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Microsoft was certainly pushing the Kinect this morning. Beyond announcing a number of new Kinect-only titles, the company also exposed how some of the biggest core games in the Xbox 360 line-up will utilize the motion-sensing technology. Microsoft also announced "Kinect Fun Labs," a new dashboard feature that finally realizes many of the Kinect capabilities that the company had previously mentioned prior to the hardware's launch.

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"Fable" creator Peter Molyneux is pretty well-known in the gaming community for his tendency to speak hyperbolically and tease ideas that don't always deliver. Fortunately, "Fable" is one of his biggest ideas, and it has delivered over the course of three Xbox/Xbox 360 console releases, each of which improves on its predecessor. Between that series, not to mention "Syndicate," "Black & White," "Populous" and "Theme Park," it should come as no surprise to learn that the longtime developer of original games is being honored at this year's Game Developer's Conference with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Fable 3 dogs DLC

After pushing out a massive stack of "Fable 3" fixes, Lionhead Studios has decided that it's time to move on and release some more DLC for the game out into the world. November saw the arrival of some new quests, but this new round will take a cue from "World of Warcraft" and give you a new selection of animal companians to choose from for 240 MS points.

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Fable 3 patch

"Fable 3" launched with a number of strengths, as well as a few shortcomings, and Lionhead Studios attempted to improve a few things with a patch over Xbox Live today. Though the bundle of notes Lionhead released may not be comprehensive, it does list some useful improvements that will prevent awkward conversation glitches and keep you from falling off of worlds.

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Fable 3

Just when you thought Sir Ben Kingsley and his fellow "Fable 3" cast members were living happily ever after on your Xbox 360, Lionhead Studios has laid out plans for three more quests in their Understone Quest Pack. And as it turns out, the new adventures take place right beneath the streets of Bowerstone where you've been hanging out all along.

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Fable 3

The original "Fable" promised a heck of a lot of depth and character development, but failed to deliver on enormous expectations. In 2008, though "Fable 2" managed the follow-through on a lot of the promises Lionhead Studios made about the franchise, and the title was one of the strongest releases of that year. Now we have "Fable 3," another game with grand promises and expectations. But can it deliver?

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Although Lionhead Studios always tries to make games that can be played by anyone, the "Fable" games are a bit of a tough sell. They hit all the fantasy tropes like magic, goblins and arrows...not exactly things that would be considered "cool" to a non-gamer. The trailers haven't been very inclusive, either, looking more like "Lord of the Rings" spin-offs, complete with eerie British voice overs.

But it seems that someone in the marketing department woke up and realized, Hey, people want to buy a game that looks sort of bad ass, so let's try to do that with "Fable 3." The end result can be seen above.

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Fable 3 iPhone

Update: Joystiq is reporting that "Kingmaker" is "a Europe only digital marketing promotion" with "no U.S. integration," so sorry about that if you got your hopes up in North America.

When was the last time you bought a game that featured the voice of Simon Pegg and a Foursquare-style app that could line your in-game pockets with gold? "Fable 3" will be the first such game that I'm aware of now that Lionhead Studios founder Peter Molyneux has announced "Fable 3: Kingmaker," an iPhone-based competition between players in the real world to seize locations in the name of rebels or royalists with "Fable 3" gold on the line.

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Fable 3 Simon Pegg

We've known for months that John Cleese, Stephen Fry and Ben Kingsley would be practicing their craft as characters in "Fable 3," but Lionhead Studios has circulated some more details about their parts, as well those belonging to Simon Pegg, Michael Fassbender and Nicholas Hoult. It turns out that Kingsley will be taking his first shot at game acting and both he and Pegg believe intensely in what they've contributed.

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Project Milo cancelled

Milo didn't return to E3 this year, but Microsoft maintained that the project he starred in was still in development. A new report indicates that is no longer the case as of this week.

19 contractors have been let go and Lionhead's Milo team team members will instead focus on a "Fable themed Kinect game," anonymous sources told Eurogamer.

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