Fable III announced as Xbox 360-exclusive

20 August 2009

Posted by:Josh

At the GamesCom 2009 Microsoft Press Conference, Peter Molyneux announced Fable III! Exclusive to the Xbox 360, it will be released towards the end of 2010.

To quote the press release:

“Alexander the Great. Genghis Khan. Queen Elizabeth I. Che Guevara. Throughout history, revolutionary leaders have taken very different paths to power, bringing about prosperity and poverty, peace and sometimes anarchy to their people — ‘Be not deceived. Revolutions do not go backward.’ — Abraham Lincoln”

Peter further explains: “The third child is always the problem child. The third game of any series tends to be a bit of a lull. We want people to expect the unexpected. Fable III will be new, fresh and different. I think there’s something fundamentally wrong with RPGs like Fable. The mechanics have been around since the ‘80s. I’m going to take that foundation and throw it away. I want players to feel and experience what it’s like to be a ruler.”

Fable has always been about players making their own choices an dhaving it effect their destinies and the consequences of how the world is shaped due to their actions. They are taking that to the Nth degree with Fable III, by allowing the players to literally rule the kingdom of Albion.

“In this new adventure, players will witness tyranny, poverty and injustice plague their land. They will see a people divided, and they will be compelled to stand up for change. They will also be forced to answer a question: What would you sacrifice to secure the crown of Albion? Will you uphold the values and principles that led to your ascension, or will you be corrupted by the station you’ve strived to acquire? Will you be a monarch of the people, or bring the entirety of Albion to the brink of collapse?”

“We’ve spent a lot of time at Lionhead thinking about how we can innovate the gameplay and progress the world of the Fable games for its third chapter, and we’re confident that players won’t second-guess what we have planned for Fable III,” said Molyneux, who also serves as creative director of Europe, the Middle East and Africa for Microsoft Game Studios. “Though I can’t give too much away right now, players should expect to have to make much tougher choices with far wider consequences than ever before in Albion— and with many more interactive adventure elements.”

Here is a trailer for Fable 3.

In the epic story of Fable III, the journey to rule the throne of Albion begins five decades after the events of the last chapter, and you play as the child of your hero from Fable II. As you rule your kingdom as king or queen, you will be called upon to make choices and sacrifices that will test your morality and can affect your entire kingdom. Themes of heroism, leadership and consequence are taken to a grand scale as you fight to unite a divided people.