“Fable,” a new IP from the 6th Generation, originally appeared as an exclusive title on the original Xbox, developed by Big Blue Box and published by Microsoft itself. Big Blue Box was originally assembled from members of former Western PC developer, Bullfrog, which was eventually gobbled up by EA, leaving a number of its employees free to reconvene elsewhere. Big Blue Box didn’t last long, however, as “Fable” was its only published game prior to complete absorbtion by parent company Lionhead Studios, which itself was later absorbed (and recently shuttered) by Microsoft. Throughout all of phases of existence, the one cornerstone of Bullfrog, Big Blue Box, and Lionhead was one Peter Molyneux, a British game designer with a massive tendency to overestimate the quality and depth of... |
Rating of 2.5/5 |