Fable 2 looking likely for October

By Ellie Gibson Published 25 June, 2008

Molyneux suggests so in new video.

A new developer diary for Xbox 360 exclusive Fable 2 has offered a strong hint the game will be released in October.

The video is now showing over on Eurogamer TV. About a minute in, Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux is shown drawing a box round the word "OCTOBER" in a notebook.

Molyneux has previously told us to expect the game towards the end of the year, "when the leaves have a slight brownish tinge - but are still on the trees, if you see what I mean".

Microsoft has been putting the game down for a "holiday" release, but seeing as Thanksgiving means Americans start their holiday season in November, October seems to fit.

Lionhead's official spokesperson declined to comment on the video, but then she's a lot better at keeping secrets than Peter Molyneux.

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Comments (24) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • Benno #1 4 years ago

    8/10

  • Xerx3s #2 4 years ago

    Better than mgs4.

  • Benno #3 4 years ago

    As good as MGS4

  • Dizzy #4 4 years ago

    So...

    Too Human - August
    Viva Pinata Trouble in Paradise - September
    Fable 2 - October
    Banjo - November
    Gears 2 - November
    Left4Dead - November

    Year of who?

  • Wash #5 4 years ago

    Aslong as its well polished and finished, everything released so far makes this game look all kinds of good.

  • miiiguel #6 4 years ago

    Dizzy, it's 2009 now...

  • Machiavel #7 4 years ago

    News just in: genius AI dog poops on house, eats villager.

  • Xerx3s #8 4 years ago

    Yeah but mgsO is a 7 so that marks it all down innit. \0/

  • ParanoidZombie #9 4 years ago

    @Dizzy: you forgot infinite undiscovery (september) and last remnant (probably december). As a RPG nut, I expect a lot from those 2. Is splinter cell conviction definitely delayed to 2009?

  • NewbieZilla #10 4 years ago

    8/10 game that in reality will play more like a 7.

  • RazorObsession #11 4 years ago

    well if we are going by clues from the video, bear in mind that the month they made the video was APRIL, which has a 'first' in it, the day of fools and their jokes, so nothing may be concrete...

    P.S. did anyone notice in the shot at 1:38, someone hidden by an office divider was playing with the ghostbusters car, making it drive along in the background? made me laugh.

  • Farfarer #12 4 years ago

    If this game makes October I'll eat my hat.

  • WinterSnowblind #13 4 years ago

    Get ready to eat your hat then. From what we've heard the game is basically complete and they're just tweaking things and bug testing. And contrary to popular belief, the original game was never delayed even once. The first date they announced for it was October, and it made that date.

  • glaeken #14 4 years ago

    @NewbieZilla

    If that is a real comment please do us a favor and never breed.

  • kangarootoo #15 4 years ago

    "From what we've heard the game is basically complete and they're just tweaking things and bug testing"

    You say that as if tweaking and bug testing is a quick or simple process.

    "The first date they announced for it was October, and it made that date."

    Err, its not out yet. Neither is it October yet.

  • Dizzy #16 4 years ago

    >You say that as if tweaking and bug testing is a quick or simple process.

    With 3-4 months to go that shouldn't be a problem.

  • MasterNameless #17 4 years ago

    @kangarootoo

    Fair enough on your first point there, but I believe WinterSnowBlind was referring to Fable 1 with their announcement and release date... Perhaps you were a little blinded when reading his post? :p

    I hope he's right though, can't wait to play this game! It has been confirmed to be co-op over Live now hasn't it? I know it's definately co-op, I just remember that they never specified whether that was online too though. God, I hope it is, would make it FAR more enjoyable.

    If it is, the first thing I'm gonna do when I visit a friends world is to seduce their wife... or their teenage daughter maybe! Boring just killing em straight off, better to make my friend kill his own wife, after causing them to have a major domestic! ^_^

  • jglover4 #18 4 years ago

    "And contrary to popular belief, the original game was never delayed even once."
    O_o

  • Triggerhappytel #19 4 years ago

    "And contrary to popular belief, the original game was never delayed even once."

    That may or may not be true, but given it was aiming for the Xbox's launch and turned up about two years later, I imagine that probably counts as something of a delay, official release date or not.

    Anyway, I don't expect this will be out on time. Lionhead games are always delayed. I reckon next March.

  • WinterSnowblind #20 4 years ago

    @jglover4
    I can assure you that's true. :p

    And they haven't annouced if it supports Live play yet, unlike with the original, they're only talking about/showing features that are already finished and in the game. They aren't going to promise Live play if it's not going to make it.

  • HardToast #21 4 years ago

    People still care about this after the first one?

  • WinterSnowblind #22 4 years ago

    Ask that to the Killzone fans ;P

    The first Fable was an excellent game, disappointing, in regards to the hype, but ignoring that, it was a lot of fun, very inventive and almost totally unique. If Fable 2 was just a bigger version of the original, it would still be great, but the fact they're also delivering on pretty much every promise that was made for the first just makes it that much better.

  • MasterNameless #23 4 years ago

    Argh. I was really hoping this had Live support confirmed! It'll still be a great game without it no doubt, but so much more fun online!

    And yeah, I'm agreeing with WinterSnowblind on the Fable 1 point again. It was only disappointing because Molyneux hyped it up so much it could never live up to our expections, disregarding the hype though it was still a brilliantly innovative and original game.

  • bonker #24 4 years ago

    No Live co-op is a kick in the bollocks :(