I really doubt we'll find out the reasons behind this.

Ultimately, it all comes down to money and profits. The Fable series is popular but not a huge seller like Gears or Halo, despite the third entry selling more than five million copies, and with Bethesda bringing their RPG games to Xbox, the heads of MSoft probably decided that Lionhead wasn't worth the money.

And the Danish studio even less.

Could be that's the reason, obviously. A lot of people saying that the game wasn't gonna to do well.

Well, I won't go into how well or not Fable Legends was going to sell because because that will only be a guess and I'm not good at guessing.

But MSoft owned Lionhead and I'm quite confident that they not only agreed with the idea of a Fable MMO, but encouraged the idea. Every company wants to make a new WoW, and for MSOft that could mean more Gold subscribers that would stay loyal to their console.

Therefore if the poor selling projections are the reason for closing the studio, a part of that blame has to go to the MSoft execs that agreed on it, and not put all the blame to the studio. But of course, it's easier to close a studio that's thousands of miles away than firing the pals you work with everyday.

Testicle hunter.

http://www.pcgamer.com/sniper-elite-4-has-2016-release-in-its-sights/

I kind of hate mondays, there are too many news!

1-Mods/Fan projects/Emulator

• DirectX 12 RPCS3 PS3 Emulator – New Video Shows 3D Game “G-Force” Running On An NVIDIA GTX650Ti http://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/directx-12-rpcs3-ps3-emulator-new-video-shows-3d-game-g-force-running-on-an-nvidia-gtx650ti/
• Fallout 4 – DirectX 11 Mod Aiming To Improve The Game’s Lighting System http://www.dsogaming.com/news/fallout-4-directx-11-mod-aiming-to-improve-the-games-lighting-system/
• Morrowind fan remake Skywind gets new developer diary http://www.pcgamer.com/morrowind-fan-remake-skywind-gets-new-developer-diary/

2-Drivers

NVIDIA GeForce 364.47 WHQL Driver Released – Game-Ready Driver For Need For Speed & The Division

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/nvidia-geforce-364-47-whql-driver-released-game-ready-driver-for-need-for-speed-the-division/

NVIDIA has released a new WHQL driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, this is the game-ready driver for Need For Speed and Tom Clancy’s The Division. This driver also adds an official SLI profile for HITMAN.

>>Download them from here.

3-Gaming News

THE LOST PISCES LOOKS BEAUTIFUL, NEW SCREENSHOTS RELEASED

http://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/the-lost-pisces-looks-beautiful-new-screenshots-released/

Sirenum Digital has released some new screenshots for its Unreal Engine 4-powered game, The Lost Pisces. Despite the fact that The Lost Pisces looks stunning, its Kickstarter campaign failed. The reasons are still unknown, however Sirenum Digital aims to launch an IndieGoGo campaign for it.

STREET FIGHTER V – CAPCOM PUNISHES SOME RAGE QUITTERS, PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN 100% RESOLVED

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/street-fighter-v-capcom-punishes-some-rage-quitters-problem-has-not-been-100-resolved/

Capcom has announced that it has punished roughly 30 rage quitters last week. In addition, Capcom announced that it will be punishing players on a weekly basis who have extremely high disconnect rates coupled with unrealistic win rates.

HERE IS YOUR FIRST LOOK AT DONTNOD’S VAMPYR (PRE-ALPHA OFFSCREEN FOOTAGE)

http://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-is-your-first-look-at-dontnods-vampyr-pre-alpha-offscreen-footage/

Last week, the first screenshots from DONTNOD’s upcoming Vampyr game have surfaced. Vampyr is a new role-playing game powered by Unreal Engine 4 for current-gen platforms, and below you can check the first pre-alpha footage from it. Do note that the framerate is all over the place and that this is offscreen footage. Still, we are pretty sure that it will excite those that are looking forward to it. Vampyr is coming to the PC in 2017.

