Well, if you were hoping to fill your pockets and give your first Fable II character a healthy bank balance by exploiting the Fable II Pub Games bug you had better get in quick — Lionhead is hard at work on a patch that will put paid to your ill gotten gains.
It’s not all bad news (or good news, assuming you would rather play a game without the possibility of cheating) as Lionhead’s community blog has a page full of tips designed to maximize your Pub Games earning potential while staying within the rules. Their advice? “If you are wondering about a ‘much talked about’ exploit, just ignore it (and know that a patch is on the way)”.
But as Lionhead taketh with one hand, they giveth with the other – a rather natty set of Fable II wallpapers has turned up on the official Fable II site and an update to the Fable backstory Tales Of Albion entitled The fall of the Heroes” is now live (requires Microsoft Silverlight to play).
Fable II Pub Games News Flash, Tips and Tricks! [Lionhead Community Blogs]
Fable II Wallpaper [Lionhead]
Tales of Albion [Lionhead]
Uh-oh. If Lionhead don’t sort this out sharpish then Albion could end up suffering through its own version of the kind of economic meltdown that has lead to Zimbabwe printing a run of billion dollar notes.
The novel idea of letting players earn gold in the Fable II Pub Games on XBLA — gold that can be brought into the game to give your character a good start in life — might turn out to be a problem, now that someone has realised there is a way to game the system into paying big.
The Fortune’s Tower card game can be tricked into big payouts, it seems. Find out how after the jump and get saving for extra dog biscuits now before this gets patched.
It appears something is up with the codes GameStop and Amazon were giving out for Fable II pre-orders. The code was supposed to allow people to download a free copy of the stand alone Fable II Pub Games, but we’ve received numerous reports that the codes don’t work. Reports of the code not working have also cropped up over on Xbox Live Director Larry Hryb’s Major Nelson site. There’s also a forum posting on Xbox.Com that lists more than 100 people not being able to use their code to download the game.
We’ve contacted Microsoft for comment and will update once they get back to us or find a solution to the problem
Update: Just heard back from Hryb: “If you received a download code from a pre-order for Fable II, I am being told that they codes should be working later today. Apologies for the delays”.
The Fable II Pub Games are dropping this week on Xbox Live, a series of gambling games that will allow you to make money for your Fable II character before the game’s October release. Definitely a nifty idea, but how does it work? According to Eurogamer, who got the down-low from developer Lionhead. Basically you choose a persona to gamble with using the Pub Games. Create one or create several, it really doesn’t matter. Play the games, make your gold, and then – and this is important – buy Fable II when it comes out. The whole process falters if you skip this step.
Once you are safely playing Fable II, initiate a gaming session with a Gamemaster at your local tavern, or one of the conveniently wandering types found throughout the game. Start up a game, and you’ll be asked if you wish to merge your in-game persona with your gambling persona. Once you agree, your Pub Games horde will be at your fingertips, and you’ll be able to outfit your dog in the latest doggy gear at your leisure. Simple! Lionhead explains Fable 2 money transfers News [Eurogamer]
