Peter Molyneux, the force behind the Fable series, expects that an impending announcement at Microsoft’s X10 about the new game (Fable III) will annoy fans. To be honest, I am not sure that Mr Molyneux has got this marketing business pinned down. In a recent interview in Copenhagen he said “I’m really scared that when I go out and tell people what it is, they’re going to be super pissed off. They really are. But it’s the right thing to do, man. I’m sure it’s the right thing to do.”

This has started tongues wagging in the Xbox community that Fable III might be the ‘big title’ that Microsoft has promised to be the first employer of its new motion controller, Project Natal. As if pouring petrol on the small fire he initially created Molyneux later added, “if you’re thinking that Natal is going to give you another version of an FPS, you’re just not thinking broadly enough. After all, it was the invention of the mouse that gave us computing as it is today — not the invention of the microprocessor. The mouse was the real revolution of the PC — not the Intel processor. And who’s to say Natal couldn’t end up creating something you and I can’t even imagine now? It forces us to approach technology in a completely different way.“

I am sure this opinion will calm the multitude of Fable fans quivering at the thought of this dramatic change. I can’t wait for his announcement at X10 this Thursday in San Francisco. I just hope he remembers to wear protective clothing.