By Bryan Smith on April 30, 2016 at 11:02am
Microsoft officially announced that they will be closing Lionhead Studios. April 29th was their last day of operation. They provided an official statement:
We can confirm that after much consideration over the six week consultation period with Lionhead employees, we have reached the decision to close Lionhead Studios. We have nothing but heart-felt thanks for the team at Lionhead for their significant contributions to Xbox and the games industry.
Stuart Whyte and Callum Macarthur, who worked at the studio, posted on Twitter their last days at Lionhead Studios.
Whether the team took up Microsoft's offer to work at a smaller studio or decided to move on to different studios isn't known.
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