Fable III was displayed at E3 this year, and I got to briefly check it out. The game takes place about 50 years after Fable II, and you play as the offspring of your character from Fable II. If you still have a saved game from Fable II with your child’s data, Fable III can use that data. Unlike the previous game in which you started out poor, in Fable III you’re royalty, with your older brother as the king. Unfortunately he’s a dick tyrant, so it’s up to you to knock him off the throne and claim it for yourself.

If you’re an Xbox 360 owner and Fable fan, there’s some great news that’s come out of GamesCom 2009. Microsoft and Lionhead Studios have big plans for the hallmark series, involving Xbox Live Arcade and an entirely new entry.

First, Fable III is in development and will be released for the 2010 holiday season. I know, it’s a long wait. But look at it this way – Fable III allows you to load your Fable II save data into the game, so your new hero/heroine is the child of your old character. It’s good motivation to finish the Fable II.

While Fable II was about heroism, Fable III is all about royalty…

Money’s tight. Even if people’s jobs are secure, they’re still cutting back. And then there are those who have been the casualties of cut backs. People aren’t going to be thinking about spending $200, $300 or $400 on a new console bundle, no matter how much they need an escape.

Fable II for the PC would be the smart thing to do. While people aren’t willing to spend an extravagent amount of money on a console, $40 for a game for a computer they already own could be an easier decision to make. It could even be considered a smart decision.

Fable II is a massive game that could take a player weeks, or even months to complete. Since it’s an open-ended title, it could even keep a player satisfied for years. People would be willing to invest in it, knowing that would not only provide an escape and stress relief, but would continue to do so for a substantial length of time…

Never before have I ever been as excited about announcements from a keynote as I am right now from the Microsoft keynote that took place yesterday (June 1, 2009) afternoon.

While I should be reserving judgment, what can Sony or Nintendo really bring to the table that would trump Microsoft at this point? Microsoft has made it clear that the Xbox 360 is fast becoming the all around home entertainment experience that Sony wanted (or wants) the PlayStation 3 to be and Nintendo, who knows what Nintendo wants at this point? They already have the best selling console and handheld so I’m sure they will be kicking it easy…

Microsoft is offering a new bundle for people who haven’t already taken the plunge and bought a Xbox 360 . Available in May 2009, the Xbox 360 Game of the Year bundle will be hitting retail shelves in North America.

The bundle will include a Xbox 360 Elite console, Halo 3 and Fable II for $399.99. The standard retail price for an Elite console alone is currently US$399.99, Halo 3 sells for $39.99 and Fable 2 still has a $59.99 price point (that’s about $100 in savings).

The Xbox 360 Elite is the beefiest of all Xbox 360 consoles. It comes with…

Ah, villainy. A sacred and necessary vocation. After all, if there’s no antagonist, what’s the protagonist supposed to do all day, stay at home growing crops, raising animals and making friends with the neighbors? Inconceivable! Even when that situation arises, some ill-intentioned individual pops up and turns some earth goddess to stone.

While players typically rejoice after vanquishing a particularly evil and challenging nemesis, it isn’t uncommon to have a soft spot in your heart for the baddie. After all, he’s just doing his job. Maintaining balance and such. Plus, he represents a way of life people don’t get to experience.

Perhaps this is why gamers enjoy games where the villain is the star. For a brief moment, players get to see how the other side lives by vicariously living through an evil-doer who can be bumbling, sympathetic, humorous or down-right nasty.

So today, Gamertell’s going through, in no particular order, 10 games where players get to ditch their consciences and let loose, if only for a little while…

It’s been a long time coming but Lionhead has released the patch that will fix a number of glitches in Fable 2.

No more do you have to worry about messing up on the Monk’s Quest and being forced to start the whole game over again. Even if you stopped playing when the Abbot glitch kicked in, the patch will alleviate his unresponsiveness and allow you to continue as if nothing was wrong. This was probably the biggest complaint about Fable 2 by far.

A number of other smaller yet still annoying glitches have been fixed as well…

Did you finish Fable 2 yet? Did you manage to sneak your way passed the game’s life ruining bugs and glitches? I managed to finish it twice with only one character stuck in infinite turmoil thanks to the “Abbot glitch”. But if you did manage to finish it, then a recent tease on the Lionhead blog should tickle your curiosity as it has ours…

Kotaku got in touch with Lionhead Community Manager, Sam Van Tilburgh, to see how things were coming along in regards to both a patch that is supposed to fix the “Abbot Glitch,” a few other bugs and those missing Limited Edition game codes.

The “Abbot glitch” is a bug in the game where if a player decides to walk away from the chatty man, the Abbot will lock up, not saying anything and therefore freezing the quest into place. Players will not be able to finish the quest or the…

Recently we’ve seen an influx of reports about Gears of War 2 being leaked onto a number of torrent sites. These days it’s very difficult to pinpoint where the original copies of pirated games come from especially with all the corners of the internet to hide behind. According to a report from Commercial Appeal, one man from Memphis, TN, (USA) isn’t so lucky.

Rodney Gray, an employee for Technicolor – a company that “provides disc and game packaging, warehousing, distribution and production” – was picked up by police officers conducting an investigation. According to the police affidavit, police pulled Gray over and found 31 games in a bag in his car. They later searched his home and found…