PC Version of Fable III Delayed
The PC version of Fable III will not ship with the Xbox 360 version as previously planned.
Fable fans eagerly awaiting the third installment will have to wait a little longer than their console counterparts. According to Microsoft, the PC version will not be hitting the market on October 26 as originally planned. Unfortunately, the company wouldn't say when the game would actually be released.
"The console and PC versions are now on different schedules as we're focusing on building experiences optimized for each platform," the company said in a statement. "We aren't announcing a ship date for the PC sku at this time, but expect news soon."
Lionhead Studios' Peter Molyneux said back in June that the PC version would be a "standalone custom designed game," and not merely a conversion of the Xbox 360 game. "My fondness for the PC as a gaming platform probably played a part in this process," he said.
Currently there are no PC-exclusive features slated for Fable III, but rather the control mechanism was "crafted around the mouse." There are also no plans for a Collector's Edition of Fable III for the PC, however digital content available in the Xbox 360 LCE version will be available for PC gamers to download--post-release content included.
The Xbox 360 version is still set for the original October ship date.
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dang..that much longer to wait for the fat male prostitutes..
I want to see if Yahtzee tears this game a new one.
Remember what they said: Piracy is the reason PC games get delayed.
More of a tactic to prevent lose of sales due to piracy on the PC platform to me. But if it really result in a custom, optimized PC version of the game, I'm all for it. We'll see when it will be out.
I wish they would pack in a special edition with fable for us PC Only gamers that got left out on 2 =/
As long as they deliver on what they have promised so far, I can live with them taking a little more time to tweak to PC version, instead of giving us a straight port of the game.
As long as they deliver on what they have promised so far, I can live with them taking a little more time to tweak to PC version, instead of giving us a straight port of the game.
This. A delay shows to me that the care. (Valve must care a lot by that logic lol)
Better be delayed because they're including Fable 2
Neverwinter Nights 2 graphics put this game to shame. Dragon age tears it a new one, visually. Hell, even the sketchy visuals from The Witcher are a step above.
Sorry, but unless this game has the storyline of the year, I can't be coerced to give a damn.
I agrees the graphics of the Fable engine are terrible, looks like the technology of this engine is like 4 years old, heck I think Oblivion looks better than this, and that had a much larger world...
Why does everyone keeps messing with PC?
I hope they offer Fable III on Steam.
While I do hate the idea of having all games linked to a single account, I'm starting to love to use a in-game web browser (maybe they should just add this feature to GamesForWindowsLive). Granted, the Steam browser could use quite some work (just give us FF?).
I imagine I'll get the Xbox version though. My brother is too impatient and will go buy it before the PC version is even release (unless the release is only a week or two).
really hope they make the pc version a REAL pc game like they say. I am sick of PC games that are ported being geared to only work with the 360 controller, where using a mouse is almost impossible.
I like the Xbox version.
considering how microsoft has been screwing over pc gamers the last 5 years the best we could hope for from fable 3 is ... a delayed product ... poorly optimised for dx11 ... with a control system that is left wanting ... with extra content that will NOT come to this platform ....
personally i can wait for diablo 3 ... a game made by a real pc development studio ...
wall of zombies anyone !?
Neverwinter Nights 2 graphics put this game to shame. Dragon age tears it a new one, visually. Hell, even the sketchy visuals from The Witcher are a step above. Sorry, but unless this game has the storyline of the year, I can't be coerced to give a damn.
Graphics in a RPG is the last of my worries. Graphics isn't what makes NWN 2 so good, it's it's complexness. Graphics isn't what makes DA
I want to see if Yahtzee tears this game a new one.
Haha, I love that guy, best game reviews ever.