http://news.xbox.com/2016/03/07/microsoft-studios-changes-uk-denmark/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Shame, really. The first two fable games were brilliant. Hopefully these folks find jobs quickly!

Shame for those who have lost their jobs.

I continue to have some concerns about Microsoft's first party development. There's part of me who wonders how long Rare might last.

Having worked for the shit show that is Microsoft and seeing how the fecal sausage is made, this does not surprise me. The whole place is on fire because It's run by absolute morons with no idea what they are doing. That's why they "reorganise" every 5 minutes because they have no vision or forward planning and react to smallest shit like the world is about to end.

I would like to put one up for some of my brothers and sisters still working at that dump. Hope work finds you well.

Ouch, all this recent Xbox news makes it feel like the end of the era. Not entirely sure what exactly that era is, but it just feels weird.

I wonder how far along development was. It was announced like two years ago which makes me want to believe they were pretty far along, but the fact we've seen and heard so little about this game in that time period, the game is now cancelled, and the studio is being shut down leads me to believe that maybe that game was in some sort of development hell and it just wasn't going to be finished any time soon. Oh well, I'll miss 'em.

Wasn't the announcement:

• Fable Legends is cancelled
• We are in talks about closing Lionhead

Sounds like the people who made Max: The Curse of Brotherhood got axed, but Lionshead is still alright. Either way you look at it, this is weird. Fable Legends must have been in development hell, because it seemed like that game was due to come out this year, after being announced back in 2013 or 2014. The thing that gets me is the open talk about whether or not to shut down a studio. I don't know why you would make that public. It's weird being in limbo, not knowing if you're going to have a job, but it must be super weird if everybody else knows about it too.