Fable III Currently Free on Xbox Live

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Lee Bradley

The Games on Demand version of Fable III is currently available for free on Xbox Live.

If you go to Xbox.com the game is displaying at $19.99/£29.99. However, if you try and download the game direct from Xbox Live, it’s free. 

Whether this is a mistake or some kind of promotion before the expected reveal of Fable IV later today, we’re not sure. All we know is, if you can, get on it now.

Thanks to everyone that sent this in, and let us know in the comments if the game is not showing as free in your region.

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  • Awesome! Can't turn down a free game.
  • They did the same thing with Fable II, can't be a coincidence.
  • It's also free on Xbox.com, if you choose to pay via Microsoft Points.
  • Awesome, thanks. Was thinking of picking this game up again to do the DLC.
  • Too bad I already got it lol. Hopefully Fable 4 announced today!!
  • Already played it but that was when it first came out. Am downloading it right now :)
  • Currently FREE in Ireland.
  • Doesn't show up as free in Russia
  • Haha Europeans get even more fucked over prices than I thought. It's 39.99€ xD. Got it for free and will be playing it alongside watching E3 (otherwise it'll just be too boring and I won't watch it at all). Anybody know whether this game needs an online pass ?
  • free in England!
  • @9 no online pass. Not 100% sure because it has been a while since I got all the achievements.
  • Doesn't show up as free to me, and I have my account set on UK.
  • Free game?! SOLD!
  • Free in Canada! Perfect, with the announcement of the first game coming out again, I was wanting to get back into Fable. Never managed to play the third.
  • Free for me! Epic since I never got it when it came out.
  • Got my copy via the marketplace online, switched to MSP it said it was free. Currently in my download queue.
  • Is it only for Gold members? That sucks...
  • You'll probably still get charged for it knowing microsoft
  • Just to let you guys know people were saying on another site that anyone on a silverfree account couldn't get it for free.
  • @11 thanks :). I was talking about maybe getting into Fable with a friend the other day but we'd heard from many people that the First was the best and from then on it just went downhill. Can't refuse a free one though.
  • Really gutted that I own both the games already however owning two digital copies is always nice.
  • Not free; listing $19.99 for my European account...
  • Already got it on disc but hey, won't say no to a free download in case I lose/break my disc or something! If this isn't an error, then it's a surprisingly nice move from MS :)
  • Tried downloading it from my PC because it said "Free," but I got an error message and it didn't queue.
  • Nice ! It worked fine for me (Switzerland) I will finally play a Fable game after all ^^
  • Awesome. Thanks for the heads up (Working for an Australian account)
  • It may have been fixed. I just attempted and I am getting : Sorry Your purchase cannot be completed at this time. Please try again.
  • Fable two doesant appear to be free for me, however three is yes. (UK)
  • Nevermind. Just read another comment that said try changing it to MSP and it worked.
  • Just downladed it and still working in the US. Never got around to playing them. About time to see what all the hype is about.
  • for anyone not working YOU NEED A GOLD ACCOUNT and if its still not working go to xbox.com and change it to xbox.com/en-en/ and search for fable III and choose buy (it shows up for 19.99 or 29.99). Then change the payment method to points and it will be available for 0 points.
  • I'm sure this is not a mistake, I didn't even have to change to msp, it was written as free right away, that can't be a mistake! this is great, funny too, for the past week I wanted to play fable 2, played the first when it first came out, but I'll play the 3rd instead! if it's not a mistake, MS should do this more often!
  • xbox.com/en-us/ is the right one sorry guys
  • just got it done so fable III is still free
  • Just got it in Canada for Free!
  • Free in the Netherlands, not buying a xbox one though, so probably the last fable i played.
  • Works in Austria! Nice!!
  • Still free! Nice find.
  • Not working for me. :(
