Lionhead refuses to comment on Molyneux's Fable 2 Oct. release hint

by Dustin Burg { Jun 25th 2008 at 4:45PM }

At the very beginning of Lionhead's latest Fable 2 Video Diary 6, Mr. Peter Molyneux can be seen sitting at his desk with pen and paper in hand, ~~circling~~ boxing-in the word "October" on a piece of paper. We actually spotted Molyneux's mysterious October hint yesterday when we posted the video diary, but now we're even more suspicious about its meaning after Lionhead refused to comment on the video or the October date when Eurogamer asked for more details. An official October Fable 2 release date? An elaborate trick by the Lionhead crew? Or does Molyneux simply utilize the stress relieving technique of writing down one's favorite month and boxing it in with a pen? You be the judge.

Tags: fable-2, lionhead, lionhead-studios, molyneux

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jonman @ Jun 25th 2008 4:51PM

Seems like a prime case of reading too much from an incidental detail. I mean, it's not like the page has a big title across the top that says "FABLE 2 LAUNCH PLANS"

It looks far more like braindump scribblings taken during a meeting. October could refer to any number of significant dates encountered during development. Alpha target? Beta target? Launch? Molyneaux's next holiday? His wife's birthday?

MikeM @ Jun 25th 2008 6:21PM

Actually if you read what's on the page it's a checklist.

Build Stability
Fitting Game on a DVD

Etc that I can't read.

And October is obviously the deadline for those items, So why would the game need to fit on a dvd and be stable by October? Because they need it to go to Gold Master.

Magic Whiskey @ Jun 25th 2008 5:04PM

...MY birthday? That's awfully sweet of Peter to think of me like that. It's the 25th of October, and I'm a size Large..

Aaron @ Jun 25th 2008 5:05PM

Just give me the game by X-MAS

Derick @ Jun 25th 2008 5:10PM

He has horrible penmenship...

freaking genius

joey @ Jun 25th 2008 5:15PM

Nah, It's Petey's secret plan for Halloween.

pandlcg @ Jun 25th 2008 5:20PM

I've always said there's nothing quite as relaxing as writing down one's favorite month and boxing it in with a pen

MikeM @ Jun 25th 2008 6:18PM

Well the man has said that the game is coming this year "when the leaves turn brown" in more than one interview. Peter has always been one who's excited to talk about his developments, even if doing so is premature. I for one this is his way of dropping us a clue but leaving himself an out should they get pushed.