are seeing a more beautiful, vivid and unique world full of dramatic moments and have crafted new, never seen before gameplay experiences."

Fable 3 was built on Lionhead's own technology, which could be fairly described as "rickety."

Gallery: Fable: The Journey (E3 2011)

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JoystiqFable: The Journey utilizes Unreal Engine 3 originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>e3e3-2011fablefable-the-journeylionheadlionhead-studiosmicrosoftpeter-molyneuxunreal-engine-3xboxMon, 06 Jun 2011 19:45:00 EST<![CDATA[Fable: The Journey features Kinect-based journeying]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/06/fable-the-journey/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/06/fable-the-journey/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/06/fable-the-journey/#comments Peter Molyneux has just announced Fable: the Journey for Xbox 360.

The first-person Fable experience features Kinect integration, allowing the player to draw shapes in the air to cast spells. It also appears to be on-rails -- shades of Dead Space: Extraction?

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>e3-2011fablefable-the-journeykinectlionheadmicrosoftxboxMon, 06 Jun 2011 13:25:00 EST<![CDATA[Rumor: Domains reveal new Fable, Dance Central and Kinect Sports]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/04/fable-the-journey-dance-central-2-domains/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/04/fable-the-journey-dance-central-2-domains/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/04/fable-the-journey-dance-central-2-domains/#comments The announcement of sequels and spin-offs has become too routine to incur huge gasps of disbelief at E3's trio of biggest press conferences. A real surprise, then, would be in those titles staying under wraps until the very last moment. "Spoiler," says the internet, "but that's not happening while I'm around. Check out these domain registrations."

As highlighted by Superannuation, the following Microsoft titles have been linked to internet domain registrars: Fable The Journey, which may be a new jaunt across the land of Albion, Kinect Fun Labs (first mentioned amongst other leaked Microsoft titles), and a pair of body-driven sequels, Dance Central 2 and Kinect Sports Season 2.

Without the presence of a convenient "Kinect" in the title, it's difficult to say whether or not Fable: The Journey (colon assumed) is part of Microsoft's camera-sensitive lineup. The franchise has endured experiments with Kinect before, and it's not exactly difficult to imagine Peter Molyneux pitching it as the best, most amazing, mind-blowing way to experience a hero's life ever. You might already be envisioning it as a spirited on-the-spot march through the streets of Bowerstone, over the surrounding hills and across Milo's unmarked grave.

JoystiqRumor: Domains reveal new Fable, Dance Central and Kinect Sports originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 04 Jun 2011 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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