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Fable 2 Development

   

Fable 2 at E3 Day One

Published Monday, July 14, 2008 9:57 PM by Sam

So the big Microsoft Xbox360 event took place this morning LA time and what an event it's been. Of course I'm not going to be talking about everything that was shown and announced, there's much better places for that but just a quick update on what was announced about Fable 2 in case you missed it: Online Co-op for Fable 2 has been announced!

So now you know it for sure, no more speculation and (not so) subtle hints, it's a fact that in October 2008 you will be able to show off your unique hero in your own unique Albion world to your friends over Xbox Live! with a simple click on the button (no lobby's or anything).

Plus if you're interested in what Peter gets up to, BBC Technology brings you: THE MOLYNEUX DIARY

   

Comments

 

pharaoh61 said:

Woo HOO ITS FINISHED!!!!!!
July 14, 2008 5:14 PM
 

JTGreat said:

whens the molynator gonna update the diary next?
July 14, 2008 5:16 PM
 

netnoe said:

Yay, I can't wait until October!
July 14, 2008 5:18 PM
 

toolbestbandever said:

Finally a release date!! it's gunna seem like forever till october comes tho ha ha ha.
July 14, 2008 5:25 PM
 

David_B23 said:

was this the 4th big feature?
July 14, 2008 5:26 PM
 

LiamGomez said:

Amazing! You guys have done it again... And that's just the first announcement! Loved the glimpse of the opening scene, the new co op idea was so fresh... Can't wait to play with my friends!

Superb.

You guys truly are amazing. Smily [:)]
July 14, 2008 6:01 PM
 

HobbeSlayer said:

Thank you, thank you! Online Co-op is going to be f***ing awesome! And now I have a deadline to get enough money to buy Limited Collecters Edition! Thank so much Lionhead!
July 14, 2008 6:50 PM
 

HobbeSlayer said:

only 78 days to go till the 1st for aussies(not including today)
July 14, 2008 7:01 PM
 

ct09 said:

YES!  CANT WAIT this is going to be AMAZING!!!!
July 14, 2008 7:11 PM
 

beautifulDesign said:

niice
July 14, 2008 7:20 PM
 

Gunmaster said:

awesome
July 14, 2008 7:38 PM
 

randomhero778 said:

This game is going to be awesome.i already went ahead and pre ordered it so i can get the pub games to build up my bank account,ONLY 3 MORE MONTHS!!!
July 14, 2008 8:29 PM
 

Swigsta said:

YES!!! FINALY! AHHHH!!! OCTOBER!!!!! i love you guys right now! all the waiting is finaly going to be over! i cant wait till october!
July 14, 2008 8:43 PM
 

Fable2fanatic said:

ITS FINISHED!!!!!!!!!!!! FINNALLY, WELL WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU GUYS WAITING FOR, RELESE IT NOW!!!!!! IVE WAITED 3 YEARS FOR THIS.
July 14, 2008 8:55 PM
 

Mongrel11 said:

wow i must say this game really does look like its going to be the game to play. really looking forward to it now. trailers and such look great, game is as i though it should be and i must say i am very happy that finally this 1 will be co-op not only on live but in your living room as well...great for us who rather not sit alone. cant wait
July 14, 2008 10:55 PM
 

clark1250 said:

Told everyone on this site they would anounce online co-op at E3 lets hope theres more. Plus great info thanks.
July 14, 2008 11:26 PM
 

Mumpert9 said:

thanks sam....
July 14, 2008 11:50 PM
 

Church519 said:

i dont know what im gonna do till october. they should add a countdown clock to the site so we can watch the minutes slowly dissolve for the next 75 days. it would probably count as murder in the first degree
July 15, 2008 12:12 AM
 

moonfever said:

Thanks Sam, I really loved all the new info. Hope you're getting some rest.
July 15, 2008 2:37 AM
 

SatchBoogie said:

Gonna be nice Smily [:)] not that I'm gonna use it ;P Don't even have XBL most of the time, and when I do have it, it's silver. Still, great, great news! Thanks for the update.
July 15, 2008 4:00 AM
 

sethanon87 said:

G4TV has 7 extra minutes of Fable 2 Footage, the cobat looks very fluid, and the Co-Op seams like it gells well with the other player.

http://e3.g4tv.com/e32008/videos/26919/Hands_On_Fable_2.html
July 15, 2008 4:29 AM
 

GBHope said:

wou thats great online . now al i wanne no is the release date of the pub game and i be happy.

thanks for the update
July 15, 2008 5:16 AM
 

VanDaal said:

WOOHOO Fable 2 is ready!!!!!!!! October is gonna be a golden month. A lot of rainy days which gives us the chance to play Fable 2 like crazy....
July 15, 2008 5:52 AM
 

Jazzmyra said:

This autumn is going to be the golden age for the 360 Big Smile [:D] With the new dashboard, the avatars, the live party and all that. Oh..wait..i forgot. Fable 2 is coming out at the same time!

