Grapevine: WTF Lionhead?!?
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
So last week it was announced that Fable 2 would not be shipping with Co-op and that it would be patched in a week later (that’s three days later for us folks in the UK), we all had a bit of a rant, I speculated that it was because they were waiting for the new Dashboard update. I was fine with this, many people were, the general consensus was most people weren’t going to play Co-op for a bit anyway. We had made our piece, Albion was safe-ish.
But today I got an email. From GAME.co.uk
“Dear Customer,
We have just been informed by Microsoft this afternoon that there is a significant supply chain issue regarding the contents of the Fable II Limited Edition. This affects the entire market.
They have advised us that neither the figurine nor the fate cards are going to be available. Which is incredibly frustrating!
However the Limited Edition WILL still come with a bonus disk with all Lionhead developer diaries, concept art viewer, music from soundtrack and new behind the scenes making of video footage, as well as bonus in-game content.
We have lowered the price of the limited edition to £39.99 to reflect the altered contents. I do hope this goes some way to alleviating your disappointment.
Please accept our sincerest apologies for any inconvenience caused.
Kind regards,
Customer Services
GAME.co.uk”
What?! *insert lots of rude swear words here*
This is really irritating, the only special edition I’ve ever gone to purchase where everything in the box actually looks like it could be fun or a (dare I say it?) Collectible and Microsoft go and can it!
On the official Fable 2 blog has a bit more information on the matter, stating that:
The premium box, five printed fate cards, and Hobbe figure will not be available as part of the Limited Collector’s Edition. We apologize for any inconvenience.
The Fable II Limited Collector’s Edition will now include the following content at this discounted price:
- Fable II game disc
- Bonus DVD with new ‘Making-of’ Feature
- Bonus in-game content (requires Xbox LIVE®)
- ‘The Hall of the Dead’ Dungeon
- ‘The Wreckager’ Legendary Cutlass Weapon
- Spartan armor and energy sword
To further show our commitment to the faithful fans, we have created a special Fable album for free download for a limited time! This includes a wonderful selection of Fable 1 music and 3 brand new tracks from the upcoming Fable II soundtrack.
It’s nice to know that Lionhead care, and I’m a little bit miffed but I suppose, I still get a bunch of bonus content for the same price as the regular version now. So I guess I shouldn’t complain….still sucks though I was planning on putting that figurine on my Xbox next to my yoshi and Ba-om figurines. It was going to be awesome, but now it’s over.
So much for that diarama, the hunt continues for a decent LE.
Paris.
