Former Microsoft creative director says there's no reason an MMO set in Albion shouldn't do "reasonably well." Full Story

Microsoft apologizes for disappearance of Lionhead's RPG from online story, says "isolated issue" has been resolved. Full Story

Lionhead's role-playing game vanishes from online marketplace with players unable to re-download previous purchases. Full Story

FIFA still holds off all newcomers, including Dishonored, Pokemon and XCOM; Fable: The Journey scrapes into the top 40 at number 37. Full Story

"You don't talk about your control pad when you're making Halo," says Lionhead creative director. Full Story

Fable developer staffing up to bring new role-playing game with massively multiplayer online qualities to future-generation technology. Full Story

Humility, Milo, and chair-adjustment personnel--the Fable creator explains why he left Microsoft and what's next. Full Story

[UPDATE] Developer declares upcoming Kinect-exclusive made for those who don't want to merely "jump around their living room"; Fable creators defend game. Full Story

Game Masters at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image in Melbourne will launch this June; the interactive exhibition celebrates game development; more names announced, new video inside. Full Story

Microsoft reveals Lionhead Studios developing four-player hack-and-slash downloadable game based on studio's role-playing series. Full Story

New collection will reportedly mark original Xbox's 10th birthday in region with 250GB system, Halo: Reach, Halo CE: Anniversary, Fable III, and Gears of War 2. Full Story

Microsoft announces new 250GB holiday bundles; $299 option includes Halo: Reach and Fable III; $399 version bundles Kinect, Kinect Adventures, and Carnival Games: Monkey See Monkey Do. Full Story

Fable, Halo, and Gears of War franchise overseer Shane Kim appointed to board of directors at retailer; will "support the advancement of GameStop's digital strategy." Full Story

Video Q&A: Game Studios boss Phil Spencer says internal development houses will integrate motion-sensing tech, but no mandate to do so. Full Story

Lionhead lead combat designer Mike West sounds off on industry hot topics, says any sales of Fable III for PC a "bonus." Full Story

It has taken over half a decade, but Team Bondi's first game is nearly out in the wild. Full Story

Heavy Rain proves a critical favourite, picking up three British Academy awards; Mass Effect 2 wins the Best Game prize; Peter Molyneux awarded the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement. Full Story

Creator of Fable, Populous, and Theme Park to receive Fellowship at the March ceremony. Full Story

Ubisoft's action adventure HD remake joins Torchlight, Bejeweled Blitz Live on XBLA beginning in February; Fable III Coin Golf, Game Room, more calling Windows Phone 7. Full Story

Nintendo's handheld, Activision's shooter reign supreme on last month's hardware, software rankings--latter sells 8.4 million; US sales up 8 percent for best November on record. Full Story

New release slate led by oft-delayed PS3 racing title, Nintendo's Wii gorilla revival installment; Raving Rabbids: Travel in Time, Michael Jackson The Experience, Undead Nightmare Pack also out. Full Story

Pacific Crest's Evan Wilson thinks Medal of Honor, Fallout: New Vegas, Fable 3, and Force Unleashed 2 combined to push game sales to their biggest increase of the year. Full Story

Fable III and Rock Band 3 reviews, Donkey Kong and Dragon Age II previews, Sony and Nintendo earnings reports, and a marathon Kinect session in Now Playing. Full Story

Busy week at retail sees bountiful array of heavy hitters including The Sims 3 for consoles, WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011, The Fight: Lights Out, Shaun White Skateboarding, and Tony Hawk: Shred. Full Story

Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux announces Kingmaker mobile phone app and discusses Fable's various inspirations in a Fable III presentation at London's Eurogamer Expo. Full Story

Lionhead and Microsoft released a character creation tool for the upcoming RPG today; those who preorder can import unique person to full game. Full Story

Develop 2010: Lionhead founder talks about the lessons learned from Fable II and some of the improvements in the upcoming sequel. Full Story

Postapocalyptic combat racer takes home three awards, but Nintendo's new handheld walks off with Best of Show. Full Story

E3 2010: Third installment in Lionhead Studios' action role-playing game franchise dated at Microsoft's E3 conference. Full Story

