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Fable III is suppose to be "new, fresh, and different," or so says Peter Molyneux, the head of LionHead Studios. He said, "I think there's something fundamentally wrong with RPGs like Fable... It's a mechanic that's been there since the eighties. I'm going to take that foundation stone and throw it away."

Sounds like a plan but what's the new "foundation stone?" Molyneux said, "You are going to become the ruler of the whole of Albion. You've played in this land in Fable 1, in Fable 2 you became a hero; this time, why not rule Albion? Why not be a king or a queen?" He added, "I want players to feel and experience what it's like to be a ruler."

"Ultimately you overthrow that terrible tyrant who rules Albion, but to do that you have to make some promises," said Molyneux. But it's up to you to keep those promises about help the poor, lower taxes, and so on. An example of the decisions you'll have to make is your ability to do away with poverty by spending all of the money in your treasure room -- or you can just save it for yourself, but either way, there will be consequences. And as ruler, you'll be able to have a family that naturally take up the roles of king or queen and prince or princess.



Fable 3 will be released on October 26, 2010 for the Xbox 360 but the release date for the PC version has been pushed back with no date given.

Until then check out the new Achievements list.

• The Guild Seal: Unleash your heroic potential, 10 gp
• And So it begins: win the support of the dwellers, 20 gp
• Swift Justice: Win the support of the Swift Brigade, 20 gp
• The Resistance: Win support of the Bowerstone, 50 gp
• Distant Friends: Win support of Aurora, 20 gp
• The ruler of Albion: Become Ruler of Albion: 80 gp
• For Albion: This is where you *spoiler* the great, big *spoiler* and then it all *spoiler*. 80 gp
• Save the princess: Save the princess from the evil Baron, 10 gp
• Ghost Brothers: Make sure Max and Sam get home in time for tea, 10 gp
• Tragical, Comical, Historical, Help the celebrated thespians Lambert and Pinch put on the world's greatest play, 10 gp
• The Dark Sanctum: Reinstate an evil temple, 10 gp
• Island Paradise: Establish the Island of Driftwood, 10 gp
• Knight Jumps Chesty: Defeat Chesty at his own game, 10 gp
• Coronation Chicken: Perform a royal judgement while dressed as a chicken. 10 gp
• Spell Weaver: Combine two gauntlets to create a "woven" spell, 5 gp
• Archmage: Cast all 15 spell combinations, 20 gp
• Total Warrior: Kill enemies with melee, ranged and spell attacks, 10 gp
• Pull: Send an enemy flying in the air and kill him while he's airborne, 10 gp
• Gunning for Glory: Kill 500 enemies using firearms, 20 gp
• If It bleeds, we can kill it: Kill 500 enemies with melee weapons, 20 gp
• Wizards Revenge: Kill 500 enemies with magic, 20 gp
• Super Hero: Fully upgrade your Melee, Ranged, and Magic abilities on the Road to Rule. 50 gp
• You Can't Bring Me Down: Complete Fable 3 without being knocked out in combat. 50 gp
• My Weapon is Better Than Yours: Complete 3 unique upgrades on one of the Legendary weapons found around Albion. 25 gp
• I Am the Key Master: Collect all 50 silver keys and 4 Golden keys. 30 gp
• Flower Power: Collect all 30 Auroran flowers, 30 gp
• Gnome Invasion: Destroy all 50 gnomes. 30 gp
• Brightwall Book Club: Collect all 30 rare books for the Brightwall Academy, 30 gp
• Digger: dig up 50 items, 15 gp
• We Need Guns, Lots of Guns: Collect 50 legendary weapons, they don't all appear on the map so you have to trade with hero's. 20 gp
• Fashion Victim: Collect every item of clothes, 25 gp
• He's a Woman, She's a Man: Wear a full set of clothing for the other sex. 5 gp
• Dye, Hippie, Dye: Dye each item of clothing your are wearing and have long hair. 5 gp
• Hand in Hand: Hold Hands with someone. 5 gp
• Long Distance Relationship: Get married to another Xbox gamer. 10 gp
• Cross Dimensional Conception: Have a child with another Xbox gamer. 10 gp
• On Line Merger: Enter into a business partnership with another Xbox gamer. 10 gp
• Barrel of Laughs: Kill 30 enemies with exploding barrels. 10 gp
• Can We be Heroes: Earn 1,000 gold in henchman wages in another Hero's world. 10 gp
• Kaboom!: Score 2,000 on the Mourningwood Fort morter game. 10 gp
• Lute Hero Tour: Play in each town as a 5 star Lute player. 10 gp
• Touched by a Hero: Use touch expressions to interact 20 people. 10 gp
• Popularity Contest: Make friends with 20 people. 15 gp
• Remodeling: Change the furniture in 5 different houses. 10 gp
• Magnate Personality: Build a property empire worth 2,000,000 in gold. 50 gp
• Crime Spree: Get 15,000 gold bounty placed on your head. 10 gp
• Henry VIII: As ruler of Albion get married 6 times and kill 2 of your spouses. 10 gp
• Chest Grand Master: Unlock all the chests on the road to rule. 40 gp
• Tough Love: Save the maximum of citizens of Albion. 10 gp
• Adopt or Die: Adopt a child. 5 gp

That's all 50 for a total of 1,000 gamer points.