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Microsoft buys Lionhead

Fable's happy ending?
By Nick Farrell
Friday, 7 April 2006, 12:48
SOFTWARE giant Microsoft has just bought the British games outfit Lionhead.

No-one is saying how much Steve Ballmer paid for the company, which is famous for developing the "Fable" role-playing games for its Xbox video-game consoles.

Vole said that Lionhead would continue to develop games exclusively for its Xbox consoles and Windows operating system.

Some are seeing the purchase as a move by Vole to make sure that it has enough software in place for its XBox 360 when Sony's PS3 and Nintendo's Revolution consoles enter the market.

More at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer . ยต

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