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DONKIE737 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:55:33 GMT

Thats great news, of course, i never really cared about the whole business to begin with. I think most people are too, for the lack of a better word, stuck up...

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DarthTrethon — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:57:06 GMT

Awesome news. Thanks Sam.

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kurasoe — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:58:54 GMT

Stuck up puts it lightly. Myself, and all my friends that loved Fable, have had no issue with the patch coming out one week - or one month - after the game's release. The fact remained that it would happen. And logically speaking, we've got no proof that the Fable 2 development team has ever let us down, put anything off, or not finished something promised to us. I actually expected this to happen, given how hard everyone has been working as it is. I hope you guys shortly get a break to spend time with your family's and take a few days (weeks) off.... it's well-deserved!

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K0DAMA — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:02:31 GMT

well done guys.

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VanDaal — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:13:22 GMT

Although I didn't mind having it a week delayed so I could check out the SP for myself, it's always great news to have al the features from day one. Thanx & Congratz Lionhead...

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Bud510 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:14:33 GMT

All right! You guys really must have gone all out to do this. We are very very very very thankful for your hard work.

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Foggy — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:18:15 GMT

Excellent! You should really, really send out a Press release for this Sam. Get this out there. This is excellent and positive news!

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BayStone — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:22:24 GMT

Well done.

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moonfever — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:24:28 GMT

Now maybe things will calm down. Thanks for the update. Looking forward to it.

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Conastan — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:24:43 GMT

Wicked news.
Thanks Sam

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toddquest — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:36:04 GMT

Awesome Job
"In your face eternal single player confinement!"

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UntamedWaters — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:46:33 GMT

W00t W00t! Great job guys!

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EnragedTadpole — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:47:11 GMT

Go team!

I can see a lot of threads/posts talking about, hehe.

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alsotop — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:52:31 GMT

Great news, thank you and well done!

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SimonJ666 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:57:27 GMT

18th dec for jap, i feal sorry for them having to wate tll then, i prob wont co-op online for at least a week anyway to busy playin on my own

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TerryWrist — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:03:26 GMT

Sexy!
(i'd like to point out - i never complained!)
lol

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Syao — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:11:42 GMT

Cool,nice to hear that.

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mangamathias — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:13:37 GMT

never planned to use the online that much... but, that does not mean i can't say: Thanks guys! you're awemenesstastickler!

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Woody — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:39:42 GMT

I think Peter mentioned this to IGN and it's important to know that he says 'almost certain':

In an interview at the Tokyo Game Show, the Fable II creator told IGN, "I'm almost certain we'll have it for a day-one patch," when asked when gamers can expect the promised feature.

-- http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/917/917946p1.html

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tracer92 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:50:42 GMT

nice team work lionhead

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Blazing_chaos — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:00:53 GMT

Nice work! I would have said just leave it out for now because id rather have a game with very LITTLE bugs/glitches as possible. But as long as you have almost all of those fixed plus co-op, i wont complain. Simply amzing lionhead, you guys are #1

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eobaggs — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:05:11 GMT

Great to hear Woody!

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JMAC2589 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:19:11 GMT

Great news, now I can kill my friends spouses Day 1. Naw I'm just kidding I'll play the straight and narrow path...yeah...right...

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XavierSaint — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:25:17 GMT

Woohoo! work you guys!

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UnknownOne007 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:39:47 GMT

That's , all those complainers will beable to play online day one... I personally really want to explore the single player aspects before delving into the online... Though I probably will play online, cause I've a friend who is getting the game... and he now lives in another state... Social networking of fable II...

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king46 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:41:41 GMT

great job lionhead team microsoft is so lucky they have you

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darksideguy223 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:43:35 GMT

I wasn't worried i knew you guys would come through

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no37 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:48:39 GMT

allright

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survivalist13 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:49:15 GMT

Well that's sorted.
Best thing is I have half term the week after it comes out.
However I'll be going away for some of it.
I think I'll take my xbox and play co-op with my bro (no HD or internet though).

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survivalist13 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:51:21 GMT

Also thanx for informing us, as you always do, work.
Some developers don't, cough, ubisoft, cough.

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tomboy12 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:58:31 GMT

to hear it and job

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Throwing8smokes — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:01:31 GMT

Great Job! December 18th for Japan? I couldn't wait that long!

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skonkfonk — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:02:22 GMT

that's a very news !
Well done guys !

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CTOM — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:26:26 GMT

You did what? to your Balls Ouch.
Thanks for all the hard work.

