Ex Lionhead Producer: Microsoft the “Destroyer” of 1st Party Studio

[Chris Hu]

Pemalite said:

KiigelHeart said:
How many have they destroyed so far to earn that title?

Digital Anvil. >:( (Freelancer.)
Fasa Studio's. (Mechwarrior.)
Ensemble. (Age of Empires.)
And now Lionhead. All amazing studio's which put out some extremely high-quality, highly regarded games.

They still don't hold a candle to EA though, I'll never forgive them for what they did to Bullfrog and Westwood. lol

Closing down lionhead, creators of Fable and Black and White is a massive loss to the industry and a massively missed opportunity by Microsoft.

To call Lionhead an amzing studio is a bit of a stretch.  Also their best game Black and White was made under EA not MS.  So yeah EA gave up on them a lot earlier then MS did.