Fable II Knothole Island DLC delayed till January

[Queasy]

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?Due to unexpected technical difficulties, the Fable II: Knothole Island expansion will not be available until late January 2009. As a result, the Fable II, Knothole Island Download and Win, originally scheduled to take place December 22 ? 23, 2008, has been temporarily suspended. Please check back for updates. In addition, you can still register for the Download & Win by downloading the free Fable II: Knothole Island registration gamerpic, or by registering via Xbox.com at www.xbox.com/fableIIknotholesweeps. Registered participants will be notified using the contact information provided at time of registration with revised Download and Win Entry Period dates.?

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Update: Confirmed for Jan 13th

In the studio's eighth video documentary, Lionhead offers a glimpse into finishing "Fable II" and creating the highly-anticipated Knothole Island, which arrives to Xbox LIVE Jan. 13 worldwide.

Since the North American launch of "Fable II" on Oct. 21, more than two million gamers worldwide have embarked on a quest to reshape the world of Albion in the image of their hero. While gamers have been fast at work behind the Xbox 360 controller, the creators of Albion have been hard at work to bring Knothole Island to heroes worldwide on Jan. 13. Releasing over Xbox LIVE Marketplace for 800 Microsoft points, Knothole Island will introduce all-new adventures in "Fable II," the winner of numerous industry awards including G4TV X-Play's Game of the Year.

In the latest installment of Lionhead Studio's Video Diary series, the developers reveal some of the challenges they faced in the final days of making "Fable II" and offer a sneak preview of Knothole Island. Senior Programmer Jonathan Shaw and fellow members of the team hint at the new quests, weapons, items and specialty shops available on this mysterious isle off the coast of Albion, as well as some of the quirky characters that inhabit it.

Also on Jan. 13, fans everywhere will be able to enhance their "Fable II" experience with a free content update* exclusively available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace. The free update will grant players a handful of gifts from the fine people of Knothole Island and will enable those who haven't purchased Knothole Island downloadable content to continue the co-op action with their friends. Some of the fun items include: Knight's Boots, Assassins Gloves, a special Weight Loss Potion, a collectible silver book and more. The update will also enable players to check their standing in over 50 new Leaderboards on Lionhead.com.

As an additional post-holiday treat for "Fable II" fans, Lionhead Studios and Microsoft Game Studios have created an all-new Knothole Island Premium Theme for the New Xbox Experience, available for 250 Microsoft points. Voyage over to Xbox LIVE Marketplace or Marketplace on the Web at http://marketplace.xbox.com to download the theme and check out Video Diary Episode 8.

 

[R Nilla]

:thumbsdown: Well then I'll have to delay my purchase of it until later. I will probably have a fair amount of non-Fable II gaming to do post-Christmas.

 

[TKE899]

I hope they still release the patch. This game has more glitches than any other game I have ever played. Some of them being game breaking like the Bloodstone glitch which I suffered from is toward the end of the game. Starting over is not one of my favorite things to do.

 

[NGC_604]

Oh well, guess I'll just have to put my extra microsoft points towards the Fallout 3 DLC instead.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: TKE899
I hope they still release the patch. This game has more glitches than any other game I have ever played. Some of them being game breaking like the Bloodstone glitch which I suffered from is toward the end of the game. Starting over is not one of my favorite things to do.

Any time a bug causes you to end up at a point in an RPG at which it is impossible to progress further is shameful.

 

[Sniper82]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: TKE899
I hope they still release the patch. This game has more glitches than any other game I have ever played. Some of them being game breaking like the Bloodstone glitch which I suffered from is toward the end of the game. Starting over is not one of my favorite things to do.

Any time a bug causes you to end up at a point in an RPG at which it is impossible to progress further is shameful.

oh crap where is this bug and is it common? Can it be avoided? I am a few hours in and restarting a game after many of hours of play would really piss me off.

 

[TKE899]

Well without giving any spoilers just make sure Reaver is completely finished talking before walking away. I have heard this is the cause of Bloodstone glitch.

There is also a big glitch that I thought ruined my game. After I completed the crucible for a second time my character became frozen. Couldn't walk, attack, or interact in any way with anything.
In order to fix this glitch you must fast travel to some where that you can use your spade from the menu. It fixed my game but took me two days of searching to find this fix.

I currently have another glitch where it says "you don't have the key to open this portcullis" across the top of my screen its been this way since the day i restarted my game because of the other glitch. Not a game breaker but annoying nontheless. Lionhead should probably fix some of these.

 

[Queasy]

Update: Confirmed for Jan 13th

In the studio's eighth video documentary, Lionhead offers a glimpse into finishing "Fable II" and creating the highly-anticipated Knothole Island, which arrives to Xbox LIVE Jan. 13 worldwide.

Since the North American launch of "Fable II" on Oct. 21, more than two million gamers worldwide have embarked on a quest to reshape the world of Albion in the image of their hero. While gamers have been fast at work behind the Xbox 360 controller, the creators of Albion have been hard at work to bring Knothole Island to heroes worldwide on Jan. 13. Releasing over Xbox LIVE Marketplace for 800 Microsoft points, Knothole Island will introduce all-new adventures in "Fable II," the winner of numerous industry awards including G4TV X-Play's Game of the Year.

In the latest installment of Lionhead Studio's Video Diary series, the developers reveal some of the challenges they faced in the final days of making "Fable II" and offer a sneak preview of Knothole Island. Senior Programmer Jonathan Shaw and fellow members of the team hint at the new quests, weapons, items and specialty shops available on this mysterious isle off the coast of Albion, as well as some of the quirky characters that inhabit it.

Also on Jan. 13, fans everywhere will be able to enhance their "Fable II" experience with a free content update* exclusively available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace. The free update will grant players a handful of gifts from the fine people of Knothole Island and will enable those who haven't purchased Knothole Island downloadable content to continue the co-op action with their friends. Some of the fun items include: Knight's Boots, Assassins Gloves, a special Weight Loss Potion, a collectible silver book and more. The update will also enable players to check their standing in over 50 new Leaderboards on Lionhead.com.

As an additional post-holiday treat for "Fable II" fans, Lionhead Studios and Microsoft Game Studios have created an all-new Knothole Island Premium Theme for the New Xbox Experience, available for 250 Microsoft points. Voyage over to Xbox LIVE Marketplace or Marketplace on the Web at http://marketplace.xbox.com to download the theme and check out Video Diary Episode 8.