The E3 2008 trailer was so great. Especially the scene were the hero is being cast out of the castle. It really shows whats being taken away from him.

I can see myself playng this game, non-stop, until christmas.
July 15, 2008 6:01 AM
 

TerryWrist said:

lol like the Covenant being a playable faction in Halo Wars and like Gears getting a sequel we knew this was going to happen all along!! We're a smart people!!  ; )
July 15, 2008 6:09 AM
 

thefurie said:

October? *looks away and wipes a tear of joy away* I'm so happy!
July 15, 2008 8:29 AM
 

bannostookaylo said:

lol i was just reading through the comments and saw some people didn't know what to do till october... well im playing 9Dragons from acclaim haha u should check it out... its been keeping me busy till Fable 2 comes out..  

http://9dragons.acclaim.com/

also idk if announcing online co-op was that big of an announcement... i mean i know it was hinted at but come on... fable 2 is going to be one of the greatest games released on xbox 360 to date... there is no way it wouldn't feature online co-op.

ANYWAY fable 2 is so close to release date anyway i doubt if there is anything that is absolutely mouth dropping that they could say about the game without giving away some really kewl surprises that we'll get to experience within the game Wink [;)]

So yea thats by 2 cent... oh yea that new Red Faction game looked BAD A$$!!! does anyone have any comment about it? that new physics engine they've made for the building and environment just looks ridiculous i cant wait to play it.
July 15, 2008 8:35 AM
 

bannostookaylo said:

*So yea thats my 2 cents... oh

and i realize i said anyway twice in succession lol my bad Stick out tongue [:P]
July 15, 2008 8:38 AM
 

Aeneas_Shrike said:

Bug in G4 play?

Okay, the game looks great and I plan to buy it. Just wanted to make that clear. This sounds nit picky, but I came to the forum to ask if anyone else noticed the character models in the G4 game-play, when landing on a sloped part of the road, loose half of their model under the road?

Meaning, the body would land on the slope flat, as if the road was flat, causing the half of their model going into the hill and disappearing under the plane of the road. This is a bug, and not a game-killer, but I can see it driving me bonkers while I'm playing the whole game. As I'm sure their QA has seen it, has there been any statement as to whether they still have time to fix it?
July 15, 2008 8:48 AM
 

EmperorBlue said:

i know i really shouldnt listen to gamespot over the original may release date fiasco but according to them its coming out on the 17th october.
July 15, 2008 9:01 AM
 

Giffdud said:

w00t e3
July 15, 2008 9:43 AM
 

Reonoir said:

cue "Wake Me Up When September Ends" by Green Day
July 15, 2008 9:47 AM
 

mkw515 said:

Ha, he said Resident E v i l [Evil] 4 xD
G o o d [Good] luck with the Jet Lag Peter! And G o o d [Good] show!
July 15, 2008 10:44 AM
 

Church519 said:

i cant find any trailers for fable 2 except for the one with the little girl and the finger thing. can someone help me out?
July 15, 2008 10:45 AM
 

Flood15 said:

Peter said that Fable 2 was finished but why not release it now ? There are so many other games coming out around october/noveber that Fable 2 might get lost in the frenzy for Gears of War 2. So whay not relese it now ? Are there still bugs to be squashed ?
July 15, 2008 11:03 AM
 

Onikage36 said:

They are still working out bugs of course. Polish, polish, polish. But from the videos and all that can be seen everything is looking great. I can't wait to see more as the week progresses.
July 15, 2008 11:11 AM
 

whiteratprime said:

Was that the new feature? Because I didnt think it would be about co-op based on past videos with PM talking abut couch co-op
July 15, 2008 1:49 PM
 

eobaggs said:

Online co-op!  ^^
July 15, 2008 4:35 PM
 

SternFirstBorn said:

Finaly the wait is almost over!
July 15, 2008 6:00 PM
 

justinwbearden said:

I will love this game =D
I've been waiting for it for a while.
I believe the reason they postponed it till Octobers is so they can fix all the bugs. I think when Peter said the game was complete he meant the core game is complete.
anyways. it's going to be a great game.
July 15, 2008 7:50 PM
 

EvilElve said:

W00T3RZ!!
I can't wait for october to bad its not in september cause my birthdays in september =D!
July 15, 2008 9:36 PM
 

petey445 said:

i can't wait until i can get drunk with my frendz and pick up hookers in F2!!!!!!

X)
July 15, 2008 11:02 PM
 

Rebalious said:

Cool online co-op (as if we didn't already know) shame I'm a loner =p.
Its also a shame I probably won't have enough money when it first comes out so I'll just have to wait a bit longer, although birthday is also in september =D.
July 16, 2008 8:10 AM
 

alexisrose said:

I like the idea about seeing your friends as orbs and being able to pop into their game to see what their world looks like according to the choices they made. But I have a question and maybe its been mentioned but I haven't seen it......if you pop into someones game....what happens to your game? Does it just pause and wait for you to come back and restart you right where you left off? I'd hate to be in the middle of a quest, pop out for a bit into my friends game to help them out with something to come back into my game to find I have to start clear back at my last save point. Can anyone shed some light on this question?
July 16, 2008 12:10 PM
 

tracer92 said:

after E3  is over will the demo be on xbox live so we can see what its like our selves ?

ps: i like the E3 trailer nice 1 Smily [:)]
July 16, 2008 1:04 PM
 

tracer92 said:

alexisrose i dont know but i think it would put u back to the last save point if u are in a quest u will have to tell your friend to wait thats what i would do lol . : |
July 16, 2008 1:17 PM
 

alexisrose said:

thanks tracer92, i had asked the same question in a thread and no one answered back last time i checked.
July 16, 2008 2:18 PM
 

chucknorriz said:

i liked the demo oakvale looked pretty kool
July 16, 2008 4:14 PM
 

killinzone said:

Wow, the demo on IGN and game spot were amazing! I thought Fable was a great game; but fable 2 is going to set the bar for RPG's (again). You guys deserve a pat on the back for what you have done. Enjoy the rest of your time in LA - awesome job lionhead studios, Awesome job...

oh, my b-day is october 12th (1981) - I hope fable 2 is out by then!
July 17, 2008 12:22 AM
 

tracer92 said:

are the towns really that big ?
July 17, 2008 10:52 AM
 

tracer92 said:

or is it just the 1
July 17, 2008 11:47 AM
 

chucknorriz said:

theres might be 2 or 3 more towns that size but most of the other towns r smaller
July 17, 2008 1:28 PM
 

tracer92 said:

thanx Smily [:)]
July 17, 2008 4:04 PM
 

Over50Squirrels said:

Loved the demos, great job!
July 18, 2008 3:09 PM
 

FableFORVER said:

I Cried when i heard co-op those were tears of SUPER JOY and then on kotaku about the condoms was just amazing simply great
July 18, 2008 7:26 PM
 

kingtiger287 said:

just wondering, I pre-ordered the limited edition about 2 months ago when gamestop wasn't told about the official limited edition of it and didn't know about the free pub games for pre-ordering. how will i get the free games?
July 18, 2008 8:28 PM
 

Dashwortz said:

Aha! i pre-ordered the limited edition from gamestop yesterday and i cant wait till october!!
July 18, 2008 10:15 PM
 

chucknorriz said:

yea thats y i didnt pre order mine right away i'm going to pre order within the next week
July 18, 2008 11:30 PM
 

AMCope said:

The Co op is pretty awesome. I watched the E3 08 Live on G4 and the jump in, jump out co op is probably the sweetest Feature of Fable 2, with the exception of it already being totally awesome.
July 19, 2008 3:10 AM
 

Revimitar said:

I'm gonna say it wasn't worth the wait. Hopefully when Sam comes to burn down my house he'll be carrying Fable 2 on his person >.>
July 19, 2008 7:53 AM
 

bops235 said:

Does anybody know when they are getting back?:/
July 19, 2008 11:21 AM
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