Non-Xbox 360 players will be able to venture to Albion this Christmas after all; limited edition detailed. Full Story

Saudi Microsoft executive narrows release window for controller-free motion-control system, saying it will ship before Halloween. Full Story

Microsoft schedules weeks of Xbox Live Arcade and Games on Demand releases, headlined by digital debuts for Bungie's sci-fi shooter and Eidos' Lara Croft revamp. Full Story

Publisher segmenting off its E-for-Everyone motion-sensing event from its traditional Monday E3 press conference. Full Story

Microsoft gives Lionhead's action adventure a fourth-quarter release window; Molyneux shows off early version at X10. Full Story

CES 2010: Video interview with Xbox division chief Robbie Bach officially reveals Xbox Live Avatar virtual arcade, confirms Q4 launch for motion-sensing system; video highlights inside. Full Story

[UPDATE] British reports have Peter Molyneux confirming 360 RPG will incorporate motion-sensing tech, offer items for a few dollars; Microsoft downplays developers' comments as misinterpreted. Full Story

Publisher's in-house Xbox 360 studio issues call for 18 developers, including executive producer, creative director, for motion-sensing camera project. Full Story

Shane Kim says mobile plans for its gaming division still coming, but have taken a backseat to other pursuits such as Project Natal. Full Story

Microsoft chairman tells CNET that the technology behind Xbox 360's motion-sensing camera is also in development for Windows-based machines--and will be used for much more than gaming. Full Story

E3 2009 Q&A: Microsoft Game Studios head Phil Spencer talks about the origins of Microsoft's motion-sensing device--and how two top developers have been looking at its technology for "quite some time." Full Story

E3 2009: Expo kicks off with news on Project Natal, Halo Reach, Left 4 Dead 2, Crackdown 2, Forza 3, Lionhead's new virtual friend, and more; Kojima announces all-new project will debut on 360. Full Story

Annual list of world's most bankable development houses topped by the WOW machine; Nintendo bumped into second place. Full Story

Microsoft's latest hardware-software combo includes 120GB console, top releases from 2007, 2008 for $399 this May. Full Story

Spore and Fable II creators join Bing Gordon, Lorne Lanning, Ed Fries, and Rusel DeMaria for a discussion on the education possibilities, potential pitfalls, and global connections of games. Full Story

Shooting down Fable III rumors, Microsoft confirms that a second download pack is on the way for Lionhead's fast-selling RPG. Full Story

Capcom's 2D fighter tops GameFly's rental charts on Xbox 360, PS3, as Microsoft's platform scores near-perfect sweep of top 10. Full Story

PS3 platformer leads Game Developers Choice Awards finalists with seven nods; puzzler takes five; Fallout 3, Left 4 Dead, MGS4 also nominated. Full Story

Software giant letting go of 1,400 employees today after lower-than-expected $4.17 billion in quarterly profit; Xbox division's income rises 14% to $3.18 billion. Full Story

Knothole Island add-on to Lionhead's best-seller pushed back to late January; Microsoft fingers "unexpected technical difficulties" as culprit. Full Story

US gaming industry sees 18 percent year-over-year growth to $1.31 billion; Fable II tops software, Wii retains hardware crown. Full Story

Fallout 3 enters at number one; eight publishers share the top 10 places in the UK all-formats game chart. Full Story

It's raining games, as headliners join Midnight Club, PS3 trio of BioShock, Eternal Sonata, Rock Band 2, Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, Portal: Still Alive, and more. Full Story

Molyneux's Xbox 360 RPG to lack promised feature out of box; Microsoft aiming to add with launch week update. Full Story

Lionhead Studios head on his latest game's flaws, the Pub Games glitch, why he can't play the original Fable anymore, and whether he really thinks the sequel should be scoring 9 out of 10. Full Story

XBLA tie-in to Lionhead Studios' 360-exclusive RPG will open its doors next week. Full Story

Lionhead chief planning extension of the Xbox 360 series, as well as possible sports, driving games. Full Story

Microsoft details incentive promotion, limited-edition package for Lionhead Studios' Xbox 360 role-playing game. Full Story

