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Lionhead Shakeup [March 04, 2006, 12:31 am ET] - Viewing Comments

The Movies Planet (thanks Brian) reports that Lionhead has internally revealed that it will be downsizing from three development teams to two, and that this means the upcoming Stunts and Effects expansion for the movies will be the end of development of additional content for the game. The news is not attributed, it simply starts with "We understand..." but verification can be found in a post by an admin on the Lionhead Studios Forums (thanks GameSpot). Here goes:

Over the last few months Lionhead has been working on plans for a new AAA world class game. As work on a number of its titles draws to a close, a pool of 100 super talented developers at Lionhead are available to create a new super team at Lionhead. This will be in addition to an existing team which is working on an amazing next generation title. This strategy was presented to Lionhead this morning in a company meeting but sadly it will mean some redundancies.

We are still continuing our support of the Movies, with new downloads on the Propshop, an add-on disk in summer, and the announcement of the winner of the Chrysler competition at E3.

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15. Re: Neato. Mar 4, 20:13 Speckled Jim

 

Oh for a modern Magic Carpet.

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14. Re: Neato. Mar 4, 12:40 Of Rock Star Fame

 

    Over the last few months Lionhead has been working on [ultra, top-secret] plans for a new AAA[AAAAAAAAAA] world class game [experience to the XTREME! KAPPOW!! ZANG!!] As work on a number [million] of its titles draws to a close [climax], a pool of 100 super [ULTRA] talented developers at Lionhead are available to create a [godlike] new super team at Lionhead[, the company which astounded the world with the earth-shattering 'Black & White', redefining digital gaming as we knew it]. [BOOM ZAP POW!!! SHAZAAAAM!!!] This will be in addition to an existing team which is working on an amazing[, mind boggling, life-changing] next [future] generation title EXPERIENCE! KKKKKKKCCHHHH-BANG!!!!!
Laughing so hard, had to dry my eyes.

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13. Re: No subject Mar 4, 12:25 Michael Bolton's hair dresser

 

*cough*

Black and White 2

*cough* huh? it's already *cough* out.


Yes and it's called a flop.

Dr. Michael Bolton's Hairdreser PhD, MD, LLP, DDS

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12. Re: Neato. Mar 4, 12:06 MyRealName

 

    Wow, this PR guy must love his job.
I dunno, I don't think he's trying hard enough. He's leaving out obvious opportunities. Observe:

    Over the last few months Lionhead has been working on [ultra, top-secret] plans for a new AAA[AAAAAAAAAA] world class game [experience to the XTREME! KAPPOW!! ZANG!!] As work on a number [million] of its titles draws to a close [climax], a pool of 100 super [ULTRA] talented developers at Lionhead are available to create a [godlike] new super team at Lionhead[, the company which astounded the world with the earth-shattering 'Black & White', redefining digital gaming as we knew it]. [BOOM ZAP POW!!! SHAZAAAAM!!!] This will be in addition to an existing team which is working on an amazing[, mind boggling, life-changing] next [future] generation title EXPERIENCE! KKKKKKKCCHHHH-BANG!!!!!
See? That's much more effective.


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This message was edited at Mar 4, 12:08.
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11. Re: Neato. Mar 4, 11:44 captawe

 

Note to Lionhead: More people does not equal better game.

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10. Re: Neato. Mar 4, 11:30 Jow

 

I was thinking along the same lines. "AAA world class game"... THUPER!

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9. Neato. Mar 4, 11:00 Of Rock Star Fame

 

    Over the last few months Lionhead has been working on plans for a new AAA world class game. As work on a number of its titles draws to a close, a pool of 100 super talented developers at Lionhead are available to create a new super team at Lionhead. This will be in addition to an existing team which is working on an amazing next generation title.
Wow, this PR guy must love his job.

Translation: Umm... we made some okayish games that didn't sell too well, have more people then we can afford, have to downsize. Thank you.

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8. Re: No subject Mar 4, 08:20 captawe

 

*cough*

Black and White 2


*cough* huh? it's already *cough* out.

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7. Re: ... Mar 4, 08:19 Parallax Abstraction

 

I don't know, I personally liked Black & White 2 and The Movies. They aren't Syndicate or Dungeon Keeper, but they were better than a lot of the same regurgitated stuff that's made up most of the last year (and hey, neither of those games needed a zillion patches to run right unlike several other popular titles.) I couldn't get into Fable mind you, it just felt too dumbed down as an RPG. I'm curious to see what their next-gen stuff is.

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6. Re: ... Mar 4, 08:11 tron

 

    Call me when they start producing good games, rather than just concepts
bingo.

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5. No subject Mar 4, 07:36 Nexus

 

It just looks like that because the sims produces so many, and each one has a thread

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4. Re: No subject Mar 4, 07:07 Semantics

 

usually people post here complaining about an excess of expansion packs.

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3. ... Mar 4, 05:10 theyarecomingforyou

 

Call me when they start producing good games, rather than just concepts.

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2. Re: No subject Mar 4, 02:27 Yakuza

 

Dear Lionhead, while I know you will never see this comment, it should still be said that The Movies is a game which needs MULTIPLE FUCKING EXPANSION PACKS, not just one, you idiots

this sucks.

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1. No subject Mar 3, 23:49 Michael Bolton's hair dresser

 

*cough*

Black and White 2




Dr. Michael Bolton's Hairdreser PhD, MD, LLP, DDS

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