Fable III does not use Twitter
During the GDC 10 conference today, Lionhead’s Peter Molyneux hinted that Fable III could include some form of Twitter support. Molyneux discussed the game’s experience system, stating the importance of having followers.
Within minutes many gaming news websites posted a wave of information on how “Fable III becomes more Sociable” for instance, and some with a more direct approach “Fable III exp will be posted on twitter” - well, unfortunately it is not true and not all games are as sociable as ‘Blur’ which does include such a system.
Molyneux stated:
“I Twitter now and, you know, I’ve got followers on Twitter. That’s an interesting mechanic, and we integrate that into the Fable experience.”
If like many of us, you scour the news websites looking to feed yourself with as much information on gaming as your brain can handle you are bound to have encountered this news. Whilst we don’t take pleasure from issuing disappointment, Microsoft confirmed with Joystiq to confirm that Twitter will NOT be integrated into Fable III. According to Microsoft, “what Peter meant was he was inspired by the ‘followers’ mechanic on Twitter, and its influence can be seen specifically in the ‘Follower’ feature [of Fable III].”
So there you have it!
Source: Joystiq
This is of course really good news. Anyone I followed who would have the “good taste” of posting his or her experience progress on Twitter would be un-followed on the double. Spam sucks, no matter what costume you dress it in.
I quite like the idea of twitter integration in games, it’s like bragging on a bigger scale!