Fable 2 Announcement Pushed Back Due to NXE

The big Fable 2 announcement that Lionhead teased last week has been pushed back due to a request from Microsoft, according to a post on the Lionhead blog. "The big bods over in Redmond decided that, this week wasn't the time to tell you what the announcement is we have ready here in Guilford," the post states. With the arrival of the New Xbox Experience, Microsoft probably didn't want any news to steal their thunder; or more likely, they didn't want the Fable 2 announcement to be lost amid all the NXE launch hype. So rather than compete with it, Lionhead has opted to add to it. The post goes on to say, "to celebrate the launch of the New Xbox Experience, we've created an all-new Fable 2 theme for your dashboard." You can see it above, and download it onto your Xbox 360 once you go through the update process.
The big announcement is now set for next week, on Monday the 24th. That should give users sufficient time to play with their Avatars and Netflix rentals, so we don't expect any more delays. We'll let you know what the announcment is as soon as we know.