When did Fable: The Journey come out?

Fable: The Journey was released on 9 October 2012 for Xbox 360.

Fable: The Journey (2012) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Fable: The Journey

Fable: The Journey offers a whole new way to experience the deep storyline and picturesque world of Albion that fans have come to know and love. Set 50 years after the events of Fable III, this new version…

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What Fable: The Journey is

Fable: The Journey is an adventure game developed by Lionhead Studios and released in 2012. It was published by Microsoft Studios. It is available on Xbox 360 only. It runs on Unreal Engine 3.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Fable: The Journey offers a whole new way to experience the deep storyline and picturesque world of Albion that fans have come to know and love. Set 50 years after the events of Fable III, this new version asks you to come to the aid of the mysterious Theresa, who thrusts you into an action-packed adventure full of dangerous enemies, hair-raising chases and humorous characters. Built from the ground up for Kinect, Fable: The Journey gives you the power to wield magic as a deadly weapon, defend yourself in combat and solve puzzles on your journey to becoming a hero.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Fable: The Journey holds a critic score of 63 out of 100. That places it above 22% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 7 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Fable: The Journey launched on 9 October 2012, within three weeks of Dishonored, Hotline Miami, Borderlands 2 and XCOM: Enemy Unknown. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Dishonored, Hotline Miami, Borderlands 2, XCOM: Enemy Unknown.

Official trailer