The game was originally in development for the Dreamcast, but shifted to the Xbox after the Dreamcast was discontinued.įable was well-received by critics for the quality of its gameplay and execution, though the failure to include many promised features was noted. The game's release was widely anticipated, due in part to Lionhead co-founder Peter Molyneux's enthusiastic hype of the game.

The game's music was composed by Russell Shaw, with the opening title theme written by Danny Elfman. Originally developed under the name Project Ego, Fable 's development involved more than 150 people. A port of the game for Mac OS X, created by Robosoft Technologies and published by Feral Interactive, was released in March 2008 after a delay of more than two years due to licensing issues. An extended version of the game, Fable: The Lost Chapters, was released for the Xbox and Windows in September 2005. The game shipped for the Xbox in September 2004. It was developed for the Xbox, Microsoft Windows, and Mac OS X platforms by Big Blue Box Studios, a satellite developer of Lionhead Studios, and was published by Microsoft Studios. Fable is an action role-playing video game, the first in the Fable series.

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