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We found one of our most dedicated!

2009-11-17T12:48:00Z

For all our Twitter following this will be a duplicate post but we have fair amount of people on the RSS feed of our Blog and don't want them to feel left out on some fan-ness.

We got sent a picture yesterday from Brice and his brand new tattoos, they're just too not to share - http://ow.ly/i/82y!

Who can do better? :-)

P.s.: all fanart or any picture you want to show us can be sent to webmaster@lionhead.com

Project Natal Awarded Popular Science's Best of What's New

2009-11-16T16:19:00Z

Popular Science’s Best of What’s New has awarded Project Natal with the Home Entertainment - Grand Award for 2009! This is a major boost for the Natal Team and because we’ve got our own team working with Project Natal on Milo we’d like to thank Popular Science for the award.

My guess is that this will be the first of many articles and awards about the innovation Project Natal brings to video games and maybe even other media, as Bill Gates mentioned a couple of months ago. Here at Lionhead we’re currently working on our very own exciting project, Milo, which makes full use of Natal. This is why to us it’s not a big surprise Natal has been awarded ‘Best of What’s New’ for 2009!

Natal is getting more and more visibility but I bet for the punters out there it’s not enough (it never is is it?) and the public wants to see more of what it can do and how it’ll work! But for now let’s praise the people working on the projects and may they have something to show very soon!

If you’re interested in reading the article though, it can be found in the December issue of Popular Science magazine. However don’t expect a lot of detail on either Project Natal or Milo, for that we’ll all have to wait a bit longer...

Whilst writing this I also spotted that TIME magazine included Project Natal in their list of The 50 Best Inventions of 2009! Leaving teleportation and the AIDS vaccine behind (!?). I was thinking that could make an impressive tagline?

Peter's BAFTA presentation, again

2009-11-03T12:11:00Z

Two weeks ago Peter gave a speech at BAFTA in London about video games (duh!). He talked about the history, his career in the industry, what's to come and what can be expected from Lionhead Studios and our games.

I know many articles have been written about this talk and the following doesn't offer anything new but it's the same talk with a lot of pictures. And another reason I'm putting it on our blog is because they sent us a nice email asking us to.

So big it up for SuperHappyFunTimeShow - http://shfts.com/?p=1422 !

Your fav Fable II Hero poll

2009-08-05T13:17:00Z

MParker started a poll on our forums asking 'Who is your favourite Hero in Fable II?'. Currently the turnout is a bit low but if you want to let your opinion heard, vote here!

Hammer Garth Reaver

Milo picks up two awards

2009-06-09T14:53:00Z

Milo wins 'Best Technology of E3 2009' award from Eurogamer and "WOW" Moment award from Gamefocus.

"The clamour to call Milo a fake when no-one ever claimed he was real - Molyneux himself admitting to “tricks” - proves just how hair-raising, how unsettling Microsoft and Lionhead’s achievement is. It has the smell of witchcraft about it." Eurogamer wrote.

The article goes on; “Milo was the hands-down sensation of E3, but that's not the only reason it takes the Best Technology award. It was the synthesis of Lionhead's AI experiments with Microsoft's technically amazing and surprisingly functional Project Natal hands-free interface to create something genuinely new - not just a demo resembling a flavour-of-the-mass-market Wii game - that attracted our attention, not to mention Steven Spielberg's. Usually the conservative follower of trends, it was Microsoft who took the boldest step into the future this E3.”

Gamefocus said the following about their “WOW” Moment - Project Natal – Milo "Some people say its fake, others think its scary. Either way, this jaw-dropping project from Lionhead’s Peter Molyneux raised the skepticism bar up a notch. Not that we don’t believe Mr. Molyneux and his claims. Nonetheless, it made us ask ourselves what if it was true. There’s no doubt that if this project works, we could assist at the next evolution of role playing games...and even more."

Lionhead @ E3 2009

2009-06-01T17:07:00Z

In about 5 minutes the Microsoft E3 Press Conference will be well under way! There have been promises of big announcements and presentation over the last couple of days/weeks and even I can't wait what it's all going to be.

Also this year there is no need for live chat-feeds, long delays of information or the wait for news snippets here and there. Today you can follow the Microsoft E3 2009 Press Conference live on Xbox.com!

We've found a couple of websites hosting a live feed and listed them here. In case you find another one, feel free to post the url(s) in the comments below.