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NicoleWagner1981 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:28:20 GMT

This is wonderful to hear! You guys at Lionshead really worked very hard for us to have this patch on time, and I must say this... thank you so much!
-Nicole: A Gamerchix

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Hempinbubbler — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:34:29 GMT

Well done! That is the best news I have read all day! Have fun at TGS!

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DemonStalker408 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:22:41 GMT

Way to go guys Congrats and a bottle for all of ya

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Iglock — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:24:29 GMT

Huzzah! Well done Lionhead!

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Pyrofrost — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:27:51 GMT

Heh... Nice.
Wasn't too worried about that anyway.
So hoew does it feel to be the bearer of news for once Sam?

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alexisrose — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:48:55 GMT

Nice to hear, although I was not worried about it, I don't think I'll co op within the first week....or two, or three....unless one of my friends begs me to just to check it out. But great to hear that it will be ready, maybe it will calm some people that were worried about it.

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stomp224 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:49:08 GMT

Congrats! Now Ill have to set my Status to 'Busy' so i can enjoy the damn thing in peace until I complete the story.

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Xastabus — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:52:42 GMT

Yay, one less thing for whiny people to complain about. [:laugh]
Yeah, myself included... though I wasn't really worried about the co-op.

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balveron — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:51:47 GMT

YES!

I wasn't bothered about the lack of online-co-op, but I was bothered about the fact that the media has been just begging for a chance to put Lionhead down. After the "delayed co-op" announcement, I saw an article title saying "Lionhead drops the ball again". gosh, if this were one of those big gaming companies like EA, the press would brush it off, compliment the other features some more, while tightly clutching a bag-o'-bribed-swag in one hand.

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RicBarratt — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:56:13 GMT

Nice work but i didnt really mind anyway as long as it would have been there but

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Mongrel11 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:01:31 GMT

sweet about time something went positive in lionheads way....not that i cared i actually prefer the new Le haha maybe ill buy it now. but has ne one seen any promotions for fable 2 ne where other than on the internet and u have to look for it.

nothing at bestbuy, future shop, eb games, or on tv. i guess im just surprised there hasnt been any promotion for the game other than the pub games.

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wivvix — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:03:09 GMT

Excellent work guys! How much work is left to be done? I presume its mostly last minute bug-fixing and whatnot. Less than 2 weeks 'til launch!

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titledlive — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:17:33 GMT

Yay! My plan to sacrifice goats daily until the patch was announced worked! Now I just have to find a place to store dead goat carcases. Where is Quentin Tarantino when you need him?

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krisisme — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:30:08 GMT

Congratulations!! Lionhead is the best

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GBOPossum — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:31:02 GMT

Now, instead of having a few days to practice kicking chickens in the privacy of my own home, I will feel compelled to make a fool of myself online before I am ready. Is this a thing?

Congratulations, Lionheads!

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Fox609 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:34:11 GMT

Thanks Sam & LH. I know you guys have been busting your arses. It's much appreciated. Well done.

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Shinryu — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:36:55 GMT

Yes!! Now I just cant wait for the game!

Keep up the fantastic job Lionheart.

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stu_fargher — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:42:28 GMT

Cheers to Lionhead.

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RHCProck4life — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:01:51 GMT

great job! too bad i cant get live out in the country. I got satelitte. It would be fun though

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phoenixz117 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:08:54 GMT

I am very happy now, way to keep up the work everyone at LionHead!!!!!!

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DukTak01 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:25:41 GMT

great news. i hadnt planned on doing co op for a while with or with or without the patch, but now, at least, people can stop bitching and saying that they will cancel their orders. even though we all know that no one is that stupid.

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skiwampus — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:36:42 GMT

Great Job Lionhead. Thanks for all the hard work.

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FChavez — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:40:34 GMT

cheers !

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clark1250 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:50:39 GMT

Yay! Congrats Lionhead way to go thanks for making the day great! Thanks so much.

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RhinoShock — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:59:29 GMT

thanks!, you guys are the best!

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Xastabus — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:13:57 GMT

@balveron
I'd like a "bag-o'-bribed-swag". I should look into becoming a video game journalist.

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GuruUnlimited — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:46:44 GMT

This is fantastic to hear.

Really, I never faulted Lionhead for the missing features. Having been a developer on a very lower, smaller level, I totally understand features needing refinement, not being ready initially, and so forth. But to see Lionhead give the announcement, that was at least a fair warning. Then, push themselves to correct the issue before anyone would even see it? Lovely! The only way people would even experience the co-op would be to go online, so really, the -only- noticeable difference will be an initially-downloaded patch on boot.

This should, as other people have said, sort of be a boot in the mouth for those who flagged the "Faulty Lionhead" banner. It happens! And now, rather than a buggy/unprepared online mode, it should be flawless. Congratulations!

