Fable 2 Live Arcade titles due in August

By Robert Purchese Published 8 July, 2008

Pre-order game to get them free.

Microsoft has decided to release the Fable 2 Pub Games on Live Arcade this August.

You can get these for free by pre-ordering the standard or fancy edition of the game, or by shelling-out 800 Microsoft Points (GBP 6.80 / EUR 9.60) - we're that will get you all three, but it may end up being the cost of each.

The three Fable 2 Pub Games are called Keystonr, Spinnerbox and Fortune's Tower, and are each variation of popular casino pursuits such as roulette and craps, slot machines and press your luck - a sort of pyramid card game.

Most exciting for Fable 2 fans is the ability to carry your winnings into the the role-playing game when it's released later this year. Game designer Peter Molyneux reckons you could start Fable II as a millionaire if you put enough time in.

The Collector's Edition, incidentally, comes with a "Making Of" DVD, a collectable Hobbe figure, some in-game content and a Live trial card to get it with.

Head over to our freshly-updated Fable 2 gallery for the latest screenshots.

Fable 2 is due out exclusively on Xbox 360 this winter.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds. @Clert on Twitter.

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Comments (24) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • waggy79 #1 4 years ago

    Cool, im off to pre-order then!

  • QPRHOOPS81 #2 4 years ago

    wouldn't that ruin the game though? Starting with loads of money surely isn't a good thing.

  • systems #3 4 years ago

    Why would it ruin the game? You're effectively still playing Fable 2. It's not different to being given the game now and only bothering to play the pub games for a month or so.

  • waggy79 #4 4 years ago

    They must've prepared for that though surely? Maybe money isn't that important for completing the game?

  • Dizzy #5 4 years ago

    I agree with QPRHOOPS81, don't wanne start as a millionaire. :)

  • onezeonx #6 4 years ago

    can you pre order ANYWHERE and get them free?

    or is it certain retailers?
    Edited by onezeonx at 08/07/08 @ 09:59

  • Zawath #7 4 years ago

    It will ruin the game and makes it too easy.
    Edited by Zawath at 08/07/08 @ 10:09

  • Darren #8 4 years ago

    I think it's a nice idea and gives you a little early taste of the game whilst allowing you to benefit from it for the full release. If you disagree with that then don't play these games or don't pre-order!!! It's that simple! ;)

  • GamerAddict #9 4 years ago

    can you pre order ANYWHERE and get them free?

    or is it certain retailers?

    Yeah, be good to let us know this crucial piece of information!!

    I guess it'll be a case of keeping an eye on retailers' sites and see if they mention it.

    It'll be like HMV who gave away M$ points with GTA I should think?

    But what's to stop you pre-ordering, downloading the games, then cancelling your preorder???

  • Eraysor #10 4 years ago

    It's a typo party!

  • onezeonx #11 4 years ago

    can you pre order ANYWHERE and get them free?

    or is it certain retailers?

    Yeah, be good to let us know this crucial piece of information!!

    I guess it'll be a case of keeping an eye on retailers' sites and see if they mention it.

    It'll be like HMV who gave away M$ points with GTA I should think?

    But what's to stop you pre-ordering, downloading the games, then cancelling your preorder???
    ignore poster


    yup i reserved at shopto but not sure that will allow me free code!

    i expect it will be GAME etc but WE NEEEED TO KNOWWW :p
    Edited by onezeonx at 08/07/08 @ 10:37

  • mcmonkeyplc #12 4 years ago

    Pre-orders

  • BTBAM #13 4 years ago

    Definitely going to pre-order this.

  • andywilkie35 #14 4 years ago

    will they have achievements like all the other xbox live arcade games?

  • LetsGo #15 4 years ago

    Meh, another useless feature I see.

    Money cant mean anything in Fable2 if you can start the game with loads of cash.

  • Mongoose #16 4 years ago

    Here's a bit from the press release:

    Lionhead Studios and Microsoft Game Studios today announced that consumers who pre-order a copy of the Xbox 360™ exclusive, “Fable II,” at participating retailers worldwide, will be given free access to download the “Fable II” Pub Games when they are released this August.

    Probably Game will get it I would think, they usually do.

  • Stoatboy #17 4 years ago

    Oh! Oh! I know let's jump to conclusions about how this will ruin the game!

    Because it would clearly be impossible to make your winnings meaningless or unavailable early in the game to prevent it from doing so (by - as an example off the top of my head - sticking it in a bank in a location you can't access until later on).
    Edited by Stoatboy at 08/07/08 @ 12:27

  • WinterSnowblind #18 4 years ago

    Money actually does play a pretty big part in the game. The only way you can make it is by actually working, as a black smith, or a woodsman, or whatever else. It affects your appearence, similar to good and evil choices, and you have to provide for you family. However, the game is supposed to be a large, open, sandbox. If you want to be able to start the game as a millionaire, why not? Some people may find it fun.

    Personally, I'd rather start off in the gutter, but by my second or third play through, I'm sure I'll want things to move along a little more swiftly. And after all, restricting the player from being able to do things, for the sake of balance ruined Oblivion. If I want to start the game as a millionaire, and play through the whole thing with a level 200 buddy, then why not? If I want to, it's not going to ruin the game for ME.

    If YOU don't want to, then you don't have to. Seems like a perfectly fine idea to me :)

  • jonthepymm #19 4 years ago

    If money works like it does in Oblivion, then you'll quickly have thousands or tens of thousands and nothing to spend it on anyway. In which case, extra money won't make the slightest difference... except possibly at the very start of the game.

  • erp #20 4 years ago

    Craps.

  • dirtysteve #21 4 years ago

    might be interesting to start an RPG as something other than a ragged pauper for once.

  • systems #22 4 years ago

    I can't see why people are upset about this. It's no different to buying the full game and then doing nothing but playing the pub games from the moment you start and ignoring the main game for a bit.

    On top of that, it's not clear what happens when you buy the pub games and then lose all of your money. Will you in fact start the game with no cash at all, or even debts? You're all assuming you're going to be millionaires from gambling.

    And who's to say you have to be poor to be an adventurer? Isn't it more likely that if you are rich you have more free time to be adventuring in the first place?

    It would be nice to know who the "participating retailers" are though. Not that I care - I found the original Fable to be really annoying and much preferred Morrowind.

  • MrChuckles #23 4 years ago

    I expect you'll still have the same equipment in the shops at the start of the game so the quests etc won't be a great deal easier, however you'll be able to buy nice clothing or nice houses and therefore have access to that area of the game sooner.

  • Lutz #24 4 years ago

    By the way, pre-orders are now being taken at GAME, probably other places too. Dunno how they're gonna give you the codes via online pre-orders though...