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title: "Lionhead Studios: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: "Lionhead Studios Limited was a British video game developer founded in July 1997 by Peter Molyneux, Mark Webley, Tim Rance, and Steve Jackson. The company is best known for the Black & White and Fable series."
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-lionhead-studios
type: Organization
wikidata: Q765389
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionhead_Studios
website: http://www.lionhead.com
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
---

# Lionhead Studios

> Lionhead Studios Limited was a British video game developer founded in July 1997 by Peter Molyneux, Mark Webley, Tim Rance, and Steve Jackson. The company is best known for the Black & White and Fable series.

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## Facts

- Category: Artificial intelligence
- Country: United Kingdom
- Founded: 1996-01-01
- Dissolved: 2016-04-29
- Headquarters: Guildford
- Status: closed
- Website: http://www.lionhead.com
- Also known as: Lionhead Studios Limited
- Industries: video game industry, interactive entertainment

## Accounts

- x: https://x.com/lionheadstudios

## Key people

- Peter Molyneux, founder (English video game designer and game programmer)
- Steve Jackson, founder (British game designer)
- Mark Webley, founder (games developer)

## Ownership

Parent: [Microsoft](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-microsoft.md), [Xbox Game Studios](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-xbox-game-studios.md)

## Products

- video game

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on Lionhead Studios, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-lionhead-studios#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q765389, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionhead_Studios

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