We've just got off the phone with the Lionhead legend, who told us that the hotly anticipated upcoming Xbox 360 exclusive, out on October 24, went gold as of 7pm last night, and has been released for manufacturing. And now, in celebration of that fact, the Fable II development team is tonight heading straight to the pub. When asked if Fable 2 was finished Molyneux told us: "It is as of 7pm last night. We are now officially gold. It's released to manufacturing. Fable is absolutely finished and done and dusted. "There's a lot of people here who are going to want to celebrate. And I'll be honest with you, the reason I have to go at six is because we're all off down the pub."

So, how does Molyneux feel now that his game is finally out the door? Like he's just witnessed a miracle. "It always feels like a little bit of a miracle when you finish a game," he said. "This is the biggest game we've ever done. Lots of times it just seemed impossible that it was ever going to get finished." You'd assume that Molyneux would be up for a large one given how long the game has been in development. Not so, the hard working main man revealed. "The trouble is these things never stop. Just because we've gone gold.