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An extensive and excellent report on Eurogamer has shed light on what it was like to work at Lionhead. Among the dozens of fascinating snippets it reveals (including that Microsoft had several offers for the studio prior to deciding it would be closed – a fact MCV knows to be …
Read More »Keywords now a Microsoft-authorized Xbox tester
A Keywords article that’s NOT about an acquisition? What’s going on?
Read More »‘Multiple buyers’ reportedly wanted to purchase Lionhead – but Microsoft wouldn’t let Fable go
’90 per cent’ of interested parties walked away when Microsoft refused to sell Fable IP, sources claim
Read More »Universal Windows Platform unlocks framerate for PC devs
Support for AMD Freesync and Nvidia G-Sync also added
Read More »Windows 10 won’t be free for much longer
Microsoft has revealed how much Windows 10 will cost when its free upgrade period ends in July. The OS will cease to be offered as a free upgrade to existing Windows users on July 29th, at which point it will be priced at $119 (around 82, although the actual UK …
Read More »Minecraft: Xbox One Edition has a new retail bundle on the way
A newer version of Minecraft: Xbox One Edition is on the way to retail. Costing 19.99 and due out on June 21st, the Minecraft: Xbox One Edition Favourites Pack includes the base game, two Battle and Beasts skin packs, the Natural, City and Fantasy texture packs and the Festive and …
Read More »Sweeney renews Microsoft attack with fresh UWP criticism
Epic founder Tim Sweeney has continues his assault on Microsoft’s Windows 10 Universal Windows Platform applications in an interview at the GamesBeat Summit in California. The developer in March launched a scathing attack on the platform, saying it was Microsoft’s most aggressive ever move on the PC market and an …
Read More »Goodbye, Lionhead: studio officially closes
Fable, Black & White and The Movies developer originally founded in 1996 by Peter Molyneux
Read More »Windows 10 update needed to fix Quantum Break PC crashing
Remedy has said that a fix for the troubled PC version of Quantum Break won’t be possible until Microsoft rolls out an update to Windows 10 itself. Writing on its forums, Remedy added an amendment to the section about Windows 10 performance issue and framerate stutters, that: Microsoft has identified …
Read More »How Xbox 360 changed everything
Back in 2004, Xbox VP Peter Moore spent two days pretending to be PlayStation CEO Ken Kutaragi. During the planning stages of Xbox 360, Moore (who now works at EA) and his fellow Microsoft employees – including former Xbox president Robbie Bach and chief technology officer J Allard – had …
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