Fable (video game)

Fable
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Developer(s)	Big Blue Box Studios Lionhead Studios (The Lost Chapters / Anniversary) Robosoft Technologies (Mac OS X)
Publisher(s)	Microsoft Game Studios Feral Interactive (Mac OS X)
Designer(s)	Peter Molyneux
Composer(s)	Danny Elfman Russell Shaw
Series	Fable
Engine	Proprietary Unreal Engine 3 (Anniversary)
Platform(s)	Xbox Xbox 360 Microsoft Windows Mac OS X
Release	14 September 2004 Xbox (original) NA: 14 September 2004 EU: 8 October 2004 JP: 17 March 2005 *Xbox (The Lost Chapters)* NA: 18 October 2005 EU: 21 October 2005 Microsoft Windows NA: 20 September 2005 EU: 23 September 2005 Xbox 360 4 December 2007 Mac OS X NA: 31 March 2008 *Xbox 360 (Anniversary)* NA: 4 February 2014 EU: 7 February 2014 *Windows (Anniversary)* 12 September 2014
Genre(s)	Action role-playing
Mode(s)	Single player

Aggregate scores
Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	Fable: 85.28% (Xbox) The Lost Chapters: 84% (Xbox) 83% (PC)
Metacritic	Fable: 85/100 (Xbox) The Lost Chapters: 83/100 (Xbox) 83/100 (PC)
Review scores
Publication	Score
1UP.com	A (Xbox 360)
GamePro	4.5/5.0 (Xbox)
GameSpot	8.6/10 (Xbox)
GameSpy	4.0/5.0 (Xbox)
IGN	9.3/10 (Xbox)

Fable is an action role-playing video game, the first in the Fable series. 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. The game shipped for the Xbox in September 2004. An extended version of the game, Fable: The Lost Chapters, was released for the Xbox and Windows in September 2005. 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.

Originally developed under the name Project Ego, Fable's development involved more than 150 people. The game's music was composed by Russell Shaw, with the opening title theme written by Danny Elfman. The game's release was widely anticipated, due in part to Lionhead cofounder Peter Molyneux's enthusiastic hype of the game.

Fable was well received by critics for the quality of its gameplay and execution, though the failure to include many promised features was noted. Fable was the top-selling game of September 2004 and sold more than two million units by 2007. The game was followed by two sequels, Fable II in 2008 and Fable III in 2010. Fable Anniversary, a high-definition remake of the game that includes The Lost Chapters, was released for the Xbox 360 in February 2014.

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