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The next episode of GameTrailers TV, airing this Thursday night at 12:30 PM, will be epic featuring the premier gameplay of BioShock 2 featuring none other than the Big Sisters, a “major announcement” and look at what’s next to come for Killzone 2, an announcement for PuncOut on the Wii by Reggie Fils-Aime, and Peter Molyneux drops in to give us the first video for the upcoming Fable II downloadable content.

Wow. This is going to be one great show.

In a recent chat, Lionhead Studios head Peter Molyneux revealed that the current change in temperature we are experiencing is in fact Spring, and with that comes another Fable II DLC.

“The next DLC comes out in the spring … We’re in the spring now so don’t think months, think more like weeks. It’s called See the Future.”

Amazing. The man is brilliant. One minute the snow is there and then poof. Read more…

You may remember when we reported that analysts were expecting the gaming industry to have huge sales this holiday, specifically Guitar Hero, despite this economic crisis plaguing the U.S. Turns out they were right (duh). Not only has the gaming industry not fallen into a slump, but it has in fact increased a whopping 18% in fourth-quarter sales compared to last year. Read more…

Fable II is one of those games that some people have been waiting for even before the original was released.  Peter Molyneux tried as hard as he could to keep things low key, but try as he might, the hype machine just could not be stopped.  So, does the game live up to expectations or does it soil itself trying to impress the ladies?  Read on dear reader, and find out…. Read more…

The latest edition of Sessler’s Soapbox courtesy of our friends over at G4TV features a visibly in pain Adam Sessler juggling everything but the kitchen sink as he shares his impressions and overall score for the just released Fable II. Here what Adam has to say after the jump. Read more…

After lauding Fable II’s cooperative gameplay as the best thing since whatever was previously the best thing (witty, right?), developer Lionhead went and pissed everyone off when they announced that it would not be available when the game released.  Instead, people were expected to wait another week and download a patch that would implement the online co-op mode.

Earlier today, however, Lionhead announced on their community blog that co-op would be available on day one, but it will still be in patch form.  Huh?  Isn’t there enough room on the disc for that extra 983KB of code?  Anyway, this is good news for me since I’m planning on killing my brother’s family ASAP– err, I mean I’m looking forward to conquering evil with him.

A new Fable II TV commercial is also available, so you can click through if you’re interested in watching it. Kinda neat. Read more…

Fable 2 is done. No, really, it’s for real this time. As we speak, it’s already being pressed to discs, manufactured, and otherwise tarted up for it’s release on October 21, 2008 for North America and Asia, and October 24, 2008 for Europe. But that’s not the story, the real story is you see that package of awesome above?

Do you have any irrational impulse to own it? Have you even already gone as far as pre-ordering it? Tough. Because you see all that? Almost all of it’s gone. But not all is lost, the price has been dropped from a $79.99 to a more conventional $69.99 (both figures are in USD, so convert accordingly). Read more…

Aren’t developers supposed to be the arch enemies of the review score system, railing at their gross inadequacy to whittle the brilliance and complexities of their work into an arbitrary numerical score? Peter Molyneux’s constantly hailed the brilliance and complexity of his newest masterpiece, Fable II, but apparently he has no problem with review scores (well, as long as he’s the one giving them out). Molyneux recently remarked that he was super-pleased with how Fable II has turned out, saying:

“I’d rate it a 9 out of 10… It’s the best, most complete game I’ve ever worked on.”

Hey, it’s pretty humble when it comes to self-praise, considering what we’ve been hearing about certain other outspoken designers.

Source: Xbox World 360 via CVG

Armblast, a user over at the Lionhead Community forums, really wants Fable II. The waiting, though, is apparently unbearable. How to cope? How about going on strike – not from work, but from general facial hygiene. For months now Armblast has been refusing to shave in anticipation of Fable II, declaring in a thread:

I don’t care if you care…this is to help me cope w/ waiting (I figure 1 annoyance will take my mind off of another)

Pictured above is his most recent picture, from last week. He’s been doing it since March and he will be doing it (assuming he doesn’t quit) until October.

Hit the jump for more pics of this guy’s neckbeard. Read more…

Why choose when you don’t have to?

After perusing the recently revealed Fable II achievement list, one of the many that really jumped out at me was The Swinger — 5 points if you “take part in a orgy, responsibly”. I’m assuming this means group sex while wearing a condom and remembering to feed your dog. Read more…