I can't wait to play! Though, my console got the Red Ring of Death on Tuesday... Microsoft takes 2-3 weeks to send a fixed console. I will probably have Fable 2 and no XBox 360 for a week. Alas.

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Shinryu — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:01:52 GMT

Yes!! Now I just cant wait for the game!

Keep up the fantastic job Lionhead.

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Old_Hero — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:16:17 GMT

Hope your balls are still intact! job guys! I knew you would never disappoint!

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AlbionsManWhore — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:24:31 GMT

Congrats Guys!
Thanks for the hard work, i can hardly wait to play this!! by by social life! lol

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UnknownOne007 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:27:05 GMT

The blog stating the lack of online-coop would be sept. 29... by the way...

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Mumpert9 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:47:17 GMT

thanks samuel

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KillerGymSox — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:50:30 GMT

Awesome Job Lionhead! I wasnt too worried about not having co-op at the start, sure its cool and nice but I wanted to be able to play by myself anyway for a while. Id rather play co-op after im like at least level 10.. But im an item, gold, and experience hog. I wants it all for meself!

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FablemanSequelfan — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:56:59 GMT

yeehah cheers sam altho i was gettin it wid the LE anywayz so.... cool anyway cheers

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AD_HAM — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:21:08 GMT

ahh yes, well done guy's, i just cant wait to play the game!!!

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kotor610 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:40:29 GMT

well done this will definitely add favor to fable 2. in terms of its reviews. can you beleive that some people actually claimed it to be shipped incomplete.

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JackyOBlades — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:42:36 GMT

So, does this mean that Fable II will ship with online co-op or will it still be a downloadable patch? I don't really understand...

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kingtiger287 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:49:11 GMT

cool

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scythe02 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:56:59 GMT

Excellent job guys!!! The party machine can now be turned back on!! Hopefully now we can now focus on watching the clock count down the last few days to the release.

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moviemaker780 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:04:51 GMT

Well done. Now we just have to wait it out till the 21st to get a copy and try it out our-selves. I watched the X-Play Fable 2 special and i head that you start out with your own caravan, is this true?

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dawgz525 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:21:21 GMT

sweet, I knew you guys would get it done in time. It really shows that you care about your fans.

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GuruUnlimited — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:28:04 GMT

JackyOBlades:

I'm pretty sure it will be a downloadable patch. Fable II was already sent to the manufacturers and it's being produced, so it'd be too late, I imagine, to update it. Hence a wonderfully swift patch!

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daxworth — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:57:49 GMT

SHAZAM!!!

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Psyver — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:58:13 GMT

Glad it will be there but it wasn't manditory for me. In fact, because of the whole cut down LTD ED, my wife was able to reserve a copy. Now we'll likely be able to play from the start, though I'd still like to play alone at first.

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McCoid — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:06:54 GMT

Nice going, Although I wasn't too fussed that it wasn't able to be included in the initial release. It's news that twill be available that soon so to speak.

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Bushie09 — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:27:25 GMT

oh yes all hailthe mighty Odin for this Glorious victory

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TheBowerstoneGuard — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:49:26 GMT

Thank you Lionhead for busting all of your balls to get us the patch on release.

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Crotas — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:35:05 GMT

Its funny how one day they all draw their swords and guns on sam an the other day they praise him in the sky.

Thanks sam for the awesome news.

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Solrac22 — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:03:19 GMT

Awesome news , no more people complaining about that its gonna be nice , i really didnt see the reason why people kept douting that the co-op problem meant something was terribly wrong (Heard a few sites where members kept insinuating that it meant the game had mayor problems)
But anyway , congratulations devs. for your hard work

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Callous830 — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:39:52 GMT

First of all, well done guys, i along with most other people prob wern't going to go online for at least a week but its to see that if there are any problems in the future we will be well looked after. But to those who talked about people complaining about the online co-op delay, they can't realy be blamed, i followed the progress of the origional fable and as much as i loved it i was still slightly disappointed in the promises that where made that didnt make the final cut, so you can see why people might be a bit worried. But the game is looking awsome and i can't wait to get my hands on it! work guys

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BYRNEDA — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:23:09 GMT

Well done on the crazy work to get this fixed for day one release.
Just wondering though, what is the minimum internet connection speed that has been tested with co-op.
(going to have to search this in the forums)
As I've only a 1Mbyte connection (yep, really modern internet services here in Ireland!)

