"Microsoft and Lionhead Studios have announced that Fable III - Understone Quest Pack is now available via Xbox LIVE Marketplace for 400 points. With the Fable III - Understone Quest Pack, your hero will discover a town built beneath the streets of Bowerstone, crafted by eccentric inventor Montague Hummes. This full scale town is bustling with new houses and stalls to own, novel creatures to battle and a mystery to solve.

"It's hard to believe, but combat may be easier in Fable III than its predecessor. A lot of that is tied to the simplified magic system. Players aren't required to wait for spells to recharge, so they can freely use magic with little penalty. Players also use weapons that change in appearance as they use them, although a lot of the adjustments seem subtle so far. The combat system is set up so players spend little time changing weapons and spells and focus strictly on combat.

Presenting at Fable III at X10 in San Francisco, Peter Molyneux has revealed that the RPG - if you can still call it that - has no experience points or health bar.

Health is represented by the screen-colouring effects common in action and FPS games - Fable III has no HUD most of the time - while your character grows in power according to how many followers he or she has in the game's world of Albion.

Thought you might be interested in the Xbox 360 news coming out of Gamescon, currently happening in Germany. The debut of "Fable III", the exciting new game in the critically acclaimed "Fable" franchise was confirmed today, and will be available exclusively on Xbox 360 in the 2010 holiday season. Also announced was the episodic release of "Fable II" on Xbox LIVE - “Fable II: Game Episodes” will debut Sept. 29 with the release of the first episode for free download exclusively on Xbox LIVE.