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Molyneux hints at Fable II digital release

Peter Molyneux has hinted that Fable II could be made available as a full digital release on Xbox 360.

The Lionhead Studios boss refused to confirm any concrete plans, but told GamesIndustry.biz: "I think it would be a great thing for this studio to work on."

Pressed on whether there were already plans for the critically-acclaimed RPG to be made available over Microsoft's Live service, Molyneux said: "I can't say anything else on it – I would be killed to death."

Microsoft, which already offers full original Xbox titles for download via its Marketplace service, has never formally revealed intentions to make full retail 360 titles available, but industry watchers have long predicted this could happen later in the console's lifecycle.

Molyneux's enthusiasm for a digital release comes after the success of the original Fable, which was made available for download on 360 earlier this year as part of the Xbox Originals range.

"It did really, really well," he revealed. "It was one of the highest selling, if not the highest selling, [Xbox Originals title]. I didn't track that exactly, but I know a lot of people got very excited about it when it came out."

Fable II released in Europe on October 24 and topped the UK charts after its opening weekend.
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meepmoopmeep - 372 days 15 hours ago
1 - just wondering:
is there a size cap for DD games on Live?
or is this only applicable to the micro games?
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TheBrit - 372 days 15 hours ago
1.1 - The size cap is only for the XBL arcade games
They already have a bunch of xbox 1 originals on there that blow that cap away :)
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deeznuts - 372 days 12 hours ago
2 - Digital?
I'm playing Fable II right now. It's pretty damn addicting even though I haven't played an RPG Since Final Fantasy on Super Nintendo.

But, isn't it already digital?
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The Kingslayer - 372 days 12 hours ago
3 - Yeah
The Xbox originals do blow the cap off. You had the extra capacity HDD consoles 60/120, along with optional installs. So the Xbox 360 is well prepared for this, and I also think this bodes well for other games coming down the pipe line...

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bpmurr - 372 days 11 hours ago
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What MS needs to do if they are going to do digital distribution of 360 Retail products is offer a hard drive attachment that allows you to use your own drive. The 120GB in my Elite is nice but just doing hard drive installs of the games I play has filled a lot of space. Since downloading them is basically the same thing being able to slap a 320GB drive in there would be awesome.
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