Fable breaks US first week sales records

Big Blue Box' long-awaited Xbox RPG Fable has broken first week sales records for Xbox titles at key US retail chains, with the title selling over 375,000 units in total in its first week on sale.

The game, which was developed by the Lionhead Satellite studio under the watchful eye of Peter Molyneux, had the biggest first week totals ever for an Xbox titles at major specialist retail chain EB Games.

It also topped the cross-format sales charts at rival chain GameStop, and is expected to perform strongly when it launches in Europe on October 8th.

Fable - originally announced as Project Ego in the very early stages of the Xbox project - is Microsoft's first shot in the sales battle leading up to Christmas, and indeed the first big Xbox exclusive of the season.

While the company will be pleased to see the title performing so strongly, its record is liable to be shattered in a few short months - with pre-order figures for Halo 2 already suggesting that its November release will be easily the biggest ever seen for an Xbox game.