Kotaku: Fable II

The Baggy Pants and Silly Hats of the Fable Universe

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 07:00:00 EDT

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Mike McCarthy, of Lionhead Studios, has for many a year now been working on the Fable series, bringing us some of the weirdest and most wonderful characters going around. More »

This Fable Game Is As Much An Improvement As It Is A Homage

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 08:00:00 EDT

Fable fan Jo-Remi is working on a "demake" of the series, a single retro-themed title combining not just the best elements of all three Fable games, but the best elements that were promised and never made it. More »

Fable Is Not Limited To A Trilogy

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 07:00:00 EDT

Action role-playing game Fable III is out this month. Fable III? That's a trilogy, and trilogies are a good way to end a series. More »

Fable II Is Free Right Now

Stephen Totilo — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:00:00 EDT

Fable II is supposed to go for $20 if you download it on the Xbox 360. But, less than two weeks before the release of Fable III, it's now free on the Xbox Live Marketplace. [UPDATE: Not working for everyone.] More »

Japan's Western-Game Loving Porn Star Pops Up At TGS

Brian Ashcraft — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 04:00:00 EDT

Noa Torigoe, star of adult films like Max Orgasm and Ultimate Gold, really loves video games. I guess you could call her "hardcore"? But she doesn't just love Japanese video games, she loves Western video games. More »

There Are Kings And Then There Are Kings

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:00:00 EDT

Fable I and Fable II are both coming-of-age stories. While Fable II does certainly have domesticate elements, Fable III is about settling into adulthood and becoming a king. King is the top. What does that leave for the future? More »

Did You Think Fable II Had A Bunch Of Bugs?

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 02:00:00 EDT

Then you have no idea how many didn't make it into finished product. More »

Will Fable III Have Fable II's Money Exploit?

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 01:00:00 EDT

In Fable II, lazy players like me (hello!) could use a loophole in the game to do something very important: Earn lots of in-game cash quick. More »

Stephen Fry, The Voice of LittleBigPlanet, Reviews the iPad

Brian Crecente — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 10:00:00 EDT

I've left the iPad tag off this story for a reason. More »

Fable Designer On Not Getting Avatar (And Then Getting It)

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:30:00 EDT

Peter Molyneux, the game designer behind the Fable franchise, was invited on the set of Hollywood motion picture Avatar. He didn't quite "get it". More »

Problem: Fable Gamers Didn't Understand Half Of Fable's Features

Stephen Totilo — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:00:24 EST

Slide from Game Developers Conference entitled "What if we move Fable toward an action adventure?" Presented by Fable III creative director Peter Molyneux. Note the fourth bullet point. As a result, Molyneux promises a clearer, more streamlined sequel. More »

Handmade Fable Fortune's Tower Card Set: a Limited Edition of One

Owen Good — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:30:00 EST

Shawn Baxter, aka the Capcom-Unity all-star contributor Snow_Infernus, thought for certain someone would have made a Fortune's Tower card set based on the Fable II Pub Game. When no one did, he got tired of waiting, and made his own. More »

You Led Me On! — Dating In Video Games

AJ Glasser — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:30:00 EDT

I peruse columns on Sundays and today found myself cracking up over Emily Short's GameSetWatch column, 'Homer In Silicon': Communicating Character. More »

Torture In Video Games

AJ Glasser — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:40:00 EDT

At PAX, I had the good fortune to catch Bethesda's Brink demo. While there was a lot of cool stuff in the game worth blogging about, what stuck with me was the use of torture in the game. More »

Fable II Gets A Game Of The Year Edition

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:30:00 EDT

Hot on the heels of a Gears of War 2 GOTY bundle comes the news that Fable II will also be repackaged, also in a "Game of the Year" edition. More »

Molyneux: Hate Mail Changed Fable II DLC

Owen Good — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:00:00 EDT

I guess this rates a spoiler alert, nearly a year after the fact. But the dilemma presented at the end of Fable II so outraged some players that they took to writing good old-fashioned hate mail to Peter Molyneux. More »

Fable II Goes Episodic, Pay-To-Play

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:30:00 EDT

In addition to announcing Fable III, Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux has also revealed that Fable II is to be re-released as an episodic, pay-per-episode title. More »

More Faces From Fable II

Mike Fahey — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:20:00 EDT

Lionhead has posted the fourth installment of their Big Hero Gathering feature, in which they assemble players' heroes from Fable II into one giant tribute to character customization. More »

Dress Your Avatar In Fable II

Mike Fahey — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:20:00 EDT

Ever wonder what an avatar placeholder wearing a Fable II t-shirt looked like? Well BAM, there it is. More »

Congrats! You Win An Xbox 360 With A Messed Up Slot

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:00:00 EDT

Know who won that Fable II signed Xbox 360 contest? Some guy named NeoxDonut. He was thrilled to get the Peter Molyneux autographed console. That is, until he tried plugging it in. More »

Father Knows Best: The Best and Worst Fathers in Video Games

AJ Glasser — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:08:00 EDT

Fathers are easy to find in video games. When they're not antagonizing their offspring or killed off in the first level, they often serve as our main characters' major motivation. More »

Lionhead Teases Big News At Microsoft's E3 Presser

Mike Fahey — Fri, 29 May 2009 12:40:00 EDT

Lionhead will definitely be playing a part in Microsoft's E3 2009 press conference this Monday, joining the growing horde of game development studios using Twitter for evil teasing purposes. More »

About That Possible Fable 3 Tease...

