Lionhead Studios was a British video game developer located in Guildford, England.
In 2001 it released its first title, the real-time strategy game Black & White; over the next year it launched deals with independent studios Big Blue Box Studios and Intrepid Computer Entertainment, who were developing Fable and B.C., respectively, to serve as a producer for their games.
After the launch and success of the action role-playing game Fable in 2004, however, at the urging of Microsoft B.C.
Lionhead had financial difficulties as a result, and was purchased by Microsoft Game Studios in 2006.
[1] During its lifetime Lionhead Studios released nine games, primarily for Microsoft Windows personal computers and Xbox consoles, and worked on at least ten other titles which were cancelled in various stages of development.