Fable 2 gets October date

By Robert Purchese Published 14 July, 2008

It's finally "finished" - Molyneux.

Peter Molyneux has said Fable 2 will be released in October.

Confirmation came at the end of a playable demonstration during the Microsoft E3 press conference, which revealed the role-playing game is finally "finished".

We were also introduced to the purple orbs dotted around the world. These represent your friends playing their single-player game, and you can go up to them and invite them straight into your world.

"No lobbies, just that immediacy of being able to call people into your world," said Molyneux.

You can read much more about how that works in our extensive hands-on with Fable 2, which went live earlier this evening.

You can also pop over to our live text coverage of the Microsoft E3 press conference to see what else happened.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (8) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • Vic #1 4 years ago

    I'm betting this doesnt sell well. At least on the 360

  • MasterNameless #2 4 years ago

    Miserable sods... I for one, cannot wait for this game! Loved the first Fable, even if it didn't live up to my expectations. And does this mean... that... it... IS co-op over Live?!? /swoon

  • mintyben #3 4 years ago

    If it is "finished" then why don't they release


    Or is this more like a valve/blizzard "finished"...

  • evild_edd #4 4 years ago

    How can anyone be negative about this? The original was a stellar title. An enjoyable RPG withought needless hours of boring filler side-quests (YES Oblivion - I mean you!!!). Being a gamer with too little time these days, Fable was a perfect fit for me. A sequel with online co-op sounds perfect.

    This in October, Gears in November.

  • Vic #5 4 years ago

    @JSPOOLE

    I hope I havent hurt your feelings.

    That was many years ago, and is irrelevant now, not least because many people felt Fable failed to live up to expectation. I can see this sequel being another Viva Pinata.

  • Stuz359 #6 4 years ago

    Yo can turn off that purple orb thing right cause that would just ruin the game for me.

  • bonker #7 4 years ago

    I need someone to confirm, definitively, that this will have fully integrated/interactive co-op play via Live!

    I.E. not just bump into your mates and talk to them via voice etc.

    Edit: OK there's lots of stuff on EG's play-test which sounds great but I'd still like more on the co-op constraints - review it already will ya?! :)
    Edited by 1 at 15/07/08 @ 12:57

  • muscleblade #8 4 years ago

    "Yo can turn off that purple orb thing right cause that would just ruin the game for me. "

    Some people are just afraid too meet other people. Antisocial beings obviously. This could be the feature that make me want the game. I didnt like Oblivion much btw too long and too boring. This could be something else hopefully imo.

    And the game will sell incredibly well no matter what. many many gamers has this as they GOTY candidate number one. I dont though im more of a Gears 2 type i guess.
    Edited by 1 at 15/07/08 @ 14:11