At this year's X03 event in France, Peter Molyneux was showing off the latest playable version of Fable. Only the single-player game was actually being shown at X03, but, before our demonstration got underway, Molyneux talked at some length about the multiplayer features that will appear in the finished game.

Fable will feature split-screen cooperative play for up to four players, although since only one player can be the lead character, others will appear as "alter egos" able to help out in combat situations, earn experience points, and heal the main character, but unable to interact with non-player characters in villages and the like.