  • Fable? 3? Free? Still not cheap enough for me to play it. I don't know, Molyneaux, maybe if you paid me to play it...
  • Never mind, I'm an idiot.
  • Error in Latvia
  • free in the netherlands/holland :)
  • Works in Poland :) Bierzcie ludziska póki darmo :)
  • What's this about ? People commenting that Fable II isn't free and it won't work. Who the fuck mentioned Fable II ?
  • Downloading now in the U.S. From what I hear, free is the right price.
  • Free? Even if it's shit I can't complain.
  • Just downloaded it, thanks for the heads up.
  • Nice find! I'm dl'ing it now.
  • Not working for me on Xbox.com on my phone....region: The Netherlands.
  • Not here, it's € 39,99.
  • Or you know, it could be something to do with that Fable: Anniversary they just announced.
  • anyone having issues try changing the payment method to ms points and see if that works for you!!
  • Make sure you put pay with Microsoft Points Guys.
  • Walking Dead ep1 arcade game is also free at the moment
  • It's correct, in the UK change it to MSP and its FREE!
  • Not cheap enough.
  • 5 gigs is alot, but it's a free retail game!
  • Why couldn't it be Fable 1 free :(
  • Fuck yeah!
  • free here in US! YES!!
  • It shows up as full price on xbox.com, but if you click buy, it's free
  • And that's with msp and on credit card for me in the UK
  • Down vote me if you downloaded it today for free!
  • @57 neither is your mum hehe
  • Works for me in New Zealand, downloading it now.
  • And today was a good day.
  • Not working for me in Iceland. Same error everytime on xbox.com: Sorry Your purchase cannot be completed at this time. Please try again And on the xbox it says it cannot be downloaded from my location.
  • "Hey everyone! we can be like Sony! We can give you free games!" Chooses possibly the worst 360 exclusive game. Sorry, but this is no PS+ and no free game in the world could forgive all the crap MS is pulling right now.
  • My hdd...my poor hdd..so full now :( the dl is 5.6 gigs. Thanks for the heads up though.
  • Free in Australia :) Thanks for this
  • Well free is free. Fable III is very meh for me but wont turn it down.
  • @71 there is not much to choose from as Fable IV & Fable 1 HD are getting announced later so maybe that's why Fable III is free maybe?, there is Fable The Journey but that's a newer title and sort of a spin off from the other Fable games.
  • Its free here in Wales. But its stuck on 0% download.
  • It works for me awesome(uk)
  • @71. At least if I download this and quit xbox live gold I can still play it. Ps+ is good if you're in it for the long run. A free psv game now and again is great. But xbox live is the best online entertainment service and that's a fact. I don't need sweetened with free games every month. What's the point when they can't even control data protection!
  • @76 you realise you're part of the uk right? You're not an independent country. When the uk got xbox live. So did you. :)
  • I dont have a gold account, but would a 48 hour gold card work?
  • Note. PS+ removes the game when your subscription is up, only allowing you to play when you re-register.
  • @79, so true haha :)
  • Never planned to play Fable III, but you don't say not to a free game. Still free in North America, go download it right now!
  • @80 it doesnt not, you have to be a paying gold member.
  • Free for me in UK, didn't have to alter anything the box said Free Download
  • I'm stuck at a 0% download.
  • I already have it. It's an okay game. I don't think it was as good as Fable II though. It's also too short and while somewhat amusing isn't the game it was hyped up to be. Still, for free it is good value!
  • Free in UK but stuck on 0%. Guess there's a big queue!
  • Kotaku are now saying that it is intentional,and it can be found in the On Demand section in the Marketplace on the 360,not just Xbox.com now
  • Just bought it off Xbox.com. Still free in North America!
  • Yeah scratch my previous comment, Downloading from the website is working.
  • Got it, but this game seems to have so much screen tearing I feel sick just looking at it.
  • Still free for me in the UK!! Can't believe some people are even trolling a chance of a free game. #71 you are a dick-F@@K off to PS+ please!
  • never played the fable series, is it good? still downloaded it I mean c'mon its a free game:)
  • I had to change payment options to MS points to get it to work. Maybe they have realized and are about to bring it down