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NordicYeti — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:01:57 GMT

Thats excellent fantastic job. I know that for years to come playing Fable 2 will be all i do

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Flapjacks_Poon — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:39:13 GMT

What exactly were you patching in the first place? ( I have a feeling it was something about all the cheaters and exploiters out there )

Any answers what the patch was about ?

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Darcstarr — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:20:12 GMT

I believe the Co-op itself worked, but they need to patch it because joining someone's game was borked (hence offline co-op was fine).

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Buchol — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:44:31 GMT

Well done team! Glad to hear.

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FoxyShazam — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:48:24 GMT

Thanks to all the devs who made this happen. Awesome job!

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Ibbomeister — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:46:11 GMT

Awesome!

Thanks to Lionhead for managing to get it done before lauch.

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Saucemasterpimp — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:37:51 GMT

Incredible work, team! This is the product of a great marriage of hard work and expertise.

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mcpaddyb — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:45:57 GMT

Well enough people have replied to this post, you don't need me to tell you well done and thanks.

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Uzi — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:18:29 GMT

This should shut the nay-sayers up, awesome work once again, I was totally happy with a week 1 patch, but day 1 is even better

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greatcarbuncle — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:07:45 GMT

i wanted to enjoy fable 2 on my own first anyway. well done lionhead! sit back, relax and then get to work on our DLC!

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Kurohisaki — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:00:36 GMT

yo yo yo what's crackilackin my weebolizations. ima go with what kurasoe said. he or she just laid it all out. for those who have hassled lionhead about the patch for OM and whatnot, run out in front of an oncoming rig and kiss the grill right before it hits you. plain and simple

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SfK-Pyro — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:06:57 GMT

byahhh!

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Jaymeh — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:44:02 GMT

Yay.

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ChuckTid — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:58:43 GMT

WOOT you guys rule, thanks for the ball busitng

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whitewolf74 — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:18:49 GMT

well done its to seem dedication to the fans ^^ ... oh and you guys rock

whitewolf74

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oLdD3MON — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:47:18 GMT

YES..... Now I can show off my glitchyness.... lol, I glitched but a million is a lot less cheaterific than 9 million lol, watch out freinds im coming to kick yur dog than impragnate your wife... nuh Im just kiddin yuh your dogs great & your wifes ugly... huh huh huhm im a corrupt ritch *** play with ya then..... ah yah thanx lionhead, send me aninvite well play coop & kick some bandit butt

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Grocs — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:57:09 GMT

This is great news. I was wondering - how many people are supported in xbox live co-op? Is it two, the same as offline co-op?

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LonewolfZA — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:39:02 GMT

Thanks for the update.
Really amped for this game.

Thanks for all the hard work, I really appreciate it.

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DeathIII — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:57:37 GMT

Here here awesome tottally incredible on this great hard work guys, we all will appreciate it, me and my brother cant wait to play the game together now Thanks again for the great work

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martinpc — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 02:41:58 GMT

Wow! I am glad the coop stuff is there. Now can you fix all the stuff tht makes the single player version unplayable. Like it freezing randomly, and loosing your family, and loosing the last save?

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ryu3180 — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:02:14 GMT

LOL now it would appear that a PS3 Dev has implied that it was the co-op DL-UPDATE TO BEGIN WITH!

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Gemar155 — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:07:15 GMT

Well its cool that it was released with co-op but the co-op is a little shaky in the aspect of the feel for the game play. Its hard to fight cause of the constant focused camera angle on the characters game you joined. I mean i love the idea that i can hop right in that is a nice touch....But the fact that i cant load my character isnt that enjoyable. I do like that i get the experience points for fighting just let the door open for something better(hopefully a patch). I feel if you could load your character and they changed the camera angle problems id feel more apealed to play with my friends.

I love this game just am rather upset i beat it in 2 days and did almost all the side missions. Im going to go back through and try the dark side concept just rather disappointed in the total game play and depth of the actual story. Story line was way too short it boils down to find the 3 heros thats it. And the fact your sister plays no real role is rather upsetting. I feel you should be able to fight side by side and actually save your sister when she is in trouble, i know it adds to the feeling of tragedy but death is not the only tragedy out there. The fighting and graphics are amazing i will say! Also love the voice overs and the feel the music adds to the feeling of excitement and fear.

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De4tHbr1ngn3r — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:38:34 GMT

Please Lionhead !

Fix the damn bug in Bloodstone and send us an update for the bug ! We can't go farther in the game if you don't fix it. I love all your game you created but if i cannot go farther in this game, i'll change my oppinion of your industrie.

What will you become ?
The or the video game compagnie ?

Tanx

De4tHbr1ngn3r

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Saosonic — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:05:39 GMT

I think it's time to face the bugs rendering your title unplayable.