Microsoft buys Lionhead

BBC NEWS | Technology | Microsoft snaps up UK games guru

So, Molyneux's gone to the dark side then. The BBC piece mentions the fact that he recently had to lay off a fifth of his staff, about 50 people. Last time I was up there, there was a team of about 15 working on the first Black & White. Guess that shows just what Brobdingagian efforts modern games are becoming.