Games industry veteran Paul Conry - who is 100% Denki - has joined the company as head of Denki's new test team. Paul will oversee test and quality assurance for all of Denki's current and forthcoming projects. Paul has worked with games companies including Mucky Foot, Lionhead, Broadsword Interactive and Realtime Worlds, for the last three years. His credits include titles such as Fable, Impossible Mission, Blade 2, Super Fruit Fall and APB.
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A source from inside Microsoft has given us a juicey peice of information, starting Spring 2009 Microsoft are to begin patching achievements into original Xbox titles, starting with Halo: Combat Evolved and Fable and aiming to update the entire back catalogue by Winter 2009. We were told by our source that...
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On: Xbox - OUT: September 2004 THE PITCH: Finally nearing completion, Fable was one of the titles paraded at the Xbox's launch. In developers Big Blue Box's defence, this is an ambitious project - a free-roaming world where each and every one of your actions affects your characters moral and physical development. KEY FEATURES Action-based character development: What you do directly changes your character. Too much skulking in dark rooms will make you pale, while a strong right arm may result ...
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Major Nelson writes:

"This weeks Xbox LIVE Gold Members deal of the week is Fable II Pub Games. Normally 800 points, Gold Members can grab it now for 400 points and save 50%."
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Console Monster writes: "The Xbox Live Marketplace has been bursting with new content over the last three days with the addition of three new Xbox Live Arcade titles, new game content for Left 4 Dead and more to conclude the month of September. Here is the full Xbox Live Marketplace update for Monday 28th – Wednesday 30th September 2009:

Xbox Live Arcade
Military Madness: Nectaris
Price: 800 Microsoft Points
Size: 101 MB
The Military is back for a new generation of recruits! The classic turn-based strategy series Military Madness, aka Nectaris, returns with an all-new graphical barrage and a host of new features. In addition to the single-player campaign, you and your allies can wage war offline or online in 4-person multiplayer, either in teams or every man for himself. As you bask in the glow of victory or suffer crushing defeats, check the online leaderboards to compare your skills against those of other generals. There's even an all-new multiplayer-only unit, the Commander, which has 20 unique abilities to turn the tide of battle. This is the maddest game in the series yet! This game requires the Xbox 360 hard drive or the 512MB Memory Unit for storage. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts..."
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Lionhead has released Fable II Episode I on the Xbox Live Marketplace for free.

The full game will be released onto the marketplace in episodes, with the first one being available for free. There will be four more parts after this, which will be charged, but we aren't sure how much that will be at the moment.
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Adrian P from AnalogHype writes "If you haven't picked up a Zune HD yet, now is your chance to showoff your inner fanboy with Xbox 360 inspired Zune HD Originals. Ranging from Halo 3 ODST to Lips, you can have your Zune HD to draped up to match your favorite Xbox 360 game"
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Joystiq writes: "Tossing the usual drip-fed weekly schedule aside for the moment, Microsoft has released the full details for its "Deal of the Week," Games on Demand and Avatar DLC releases (in the US) for the entire month of September. Let's start with Games on Demand:

Games on Demand (no prices noted)

* Sept 8: Civilization Revolution
* Sept. 15: FIFA Street 3
* Sept. 22: Shaun White Snowboarding
* Sept. 29: Fable II: Game Episodes -- (we'd hold out for that "game of the year" edition)

Check after the break for the "Deal of the Week" and Avatar DLC details..."
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Following the official unveiling of Fable III, Microsoft has announced that Fable II will be offered as episodic releases on Xbox LIVE. While Fable II has become the best-selling Role-Playing Game yet released on Xbox 360, there are apparently some who still have not experienced the magic and adventures that await them in Albion. The launch of Fable II: Game Episodes will debut September 29, 2009, with the release of the first episode for free download exclusively on Xbox LIVE.
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From Gameswire: "Peter Molyneux has admitted that Lionhead didn't get the drama elements right in Fable I and II."
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