Tue, Jun 30, 2009 | 10:22 BST
“Fable III” and “announcement” recently seen together in public
Shame it’s not an announcement of the game. Nope. Not even a little. Instead, Fable III recently found itself in a wedding announcement. A wedding announcement posted in the New York Times.
“Amy E. Gilbert and Joshua Samuels Atkins are to be married Sunday in San Francisco. Rabbi Bruce Greenbaum is to officiate in the Penthouse of the Fairmont Hotel,” the announcement said. “Mr. Atkins, 34, is the lead game designer for Fable III, a videogame series produced by Lionhead Studios in Guildford, England.”
Previously on As The PR Machine Spins, Jonathan Ross mentioned Fable III via Twitter. Peter Molyneux later claimed that Ross was mistaken, blaming much of the mishap on drunken developers begging Ross for favors.
This time, we’re sure it’s a typo. What else could it be? Not an actual sequel, surely. That’d be downright crazy.
Thanks, Kotaku.
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Tags: Fable III, Joshua Atkins, lionhead studios, potential title for videogame-based sexploitation film
14 comments
#1
Blerk
30/06/09, 10:36 am
I hope it is a proper sequel. And I hope it’s a surprise announcement and ready for this Christmas. That’d be super.
#2
locus2k1
30/06/09, 11:07 am
aye, it would be nice if they “officially” announce it late in the development cycle… Announcing a new game with 2+ years worth of development left is a real gear grinder.
#3
anasui
30/06/09, 12:06 pm
heavens, Molyneaux farts and this site goes apeshit
#4
Blerk
30/06/09, 12:16 pm
One story is hardly ‘apeshit’. And everywhere else covered this too. And Peter wasn’t actually involved.
#5
Lutz
30/06/09, 12:23 pm
Wonder if they’ve listened to the problems of Fable 2?
#6
Psychotext
30/06/09, 12:24 pm
You mean the big lists we put together Lutz?
#7
No_PUDding
30/06/09, 12:44 pm
I didn’t see any lists.
I don’t know how useful Fable will be once Elder Scrolls V comes.
#8
Blerk
30/06/09, 12:46 pm
They’re entirely different games, Pud. You can’t really compare them.
#9
No_PUDding
30/06/09, 1:04 pm
I just did.
And if I want a fantasy RPG, that’s what I’d go for. That’s all I am saying. Not that it matters what I say.
#10
Lutz
30/06/09, 1:19 pm
Psycho: Yup, those big lists! Lionbum seems to have his head screwed on though. Fingers crossed.
Pud: The lists aren’t here, they’re on eurogamer. And Blerk is right, you can’t compare them. Yes, they’re fantasy RPGs, but Micro Machines and Forza Motorsport are both racing games. Seems daft to compare them. Or Halo and Call of Duty. Or Crazy Golf and Tiger Woods 2010.
#11
Psychotext
30/06/09, 1:19 pm
“Not that it matters what I say.”
Truth!
…and you didn’t see any lists because you’re afraid of the EG main forums. Not that you’d have been in the Fable 2 thread anyway.
#12
satsugai
30/06/09, 3:46 pm
Any news for Fable 2 on pc? *sad face* We got the first, why not the second aswell?
#13
No_PUDding
30/06/09, 4:47 pm
Haha, it seriously DOESN’T matter what I say when it comes to Fable.
But I would and I DO compare Halo and CoD along with Forza and Micro Machines… I’d even compare Mario Kart.
The whole point of a genre, is they are comparable.
Simulation versus arcade is just minutiae within a genre. And Fable is a fantasy RPG executed differently to Oblivion. Which would I prefer? That was my point.
#14
No_PUDding
30/06/09, 4:49 pm
Having said that, I like that Psychotext acknowledged that I wasn’t trolling the Eurogamer Fable 2 Thread xD
I am so proud.