Lionhead Studios Unveil ‘Fable: The Journey’ With The Unreal 3 Engine

Microsoft Studios, Lionhead Studios and Epic Games have today announced that Lionhead is developing Fable: The Journey using Epic’s multi-award-winning Unreal Engine 3. Revealed today during the Xbox 360 E3 2011 Media Presentation, Fable: The Journey is poised to take the hugely popular action-adventure series to the Kinect for Xbox 360. Under Microsoft’s licensing agreement with Epic, Lionhead is now equipped with the latest Unreal Engine technology to bring about powerful new experiences to the critically acclaimed Xbox 360 exclusive franchise that has sold more than 9 million copies worldwide.

Peter Molyneux, creative director of Lionhead Studios and Microsoft Game Studios Europe had this to say: “In using the Unreal Engine with its excellent tools for crafting cinematic in-game experiences, it allows our developers to focus on the quality and uniqueness of ‘Fable: The Journey, already we are seeing a more beautiful, vivid and unique world full of dramatic moments and have crafted new, never seen before gameplay experiences.”

Mark Rein, vice president of Epic Games said: “The world of Albion has always been a beautiful place, and Lionhead embellishing it using the bells and whistles of Unreal Engine 3 makes it even more magical, furthermore, Lionhead truly impresses with their proficiency for Kinect, with intuitive and natural feeling player interactions using voice and gesture controls in demonstrations we have seen firsthand. That gripping experience combined with stunning UE3 visuals truly make this is a world-class union of imagination and technology.”