Happy viewing!

Video Stream:
E3 2009 on Xbox.com - http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/e309/default.htm
MS Conference on Gamespot - http://e3.gamespot.com/press-conference/microsoft-e3/
G4 E3 2009 On TV - http://e3.g4tv.com/e32009/index/

Live Blogs:
Kotaku
Joystick
Eurogamer

For all of you who use Twitter and would like to follow Lionhead's development and what Peter Molyneux is up to; follow LionheadStudios and pmolyneux.

Lionhead in the 'March Mayhem'

2009-03-19T13:31:00Z

From time to time we like to call on this Community to spread the word about our beloved Lionhead. Preferably in a positive way! Like the time we collectively voted to make Peter Molyneux the sexiest designer in games. Remember that?

Anyway, this time Lionhead Studios is game in The Escapist's 2009 March Mayhem, which is a tournament for video games developers. And after winning a BAFTA with Fable II I'm pretty confident we're going to score very well. It'll also show once again that the Lionhead Community is a force to be reckoned with when it comes to public online competitions! This - is - Lionheeaaddd! </spartanvoice>

In the first round, out of five, we are up against our fellow devs at Red Fly Studios and we're hoping for your vote in this round as well as in the upcoming ones to take Lionhead to that number one spot! You can find more about the competition here and once you've registered with The Escapist, go here to vote.

I'll be sure to post a reminder for the second round, as it'll be very likely we're going to be up against Capcom.

Jobs @ Lionhead

2009-01-29T12:45:00Z

Lionhead are hiring! With the recent economic downturn this is a unique opportunity but also one that comes with great responsibility. You can find all job openings on our Jobs page.

Lionhead Studios uses Amiqus Games (a division of the Alexander Mann Group) as its master recruitment vendor. Amiqus are a leading recruiter in the games industry and manage a small group of preferred suppliers on Lionhead Studio's behalf.

If you need any further information on how to apply please do not hesitate to get in touch ASAP.

Game talent 'lured abroad'

2009-01-21T13:47:00Z

Over on BBC24 you can find a short item about game development and animation. "The computer games industry in southern England, which is booming despite the downturn, has warned that home grown talent is being lured abroad."

There is also a short appearance (click link) from Lionhead Studios, plus some desks and monitors you might recognize from the Video Diaries...

The Movies Online History

2008-12-05T12:36:00Z

After three years – 2005 to 2008 - almost two million visitors and over a years worth of unique movies posted (that’s 33025270 seconds), Lionhead Studios feels it’s time for the final curtain to come down on The Movies: Online. The site was ahead of its time, with user-created-content being the main part of the site. We'd like to thank our community, fans and everyone who helped making The Movies: Online not only a success but also a great place to be! We've set up a page about the History of TMO, you can find it here.

So long and thanks for all the fish, no more 1-star Ninjas!

More Fan-Art

2008-09-12T17:00:00Z

It's the end of the week so it's a great time for some more Fan-Art!

Click here for the entire gallery and don't forget to vote!

You ask, Peter answers

2008-09-05T11:28:00Z

As we've mentioned in our Lionhead News a couple of weeks ago - http://www.lionhead.com/?newsid=35 - everyone had the opportunity to ask Peter Molyneux a question. You can find his answer to the first ten question on GameDaily: http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/features/10-questions-lionheads-peter-mol....

"Peter once again answers your questions. He estimates Fable II could have up to 100 hours of gameplay, he likes the idea of PvP (perhaps as DLC?), and he hasn't ruled out creating another Black & White. Much more within..."

Fan Art shipment

2008-07-24T14:21:00Z

After a few weeks of silence, some more Fan Art!

Click here for the entire gallery and don't forget to vote!

Builders!

2008-07-03T10:39:00Z

We've got the builders in on lionhead.com, he he he... Stay tuned, they should be gone in a couple of hours!

Eight days a week!

2008-06-30T21:23:00Z

That's what my week has been like so far, an eight day week! Not just for me, plenty of other developers doing it around here. The news? One of the big things I've been working on the past two months is nearly done, we're talking days now. The final export (but not the final-final) is now happening, I'm going home in about ten minutes but if you've been watching the webcams you'll know it's all been video, video and video around here. He he he.... What day are we?

Oh and yes, my previous entry was a Velvet Underground reference.