The first season for the game consists of five episodes.[12] The first episode was released worldwide for Microsoft Windows and the Xbox 360 on October 11, 2013,[5] for OS X worldwide on October 14, 2013,[4] for PlayStation 3 on October 15, 2013, in North America[5] and on October 16, 2013, in both Europe and Australia,[6] for iOS worldwide on December 4, 2013,[7] and PlayStation Vita before the end of 2014.[13] The retail versions of the game for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One consoles are expected to be released later in 2014.[14]
In the game, the player controls Bigby Wolf, formerly the Big Bad Wolf. Bigby is the sheriff of Fabletown and works at the "Business Office" under interim mayor Ichabod Crane. He is aided by Snow White and her Magic Mirror during his investigation along with the help of Bufkin the winged monkey who manages the records of Fabletown. Bigby saves a young prostitute from a drunkWoodsman. He leads her to safety and she tells him that he is not as bad as everyone says he is. The next day, Bigby is shocked to find that the woman's head had been left on the Woodlands doorstep. Clues that were left with her head identify her as Faith, a Fable from Allerleirauh. Ichabod Crane then orders that Bigby and Snow White investigate her death.