Stephen Totilo — Wed, 13 May 2009 19:00:36 EDT

Warning: our spoiler reporting about the future of the Fable series, as glimpsed in this week's DLC, and what Microsoft has to say about it, lurks below. More »

Win A Fable II 360 Signed By Peter Molyneux

Mike Fahey — Tue, 12 May 2009 12:40:00 EDT

The See the Future downloadable content for Fable II is now available for purchase, and Lionhead is celebrating by giving away a unique Fable II Xbox 360 signed by the man himself, Peter Molyneux. More »

See The Future Right Now

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 11 May 2009 11:00:00 EDT

Well... Some of it! Microsoft has released screens of the just out Fable II: See The Future DLC. There are new items, new dudes and new clothes. More »

Fable II See The Future Review: Wear Shades

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 11 May 2009 09:00:00 EDT

Slapped with the moniker "See the Future", the latest Fable II downloadable content takes players back to Albion and lets them do just that: See the future. More »

Mommy Dearest: The Best and Worst Mothers in Video Games

AJ Glasser — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:00:00 EDT

Mothers have it tough in video games – they get killed off, turned evil, or their children leave the nest to save the world. And their kids probably don't call home often enough. More »

Fable II See The Future's Future Foretold

Mike Fahey — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:40:00 EDT

Lionhead promised news today, and they've delivered, revealing the release date for the upcoming See the Future downloadable content for Fable II and a new episode of Inside Lionhead to boot. More »

Lionhead Teases Tomorrow's Fable II News

Mike Fahey — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:40:00 EDT

Why put off announcing something until tomorrow when you can announce the impending announcement today? More »

Fable II Adds 250 Achievement Points In The Future

Mike Fahey — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:30:00 EDT

The upcoming See the Future downloadable content for Fable II could add up to 250 gamerpoints to your Xbox 360 gamerscore, if you get lucky. More »

Halo 3 And Fable II Bundled Together

Mike Fahey — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:20:00 EDT

It's two great tastes that taste great together next month, as Microsoft introduces an Xbox 360 Elite with Halo 3 and Fable II bundled together inside. More »

Report: New Xbox 360 Elite Bundles Up With Halo 3 & Fable II

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:40:00 EDT

Microsoft may be offering a much more valuable version of its Xbox 360 Elite package, one that packs in two of the console's biggest games, all for the exact same price its charging now. More »

Fable II Heroes In All Shapes And Sizes

Mike Fahey — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:20:00 EDT

A massive gathering of heroes on the Lionhead development blog shows just how customizable the main character in Fable II really is. More »

See The Future With New Fable II DLC In May

Mike Fahey — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:40:00 EDT

The future of the Fable franchise is teased next month in See the Future, the second round of downloable content for Fable II. More »

Missed Opportunities: Lionhead Could Have Made LittleBigPlanet

AJ Glasser — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:20:00 EDT

Peter Molyneux still wouldn't give up the goods on his new game at the "Lionhead Experiment Revealed" panel, but he did give us a glimpse into how Lionhead let LittleBigPlanet slip through their fingers. More »

Games Get Huzzah in Parliament

Owen Good — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 11:00:00 EDT

MP Edward Vaizey last week introduced a motion recognizing (sigh, recognising) games recently honored (sigh, honoured) by BAFTA. He also used the motion to decry "the complete lack of support from Government" of the industry. More »

Molyneux: Fable Franchise May Not Remain RPGs

Brian Crecente — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:21:00 EDT

In this interview with Peter Molyneux we delve a bit deeper into the successes and failures of Fable II, which Molyneux says didn't deliver emotionally as much as he had hoped it would. More »

The World of Fable II Wastes Less Than The World of Fable I

AJ Glasser — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:00:00 EDT

I wasn't sure what to think of "The World of Fable II" when they played a blues song with the chorus "gonna give you a whippin'" before the panel started. What game had I been playing? More »

Molyneux: New DLC Coming to Fable II Very Soon, Fable III Hints

Brian Crecente — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:20:59 EDT

See the Future, the next downloadable content from Lionhead Studios for Fable II, will be hitting in weeks, Peter Molyneux told Kotaku today. More »

New Fable II Downloadable Content In The Works

Mike Fahey — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:20:00 EDT

A post on the Fable II development blog reveals that Lionhead is currently hard at work on new downloadable content for their award-winning role-playing game. More »