Lionhead founder Peter Molyneux made some teasing comments during an interview with Kotaku at the Game Developers Conference. His main statement, however, was that his studio should not only be known as the developers that made Fable.

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Lionhead Studios's Fable II is obviously still suffering from a launch-hood disease. Some Xbox 360 gamers are experiencing sudden lockups in Fable II, Peter Molineux's highly-acclaimed Xbox 360 RPG. As reported by posters on the Lionhead forum, this mostly happens to those who have already applied the coop patch(es) to the game. (It seems to be more than just a single patch.) Until Lionhead fixes the problem with yet another patch, we can only offer the workaround below to help you get to play Fable II. more...

In preparation for the Fable 2 launch next week Lionhead Studios launched a brand-new Fable 2 site. Apart from videos, screenshots and the usual stuff you'd expect on there, the new site enables players to win some fabulous in-game items in the story-driven Flash game A Hero's Tale. more...

Fable fans and those who pre-ordered Fable 2 because of the online coop mode felt irritated when they heard that Fable 2 would not feature a fully working online coop mode at the game's launch (see news here). Time to relax, fellow Fable-arians: The Lionhead guys have worked hard to make sure the patch is ready for you to download when loading up the game at its release, October 21 (Oct. 24 for our European, and Oct. 18th for our Japanese gamers) ... if, if, if ... more...

Lionhead Studios' Xbox 360 exclusive RPG Fable 2 didn't have a pretty pre-launch till now. First the shock that the coop mode won't be fully functioning at launch, now the Collector's Edition nerf. "Supply chain issues" are the reasons why you will only hold a down-graded Fable 2 Limited Collector's Edition in your hands on October 24th: without Fate Cards, Hobbe figure or the premium box. Upside is that the price also goes down from pricey $79.99 to not-so-pricey $69.99. Don't panick: The CE edition will still feature the making-of DVD, the bonus in-game dungeon, and weapon & Spartan armor. But there is more: more...

Update: Read our full interview with Peter. more...

Peter Molyneux (pictured above) usually starts his presentations by saying, that the „last game was horrible and that we made a lot of mistakes“ to draw journalists on his side by this reflection. This time he tells us, that Fable 2 currently looks just terrible, but thankfully Lionhead Studios has one additional year to fine-tune this. more...