Fable

By Randy Nelson Hey there, Blu-box. We suppose you've heard by now that Microsoft has denied your existence yet again? It's true. This time, it told Edge Online, "As we've said before, Microsoft has no plans to introduce an Xbox 360 Blu-ray add-on." Now, now, Blu-box. Don't cry. We know that just yesterday it s...

By Alexander Sliwinski Lionhead announced today that the Fable 2 online co-op patch is locked and loaded on its end for day one of release -- now the developer just needs to get through Microsoft certification. This means when gamers try to enter Albion for the first time in their respective regions (beginning wi...

By Alexander Sliwinski Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Action. Reviewers received Fable 2 this week and found within the package a letter from developer Peter Molyneux asking for a few things. Variety explains one of the first things the letter asks (using ...

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By Justin McElroy OK, so notorious over-promiser Peter Molyneux did stop short of guaranteeing that the soon-to-be-released Fable 2 would actually receive downloadable content. But he did tell VideoGamer.com that Lionhead would be "pretty dumb" if it wasn't planning it. In case you don't speak Molyneux...

By Alexander Sliwinski Lionhead Studios' latest developer diary hits a high note covering the audio of Fable 2. Music and sound effects are detailed for most of the piece, but the last section features British actors using those adorable accents of theirs. Prolific actor Stephen Fry, who is also the narrator of L...

By Ludwig Kietzmann Curse you, "supply chain issues!" You can blame them for the undignified nerfing of the Fable 2 Limited Collector's Edition, which will now ship sans Fate Cards, adorable Hobbe figure and splendid, premium box. Thankfully, the reduction also affects the package's price, which will go d...

By Ludwig Kietzmann To make up for the loss, Lionhead Studios has offered a downloadable Fable soundtrack. To obtain the tunes, visit sumthingdigital as of October 6th and enter "FableCollection" as a promotion code.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Randy Nelson Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Action, Adventure Lionhead technical art director, Ian Lovett, tells Eurogamer that consumers are "visually illiterate." Wait a ... what cha talkin' 'bout, Ian? Turns out that the man behind Fable 2's lurveliness - following a verbal double-take by conce...

By Alexander Sliwinski Lionhead CEO Peter Molyneux is saying that Fable 2's online co-op could be available on launch day. Microsoft's Gamerscore Blog announced over the weekend that the feature would not be available at launch, but should be auto-patched in later, hopefully within a week.

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By Ross Miller Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Business We've received numerous tips (and noticed a rather popular digg) about an Xbox 360 event in Dehli, India that "confirmed" a slim Xbox 360 console was to be announced in December for release sometime in 2009. The information eminates from two Engl...

By Griffin McElroy Before you swear off Molyneux's highly anticipated brainchild, know that later in the same post, it's explained that the feature will come to the title in an auto-update -- Lionhead and Microsoft Game Studios are hoping to make it available within a week of the title's North American lau...

By Alexander Sliwinski Lionhead Studios announced earlier today that Fable II has gone gold, which means that everything appears to be on track for a release Oct. 21 in NA, Oct. 24 in Europe. To celebrate, the Lionhead team went to the pub last night and got a little tipsy. No word yet if anyone cheated at any games -- or i...

By Alexander Sliwinski Filed under: Arcade, Culture, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action Taking a cue from Peter Molyneux's Fable II review, The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai's developer, James Silva, took the opportunity to review his own game before its release. Silva declares that it's inexcusable for his game to have...

By Joystiq Staff Filed under: Culture, Nintendo DS, Sony PSP, Meta (about Joystiq) In honor of the new PSP Brite moniker, we present the Lite Brite. Here's what we'll be playing this weekend. Be sure to let us know what games will be occupying your time! Alexander Sliwinski: Well, after a debilitating incid...

By Joystiq Staff It really feels like this week belongs to Xbox Live Arcade. The whole month really, considering a slew of AAA titles are on the way. This week we got Bionic Commando Rearmed, which is everything a Bionic Commando fan could hope for. If you haven't already, definitely give it a try. You can check o...

By Richard Mitchell Rumor: A new Chief'less Halo announced at E3 Next Halo stars Dom DeLuise.Rumor: Countdown site for next Bungie announcement Looks supa fake to usCreate-a-Henchman in Fable 2 Who knew it was these easy to get henchmen?New video for The Maw

By Ross Miller ESRB to curb early game leaks UK short on skilled video game labour IGN introduces us to some Fable 2 NPCs BioWare considering Wii, PSP development Rock Band Weekly: Weezer gets set to Doolittle Multiwinia preview shows off pixelated mayhem Tales of Vesperia gets demo on Xbox Live

By Ross Miller Lionhead's Molyneux open to revisiting his past catalog Microsoft hires former Nintendo exec to expand Euro footprint Indie film to take on mythical, 'evil' arcade game Lionhead releases fifth Fable 2 video diary Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard give voices to 'Iron Man' video game

By Ross Miller Filed under: PC, Microsoft Xbox 360 Mad scientist extraordinaire Peter Molyneux has made a great discovery! In an interview with GamersGlobal, the Fable 2 designer talked about an AI-focused experiment codenamed Dmitri. The experiment became a game six months ago after "a discovery w...

By Richard Mitchell The best and worst of GDC08 plus interviewsFancast Xtra: Microsoft GDC08 blogger breakfast Bribing us with bacon, for shame!Fancast Xtra: Peter Molyneux Interview at GDC08 Listen to our Peter Molyneux interview or ...X3F interviews Peter Molyneux about Fable 2, BC, XNA

By Justin McElroy Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Action, RPGs, GDC Want to know why Peter Molyneux's replacing your mini-map with a breadcrumb trail? Whether or not his character has unprotected sex? If same-sex marriage is still on the table? Journey on, dear reader, journey on.

By Richard Mitchell Xbox 360 Fancast 055 -- Refresh Advance Wars on the big screen News: First downloadable episode perhaps?Bungie talks Halo 3 melee fix and new playlists Melee evolvedThe EndWar book is lying to you Copious amounts of demon blood spilledRumor: Fable 2 ships May 30

By Alexander Sliwinski Dungeon Hero's title is supposed to be a bit ironic. See, the thing in Dungeon Hero is that you're a a human, but you're not actually good, and the dungeon isn't bad. Through a fantastic opening sequence (found after the break) you'll get the premise of what's going on. A dungeon is just another...

By Alexander Sliwinski Filed under: Culture, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action, AdventureAccording to Peter Molyneux, death in Fable 2 will be different than what we've seen in any other game. Fan website Loinhead (not a typo) recently landed an interview with Molyneux and they had a little chat about Fable 2, Black a...

By Ludwig Kietzmann Though his calm and and exceedingly eloquent manner might suggest a more languid pace, Peter Molyneux wastes little time when raising expectations -- and he knows it. "I'm going to get into trouble for saying this," says the British game designer before launching into his Fable 2 GDC pres...