It's been a while since Lionhead's last fabled community update, back in May, but they're finally ready to reveal some tiny bits of information about their Fable 2 role-playing sequel, coming... whenever, on the Xbox 360. Nothing too deep about the game's mechanics and such, though, just something that's "quite vague and allows [them] to say a few things without revealing anything too early". Have you guessed what it is yet? Let me give you a hint: it starts with "backgroud" and ends with "story".

"So now that the whole story has been set out on paper and agreed upon, the implementation can begin. As you're probably aware Fable 2 is set roughly 500 years after the original Fable and Fable: The Lost Chapters ended. This allows for some vital changes in the world of Albion, the characters and setting, but also to build further upon the heritage and back story. Eventually you get a story that is not only longer than the story from the original game but also one that's a little bit more mature! No, we're not going down the route of GTA (violence-grandeur) but with the current plan some people might be shocked by what we have in stock for Fable 2 players. Story-wise this is a slightly different approach but you'll like it, it has some rather cool twists to it. And I'm not talking about someone who rescues you at first and then betrays you, we've seen that a zillion times before, including in the original game."

And with that, Lionhead's glorious update pretty much ends, without really telling us anything at all about Fable 2. The article goes on to mention a couple of things about their daily testing routine, but there's nothing in there about the game itself. Alas, they finally seem to have learned not to make dreamlike gameplay promises. But we wouldn't mind if they were to give away some actual features. Next time.

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