Just got a media blast about a newly released video from Lionhead - a copy of it is below for your viewing pleasure.  For all of you that stare blindly at the screen and can’t figure out how to find the video there is a BIG BLUE box on the right thats rather obvious, but somehow I overlooked it.  Also keep in mind that the video holds an ESRB rating of M

Lionhead Releases the Third Installment of the Studio’s Entertaining Video Diary Series

Meet the “Geeky” and Extremely Funny Central Technology Group (CTG) at Lionhead Studios, Responsible For Creating the Unique Tools that Produce and Enhance the Gameplay in “Fable 2”

Get up close and personal with the CTG at Lionhead in the third installment of the studio’s video diary series, which is available for viewing and download at www.lionhead.com and on Xbox LIVE Marketplace.

Currently recovering from the studio’s 10th Anniversary bash, which included several man hours to create elaborate costumes, fireworks, and an all-around good time, the team is hard at work on “Fable 2” for Xbox 360™, the highly-anticipated follow up to the best-selling, Xbox® exclusive “Fable®.” Members of the CTG took time out of their busy development schedules to describe in detail what it takes to be “a geek,” as well as create the tools and technology that Lionhead is using to create the unique gameplay of “Fable 2,” such as the one-button combat system and crescendo action sequences.

The diary, which runs a little more than seven minutes in length, and is intercut with a recap of the 10th Anniversary Party, includes anecdotes and laugh-out-loud commentary from programmers, staging designers, producers and a “technical master chef;” who describe how CTG’s work feeds back into the development of “Fable 2,” and the case of the “missing fog machine.”

That’s all for now, but please look for continued behind the scenes tours of Lionhead and more installments of the video diary in the future.

 Starting today we can get our grubby little hands on some video diaries, which give us some more info on Fable 2, I am really anticipating this game, so any little piece of information for me is gold!  Downloading the video as I post this.  Official press release to follow.

Microsoft Game Studios Set To Release Episode One of New Lionhead Video Diaries

Beginning on May 24, 2007, Episode One of the Lionhead video diaries will debut on the official Lionhead Studios Website and Xbox LIVE® Marketplace, kicking off an ongoing series of video diaries with the “Fable 2®” team, including Peter Molyneux.

The episodes provide a look behind the scenes of the long-awaited sequel to the 2004 Xbox® exclusive best-seller “Fable®.” Get a sneak peek inside the game, as well as get to know the people behind the action. Being a hero or heroine, fighting, questing and adventuring are central to “Fable.” With the upcoming release of “Fable 2,” gamers will be one step closer to fulfilling their dreams of being good or evil; getting married or remaining single; and finding out what it means to experience unconditional love in the world of “Fable.”

Each installment of the video diaries will walk gamers through the development process and will answer questions fans have been dying to know such as, “What is the deal with the dog?” “How do you show unconditional love in a video game?” “How does the new combat system work?” and “What is it really like to work at Lionhead?”

“Fable 2” is an inventive action RPG (role playing game) that will be a true sequel to the original, offering even more choices and building on the core gameplay theme of “Fable” where your every choice continually defines who you become, allowing you to truly live the life you choose. Set 500 years after the original, “Fable 2” will provide gamers with an epic story and innovative real-time gameplay including a massive amount of freedom and choice.

Every choice continually defines the experience, allowing gamers to truly live the life they choose. So choose wisely and check out Episode One, with more to come!

To view Episode One visit:
www.lionhead.com