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Fable II: The Albion Bestiary Compendium

Posted Oct 23rd 2008 2:00PM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: Fable 2

The lands of Albion -- as explored in Fable II -- are filled with many strange and wondrous things. Indeed, many of them are wonderful, even magical in nature, but make no mistake, there are dangers as well. In addition to its law abiding populous, Albion is home to all manners of beasts, spirits, and, well, less than law abiding citizens. To this end we provide The Albion Bestiary Compendium. No adventurer should leave home without it!

Come learn your ABC's with The Albion Bestiary Compendium.

Fanswag: Mega Fable 2 giveaway [update]

Posted Oct 22nd 2008 12:00PM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: Fable 2, Contests and Giveaways

Update: Our winners have been selected and notified. Check your inboxes, kids, it might be you! Don't forget to check those spam boxes too!

You may have noticed, but we're smack in the middle of a week filled with Fable II goodness. Today, we are continuing our special coverage with a huge Fable II giveaway. We've got six copies of the game to giveaway, including one Collector's Edition copy. For your chance at some free Fable II goodness of your very own, simply follow our entry rules below.

• To enter the giveaway, leave a comment on this post telling us what kind of hero you plan to be in Fable II.
  
• You may leave one comment per calendar day, eastern time. Posters of multiple comments will be disqualified. We'll accept entries until Friday, October 24th at 5:00PM eastern. You must be at least 18 years old to enter. This giveaway is open only to residents of the U.S. and Canada (excluding Quebec).
  
• On Friday, we'll pick six winners via a random drawing.
• One grand prize winner will receive one copy of the Fable II collector's edition, worth $70. Five second prize winners will receive the standard edition of Fable II, worth $60.
• Complete giveaway rules can be found here

Fable II: A Guided Tour of Albion

Posted Oct 21st 2008 12:00PM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: Fable 2, X3F Features

Fable II has a lot to offer, not least of which is a huge game world. Yes, the kingdom of Albion is vast, playing host to a variety of landscapes and peoples. From the lush pastures of Oakfield to the putrid muck of Wraithmarsh, every region offers up something different. We've gathered up a sample of the areas you'll visit in Albion -- not all of them, there have to be some surprises after all -- and collected them into a handy guide for prospective travellers.

Sit back and enjoy A Guided Tour of Albion.

X3F TV -- Fable II Pub Games gold and Xbox.com item merge tutorial

Posted Oct 21st 2008 10:00AM by Xav de Matos
Filed under: Fan stuff, Fable 2, X3F TV

Xbox 360 Fancast 088 -- Fable 2 Baby, Yeah!

Posted Oct 20th 2008 5:00PM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: Fable 2, Podcasts

Given the image above, there's really no beating around the bush with this one: this week's episode of the Xbox 360 Fancast is all about Fable II. We've been playing the game for a couple weeks now, and we're just dying to share. If you think you've got what it takes to listen to us jaw about one of Microsoft's would-be heavy hitters for an hour, you'd better do yourself a favor and click the download link of your choice. Do it, do it because you know you want to.

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Thanks to Richard Elliot for the image!

Hosts: Richard Mitchell (SenseiRAM), Dustin Burg (SuperDunners), Alexander Sliwinski (Sli Xander)

Produced by Richard Mitchell

Music: Intro/Outro: "Electromooq" by Uma Floresta. Break: "Waiting for You" by Pioneers of Flight

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Review: Fable II

Posted Oct 20th 2008 9:00AM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: Fable 2, X3F Features

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During the 15.78 hours I've played Fable II (which the game measures out as 56,796 seconds) I have earned 987,502 experience, completed 13 quests, dispatched 28 trash-talking gargoyles, opened 1 demon door, bought 14 buildings (3 houses, 11 shops), shot 11 enemies in the groin, acquired 4 scars, and -- because I finally felt like getting around to it -- saved the kingdom of Albion from a particularly evil doom. The story begins much earlier than all of that, of course, in the kingdom of Albion, in the streets of Bowerstone Old Town, where Rose and her sibling, known to her as 'Sparrow,' dream of a better life.

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