Fable III Confirmed Via Wedding Announcement

[Keane Ng]

Fable III Confirmed Via Wedding Announcement

Lionhead Studios' worst kept secret, Fable III, has been unofficially confirmed by a wedding announcement in The New York Times of all places.

Lionhead Studios may have made a big splash at E3 with Peter Molyneux's Milo demo for the Natal, but I think most gamers are much more excited about a sequel for the developer's marquee franchise, Fable, than anything else. Nobody seemed upset about the lack of Fable at E3, but maybe that's because we all assume it's coming.

Well assume no more, because Fable III has been unofficially confirmed by The New York Times. Not through some sort of investigative reporting where a reporter dug through Peter Molyneux's trash, but, surprisingly, via a wedding announcement [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/fashion/weddings/28GILBERT.html?_r=4].

Amy Gilbert, a grad student in London, is marrying Joshua Atkins, who the announcement lists as "the lead game designer for Fable III, a video game series produced by Lionhead Studios in Guildford, England." This isn't some prank - Atkins is definitely a Lionhead employee, with a design credit on Fable II.

Fable III was previously mentioned in unofficial terms by British talk show host Jonathan Ross, who claimed [http://twitter.com/Wossy/status/1308386483] he'd been asked to do voiceover work for the game. Two unofficial confirmations should be enough to assure you that this game exists. Now we just have to wait for the official word, which I'm guessing won't come until next year.

Oh yeah, and congratulations to the happy couple. May your marriage be more successful than mine in Fable II was (it ended in murder).

[Via Joystiq [http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/30/fable-3-designer-gets-married-and-wait-a-minute/]]

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[cobrausn]

I hope Fable III has a better co-op mode than Fable II. I might play it then.

Oh who am I kidding. I'm a western RPG junkie, I'll play it regardless.

 

[MrSnugglesworth]

Hey, mine ended in murder to! So did that other one... and that other one... and then my wife got killed by bandits (I brought her there!) oh yeah, also that one where I brought 10 woman into my bedroom, then killed them all...


Hehe...

 

[D_987]

I'm looking forward to it already - the Fable series is great.

 

[Pendragon9]

What? Another Fable game? Can't they at least port the second to PC before doing this?

It would be nice for them to try and work some PC freedom into it.

 

[Grand_Poohbah]

Part of me is excited, but part of me is preparing for hype and failure.

 

[megatron2.0]

hmm sound good i want it

 

[Brotherofwill]

I'm betting it will be compatible with Natal, Peter's excited face when talking about a simulated kid was just too much of an indication.

 

[AmrasCalmacil]

I hate myself for being excited.
And I hope Jonathan Ross takes that voiceover oppertunity, that'd be brilliant.

 

[Trivun]

Oh yeah, and congratulations to the happy couple. May your marriage be more successful than mine in Fable II was (it ended in murder).

Hmm, that doesn't surprise me, Keane.

As for the topic, I reckon this may well be pretty good if Molyneux can actually be a bit more realistic about it. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love the guy (I have to say that because he's more likely then to give me a job when I graduate), but he does overhype things. I reckon he just gets excited about his games to the point where he loses sense of what is really possible with today's technology.

Still, I'm kind of looking forward to Fable III. Especially if it ends up being steampunk, which I personally feel is the natural progression based on the evolution of Albion from Fable I to Fable II...

 

[Ben Legend]

Yes!!!! Lets hope its better than Fable 1 and 2. Mainly the latter though.

 

[Vanguard_Ex]

I hate myself for being excited.
And I hope Jonathan Ross takes that voiceover oppertunity, that'd be brilliant.

He'll probably play the part of another travelling salesman who can't pronounce his Rs.

 

[ChromeAlchemist]

Did someone say Fable III Natal compatible?

I hate myself for being excited.
And I hope Jonathan Ross takes that voiceover oppertunity, that'd be brilliant.

He'll probably play the part of another travelling salesman who can't pronounce his Rs.

Please god let one of the characters be called Ronald Rorchester of Wrexam.

Or something similar.

 

[AboveUp]

Oh wow, First it got announced on Twitter by Jonathan Ross, by accident. And now it gets confirmed by accident.

Maybe they'll actually keep their promises with this one in a series of accidents.

 

[Sparrow]

I don't get why people say Fable II wasn't successful. It was, most definately. It held Play.com's most bought list for nearly two weeks.

Sure, was an extreme letdown, but it was successful.

 

[StarStruckStrumpets]

I'm looking forward to it already - the Fable series is great.

The last part of Fable II was it's biggest let-down for me. No big boss, just shoot a guy and he dies. Pretty uninspirational don't you think?

 

[D_987]

I'm looking forward to it already - the Fable series is great.

The last part of Fable II was it's biggest let-down for me. No big boss, just shoot a guy and he dies. Pretty uninspirational don't you think?

Yes, but as a whole I have enjoyed the 2 games (well I've actually owned both the original and The lost Chapters, so 3 games).

 

[Agent Larkin]

Allow me to sum up my feeligs in one long word

YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!