>>Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUN_deqYEqc

THE COALITION IS WORKING ON ADDING MULTI-GPU SUPPORT IN GEARS OF WAR: ULTIMATE EDITION

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-coalition-is-working-on-adding-multi-gpu-support-in-gears-of-war-ultimate-edition/

As you may have already heard, Gears of War: Ultimate Edition has been launched without multi-GPU support. According to various reports, this is related to the absence of an exclusive full-screen mode in UWP applications. And as Rod Fergusson, Studio Head of The Coalition, said, the team is currently working on adding multi-GPU support in it.

DIRECTX 12 – ASYNC COMPUTE SUPPORTED IN LATEST NVIDIA DRIVERS, STEAM OVERLAY WORKS IN DX12 MODE

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/directx-12-async-compute-supported-in-latest-nvidia-drivers-steam-overlay-works-in-dx12-mode/

DirectX 12 is a really hot topic as we’ve got a number of games supporting it. And Oxide developer Kollock has revealed some interesting new information about this new API. According to Kollock, the latest WHQL drivers from NVIDIA support Async Compute; a feature that NVIDIA’s GPUs did not initially support.

JUST CAUSE 3 – PC PERFORMANCE PATCH RELEASED

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/just-cause-3-pc-performance-patch-released/

Avalanche Studios has just released the PC performance patch for Just Cause 3. This patch is 641MB in size and will be auto-downloaded from Steam. According to its changelog, this latest update improves streaming of game world, reduced loading speeds and fixes several memory leaks.

FOOTBALL MANAGER 2016 & TOM CLANCY’S THE DIVISION ARE THIS WEEK’S BEST SELLING PC GAMES

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/football-manager-2016-tom-clancys-the-division-are-this-weeks-best-selling-pc-games/

The latest PC UK retail, Steam Digital and Green Man Gaming charts have been revealed and as we can see, Football Manager 2016 and The Division are this week’s best selling games in UK, on Steam and on GMG.

THIMBLEWEED PARK STORY TRAILER SPOTLIGHTS MURDER IN A STRANGE TOWN

http://www.pcgamer.com/thimbleweed-park-story-trailer-spotlights-murder-in-a-strange-town/

A new trailer for Thimbleweed Park, the deliciously Lucasarts-like retro-adventure being developed by Maniac Mansion creators Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick, has made its way to the 'tubes. And I am here to tell you that it is good.

>>Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnjqcITQ6wY

BATTLEBORN'S LAST TWO HEROES STEP INTO THE SPOTLIGHT

http://www.pcgamer.com/battleborns-last-two-heroes-step-into-the-spotlight/

The final two heroes to join Gearbox's Battleborn lineup have been revealed as a mad scientist in a hovering chair named Kleese, and a “space luchador with cybernetic arms” who calls himself El Dragón.

>>Here's an overview of one of them, El Dragón: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffCTwKqVckU

BALDUR'S GATE: SIEGE OF DRAGONSPEAR WILL BE OUT AT THE END OF THE MONTH

http://www.pcgamer.com/baldurs-gate-siege-of-dragonspear-will-be-out-at-the-end-of-the-month/

Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear was originally envisioned as a small expansion to Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition, the Beamdog-built update to BioWare's seminal D&D CRPG. But it quickly grew into a sprawling experience of its own, with unique characters, quests, open-world areas, and an estimated 35 hours of play time, covering the gap between the triumph of Baldur's Gate and the unexpectedly unhappy kickoff of Baldur's Gate 2. Beamdog said late last year that it would be out in early 2016, and it has now nailed that down to March 31—less than a month away.

>>The article also reveals the system requirements.

BLIZZARD TEASING NEW HEARTHSTONE SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT COMING NEXT WEEKEND

http://www.pcgamer.com/blizzard-teasing-new-hearthstone-special-announcement-is-coming-next-weekend/

Technically, this is the announcement of a future announcement, but we'll let it slide because it's about time we had some insight into what to expect from Blizzard next set of wizard poker cards. We're told big news will be made at the Hearthstone Winter Championship taking place next weekend. Lead Designer Ben Brode and Senior Producer Yong Woo will make a special announcement about what's next—which presumably means details of the next card set, due to go live alongside the upcoming Standard format sometime in spring.

