Long-Awaited Fable II Patch Released

After a couple months of waiting, Microsoft and Lionhead have finally released a patch for Fable II that fixes the game-breaking Abbott issue, the empty Guild Cave chest issue, and more. The notes:

– The Ritual/Monk’s Quest Fixed the issue with the Abbott becoming unresponsive if you leave Oakfield before he finishes talking. This will fix the problem if you’ve already hit it, too.
– Rescuing Charlie/Rescue My Baby after rescuing Charlie, you can now able to interact with objects
– Guild Cave chest resolves any issues with previously inability to retrieve items unlocked from Limited Collector’s Edition, website or Chicken Kickin’ game. If you’ve already hit this bug you should now get your items.
– The Spire (Pt2) no more issues with ship captain being unresponsive
– The Hero of Skill (Pirate King) you’ll no longer get stuck during Hero of Skill quest (Bloodstone)
– T.O.B.Y./Trouble In Bloodstone you’ll no longer get stuck during T.O.B.Y. quests (Bloodstone)
– Your child – will no longer be chosen as an assassination target
– Furniture Shop in Albion (Bowerstone) will now always have something for sale
– Additional unspecified fixes

There’s also been a Knothole Island update to their Silverlight-powered Tales of Albion website, in case you’re interested. The DLC is still on schedule to be released on Tuesday.