360 marketing chief exits as Microsoft Game Studios head moves on to "strategic" biz dev; MGS UK GM taking over first-party pub's global operations; work on Forza and Peter Jackson's Halo proceeding; no major hires or cuts planned. Full Story

Xbox 360 maker's senior vice president of publishing house talks to GameSpot about how the console's exclusive offerings stack up against the competition. Full Story

One month after unveiling Keystone, Peter Molyneux reveals two other titles--Mage Dice and Wizard's Tower--will let gamers stockpile in-game gold for the upcoming RPG. Full Story

This year's Game Developers Conference breaks attendance records with more than 18,000 people walking through its doors. Full Story

New XNA/Xbox Live program to distribute independent developers' titles unveiled; cross-platform gaming coming to Zune; 1 billion achievements unlocked; Gears of War sequel official. Full Story

GameSpot asks industry illuminati to predict whether the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, or Wii will emerge as the holiday victor, and which will go on to be the ultimate winner in this generation of the console race. Full Story

Fable developer named as a knight in the country's Order of Arts and Letters for cultural contributions. Full Story

Sakaguchi, Molyneux, and Muzyka discuss the past, present, and future of role-playing games at Microsoft GDC warm-up event. Full Story

Lionhead chief at GDC London to discuss dynamic environments in sequel; reveals a new approach to testing the game's features. Full Story

Demo for WWE Smackdown! vs. Raw 2007 rumbles onto Marketplace; Tony Hawk, Wheelman trailers also now available. Full Story

[UPDATE] Lionhead founder uses GCDC 2006 keynote to talk about the evolution of combat in games other than Fable sequel. Video of keynote inside. Full Story

Cars get jacked and 'tooned, baseballs get Slugged, The Movies gets stunted, And 1 hits the streets. Full Story

Tony Hawk, James Bond, Quake Wars, Transformers, Call of Duty 2 all make appearances at the number-two publisher's exhibition--next to a massive poker table. Full Story

Bill Gates and Peter Moore introduce Live Anywhere, HD-DVD add-on, "Xbox Vision" camera, and expanded lineup for Xbox Live Arcade, Xbox 360, Windows Vista. Full Story

Soccer, Air Combat, and Square Enix's RPG-inspired movie join Black & White 2 and Guild Wars expansions on this week's release roster. Full Story

[UPDATE] Lionhead brings Battle of the Gods to Black & White 2; PC add-on features a rival god. PC demo of B&W 2 now available on GameSpot. Full Story

[UPDATE] Developer's headcount reportedly cut by 50, remaining staffers working on a pair of unannounced projects. Full Story

After months of evasive statements, the publisher admits its Hollywood sim isn't expanding beyond the PC. Full Story

Activision ships the long-awaited, Peter Molyneux-created Hollywood sim; console versions still in turnaround. Full Story

Lionhead and Activision's much-awaited Hollywood sim goes gold for PC; console versions' ship date in limbo. Full Story

PC version of Peter Molyneux's morality role-player expands Xbox edition; extra content adds spells, enemies, and areas. Full Story

Lionhead's forthcoming film-studio game will let virtual Hollywood moguls share their sim-cinema online. Full Story

Stand-alone program lets gamers skip the casting couch auditions to make their own characters for the upcoming Tinseltown sim. Full Story

Microsoft's Shane Kim says gamers can "safely assume" three flagship franchises will arrive on the next-generation console; Jade Empire and Forza Motorsport hinted at. Full Story

PC version of Molyneux's epic choose-your-adventure will get new content; Fable: The Lost Chapters will be available this fall. Full Story

Studio founder Peter Molyneux taps VC community to fund game development, raising $12.7 million. Full Story

This week: CSI Xbox and Final Fantasy: Advent Children--exclusively on UMD. Full Story

First footage of the Hollywood-mogul sim shows off the result of its in-game moviemaking tools. Full Story

Lionhead's Peter Molyneux answers our questions on The Movies. Full Story

Criterion Software announces that its middleware technology has been chosen by Lionhead Studios for the console versions of The Movies. Full Story

The IGDA unveils the nominees for its upcoming Game Developers Choice Awards. Full Story

The release of Lionhead's innovative god game pushes EA's virtual-life game out of the top sales spot for the first time in months. Full Story