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The Game Developers Conference (or GDC) is an official annual trade event “by developers for developers” that covers computer, console, mobile, arcade and online games as well as location based entertainment. The event has grown in popularity and success since it began almost 20 years ago.

This year’s event will play host to a special 60 minute long lecture relating to the development and innovations in the upcoming Fable 2 title for the XBOX 360. The lecture will take place on the 8th of March at 12 PM, placing it towards the end of the four day event that begins on the 5th and ends on the 9th, the event will be taking place in busy San Francisco.

Lionhead studios, the development team behind the original Fable and its upcoming sequel have released a number of tidbits about the lecture. With regards to the nature of creating a sequel they have said:

"When attempting to create a sequel the temptation is to add more of everything but is this enough? Lionhead Studios ambition for Fable 2 is to create sequel which is truly a land mark title and to achieve this there must be evolution and revolution.”

With a more specific reference to the lecture itself Lionhead have revealed that:

"This talk will centre around revolutions in Fable 2...[and] will examine how key game play elements have been refined and expanded. It will also look at what inspiration was drawn for the original game and what lessons were learnt from Fable.

The processes used to arrive at these design decisions can be applied to a broad spectrum of genres and so are relevant to a large sector of the development community. Plus Peter Molyneux has promised to reveal a totally unexpected feature in Fable 2."

There is no doubt that the talk is going to be an interesting one, a lot fans are anticipating answers to long-held questions such as will their be Co-operative play? Fable 2 currently stands as the one of the most anticipated titles of 2007, a fact that will no doubt only be strengthened by this key speech at GDC 2007.