Tracey John from MTV Multiplayer writes:
Lionhead Studios has updated its blog site with news that the Fable II announcement that was promised this week, has been pushed back until Monday 24th November.
GamingShogun writes, "Microsoft has sent out the codes enabling your Limited Edition content for Fable II today. Boxes of the LE version of Fable II were shipped off without the content codes due to some miscellaneous error, adding to the pre-existing feeling that consumers were being 'ripped-off', considering the LE had already been stripped of multiple goodies prior to shipping..."
Microsoft has announced that since its launch in the US on October 21, 2008, Lionhead's Fable II has sold more than 1.5 million units worldwide. The game becomes the fastest-selling RPG on the Xbox 360.
According to this post on the Fable II dev blog, fans of the Lionhead RPG should be watching closely for something good to happen next week.
GamingShogun writes, "Sumthing Else Music Works, Inc., through its licensing relationship with Microsoft Game Studios, proudly presents Fable II Original Soundtrack featuring the original music score by Russell Shaw and the "Fable Theme" from Danny Elfman. The original soundtrack from the Xbox 360 roleplaying adventure video game will be released on Nov. 25, 2008 to retail outlets through Nile Rodgers' Sumthing Else Music Works record label www.sumthing.com, and for digital download at www.sumthingdigital.com and iTunes®..."
Fable II has just been inducted into gameplayer's legendary list of the best games to play stoned. The tounge-in-cheek wiki has become quite popular, and the induction comes with a hilarious write-up about why Fable II has received the honour.
PC World examines whether the New Xbox Experience hard drive install option improves Fable 2's visuals:
IGN: "In October, the IGN offices became abuzz with something that can only be described as glee. That's because Bethesda Softworks' long-awaited sci-fi roleplaying game Fallout 3 was released at last. Once we had this epic game in our grubby little hands, sleep became a thing of the past."
Gamerdeals.net writes: