Peter Molyneux announces Fable III @ Gaming Target

Written by John Scalzo on August 19, 2009

News: The next game in the RPG series is scheduled for a Fall 2010 release.

Microsoft has announced that famed developer Peter Molyneux, and his Lionhead Studios development house, are hard at work on Fable III, which they plan to release on the Xbox 360 in Fall 2010.

Fable III propels the story forward fifty years and places players on the throne of Albion as the King or Queen. Revolution is in the air and the monarch's reaction to this insurrection will form the basis of the game. Molyneux wants to ask players how they'll rule, "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?"...

In the epic story of УFable III,Ф 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 УFable II.Ф 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.

УWe've spent a lot of time at Lionhead thinking about how we can innovate the gameplay and progress the world of the СFable' games for its third chapter, and we're confident that players won't second-guess what we have planned for СFable III,'Ф said Molyneux, who also serves as creative director of Europe, the Middle East and Africa for Microsoft Game Studios. УThough 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 Ч and with many more interactive adventure elements.Ф

We'll have more soon.