July 14^th, 2004 (12:00am) - Fable finally has a release date! Well, sorta.

According to Lionhead Studios, Fable will go on sale in North America in September, with a European release in October (actual dates TBA). Gamers who wish to make certain they will be getting a copy on release day can go to select participating retailers and get a free bonus DVD with their pre-order, providing their order was made after July 1st of this year.

"Fable will be released in September 2004 for the US and October 2004 for Europe (stay tuned for specific dates). Placing a pre-order with your local gamesshop, or an online store will give you a bonus DVD! These DVD’s are available from 1st July onwards, so make sure you pick it up in the shop where you placed the order.

"This DVD includes: Behind-the-scenes documentary, interviews with the Fable creators, including Peter Molyneux, never before seen footage of Fable, playable demo of Sudeki and other Xbox exclusive titles."

The DVD will ship with the game itself, so don’t go to your local EB Games or Gamestop demanding that they fork it over - it’s not gonna happen. For more info, including a list of participating retailers, click here.