Microsoft Game Studios and Lionhead Studios have announced that the action role-playing game “Fable II” will ship to U.S. retailers on Oct. 21st, 2008 and UK retailers on Oct. 24th, with subsequent release dates throughout the rest of the world in the coming months.

Developed by Peter Molyneux and Lionhead Studios, the creators of the critically-acclaimed “Fable” and “Black & White,” “Fable II” offers an infinite amount of choice in an open world environment, allowing gamers to become the most heralded of all heroes or reviled of all villains.

Ringing in new heights of innovation for the genre and expanding upon the rich experience of the first title, “Fable II” immerses players in the expansive world of Albion and looks to fulfil all the ambitions that the first game promised.