Fable: The Journey is for “serious” gamers, says Lionhead

Just because Fable: The Journey is a Kinect game doesn’t mean it’s a casual game for people who want to chuck themselves all over the lounge like all those other Kinect games. That’s what Lionhead wants you to believe, anyway.

In an announcement accompanying the game’s box-art reveal, Lionhead’s blogger writes that “Maybe this isn’t the biggest news for all our fans out there, but it is a big moment for the development team. The box art signifies that we are working on a game now that will appear in shops all over the world and this is how you are going to spot Fable: The Journey in local retailers. Needless to say we are very proud of it! If you own a Kinect – or are planning on buying one in the near future – and you are a serious gamer who doesn’t want to jump around their living room, then this is the game to look out for.”

Fable: The Journey’s first public demo onstage at E3 last year, later described by Peter Molyneux as a “horrendous mistake”, gave the erroneous impression that the game was on rails. Since then, we’ve not seen much more of it.

It’s due to launch on 4 September. For serious gamers ONLY. >:[