RISING STORM 2: VIETNAM TRAILER SHOWS OFF FIRST IN-GAME FOOTAGE

http://www.pcgamer.com/rising-storm-2-vietnam-trailer-shows-off-first-in-game-footage/

Rising Storm 2: Vietnam—the sequel to PC Gamer's Multiplayer Game of the Year 2013—shifts the authentic, asymmetrical action from the Pacific Theater of World War 2 to the Vietnam war. Naturally, that means jungles, choppers, and '60s rock and/or roll. Rising Storm 2's newest trailer debuted at the ongoing PC Gamer Weekender, and features all of those things in abundance, in addition to our first glimpse of the game in action. And, what do you know, it's looking pretty good. The lighting, textures and animation all seem improved over the first game, and it's looking like you'll be able to call in airstrikes on your enemies too.

>>This is the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VKbpviTMAY

MOMODORA: REVERIE UNDER THE MOONLIGHT LOOKS LOVELY, IS OUT NOW

http://www.pcgamer.com/momodora-reverie-under-the-moonlight-looks-lovely-is-out-now/

It's been a pleasure watching the Momodora series evolve over the years, from simple Cave Story-ish platformers, to more unique action-platform games featuring increasingly beautiful pixel art. You can grab the first two, entirely free, games here, plus the very cheap third game that released two years ago. The fourth Momodora hit Steam the other day, and it looks a right treat.

>>And here's a trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npvZhXtu5Wc

THE OVERWATCH RELEASE DATE MAY HAVE SLIPPED OUT

http://www.pcgamer.com/the-overwatch-release-date-may-have-slipped-out/

If a set of screengrabs are to be believed, May has just become a bit busier with the release of Overwatch. Redditor Deadpoolthegreat claims to have snapped some ads giving away the big day that appeared briefly on the IGN site. Both mobile and desktop ads suggest that Overwatch will be with us May 24, with early open beta access for pre-orderers beginning May 3.

BEAR SIMULATOR ENTERS PERMANENT HIBERNATION

http://www.pcgamer.com/bear-simulator-enters-permanent-hibernation/

Bear Simulator, which was fed on $100,000 Kickstarter cash after requesting $30,000, is being put to sleep. Unlike many light-hearted Kickstarter sims, however, the update announcing its demise comes over honest, honourable and sad, if a little naive.

SK Hynix To Commence Mass Production of 4 GB HBM2 DRAM In Q3 2016

http://wccftech.com/sk-hynix-hbm2-mass-production-q3-2016/#ixzz42FHbKZbJ

SK Hynix is planning to commence production of their HBM2 DRAMs in Q3 2016, as reported by Golem.de. The source reveals that SK Hynix will be initiating full fledged mass production of 4 GB HBM2 DRAMs in Q3 ’16 and followed quickly with 8 GB HBM2 DRAMs in Q4 ’16. SK Hynix will be aiming to supply NVIDIA’s Pascal and AMD Polaris GPUs, both of which are expected to arrive in mid of 2016.

Q3 is the July to September period, but I really doubt we'll see AMD and Nvidia flagship cards until at least October. And the new Titan will arrive even later (because I assume it will use the 8GB version)

So basically I should build a new rig by next year once Intel and co release their new CPU's and Nvidia/AMD with their new flagships =P.

I should just go for the new monitor this year and spend most of this year saving for a new spec for next year.

More time to save the money

Oh, if Lenovo is available in the UK, you may want to take a look at one of the monitors they'll launch this year: Lenovo Y27g Curved 27" with 144Hz VA Panel and G-sync

It's 1080p and will cost $549 USD, but who knows how much it will be in the UK.