  • they better not try to charge me after downloading this game.. but it's still free here in USA
  • Not free for me (UK) gold only offer or have they realised?
  • @78 I can keep my games for a year, I don't need more than a year to complete them, plus as long as I keep my subscription up, I can play them for as long as I want. Also, how is Xbox Live the best live service going? I'll admit I have a 12month Subscription, but for what I pay, it's not worth it. I pay to go online in games and to use netflix, we don't get rewarded anything and after a year Microsoft go "Hey! Thanks! Heres 20microsoft points!" With Sony, I don't have to pay for ANY online services AT ALL, I can not pay and get everything an Xbox Live Gold member gets or I can choose to pay a yearly fee to get a ton of free games and access to an extra online storage. Trying to say Sony's online is bad because of ONE incident over a year ago now is idiotic. Just wait and see, with Xbox One needing to connect online every 24hours to play games and all the other crap MS is doing, MS are going to fail epicly.
  • Works here in Sweden if you try to pay with MSP.
  • So I'm silver right now. If I activate my two day free trial, dl the game. Will it still be mine after the two days are up?
  • Is it the full game or is part 1 free again? lol
  • free in Singapore! but... "Sorry Your purchase cannot be completed at this time. Please try again."
  • actually that was the 2nd1
  • #71 & #98 I say again-You are a dick,F@@K off to PS+ please! And don't come back trolling on this site.
  • Still free in the UK, was showing as being free for me if paying by Points or Paypal. Thanks for posting this!!
  • I'm from Brazil and I can't get it. Already tried downloading via 360, Xbox.com, and I always get the same "Sorry" message. Even when I try changing to MSP.
  • They must have realized their mistake, just tried to show my brother and it's back to $19.99 or 1600 Ms points. I wonder how many people got a free game today?
  • well in Belgium it is totaly free on games on demand it says so when attempting download
  • Downloading now. Uk. 5.61GB.
  • Still free in Toronto as of 11:30am.
  • meh never completed any of these but this one I shall lol
  • In NYC not free for me
  • I have it on disc but i still downloaded it so then i don't have to wreck my collectors edition disc lol. just for people who are unsure if they can get it. 1.my country is UK 2. It seems to be a gold only deal because it is free on mine and my girlfriends gold account but not on my temp silver or my sisters silver account (which means it cant be a mistake) 3. I heard it is free for today only but even if its free for more than 1 day i would get it today just in case it does end tomorrow. 4. I'm guessing it is a promotion because of fable 4 and fable anniversary being announced. happy gaming everyone
  • Still free in US.
  • not sure whether its free anymore
  • I press download now but it gets me an error. Maybe later I will be able, but right now is not available.
  • It just keeps saying purchase cannot be completed at this time. Please try again. This sucks.
  • I liked Fable 3. Will gladly pick up some missed achievements for free. Especially since I didn't care for achievements back when I played this game the first time. Thanks, MS!
  • Fuck yeah i downloaded it and it works!
  • @115 still free in the UK @ 17:00 BST
  • Still working in the Netherlands!
  • I already have the retail version but it kind handy having this in case I can't find my disc. ;)
  • How do you do it? I go on xbox.com search fable 3 click buy now it takes me selections of where to buy it from?
  • Wow that's awesome.
  • says 3600 points
  • Maybe this is the first step in adding free games to Xbox Gold memberships the way Playstation Plus does?
  • you have to be a paying gold member trials don't work
  • Anyone who is having a error code change payment to microsoft points then try again.
  • if you're having problem's as of 05:30 gmt it's still free. I had to press the x button to change it to pay with Microsoft points and I didn't get the error code.
  • Just announced xbox gold members get two free games a month. Starting with assassin's creed 2 and halo 3
  • Thanks for the tip to change to points. I'm not at my xbox, but did everything on live.xbox.com. There's a link to change to points on the confirmation dialog, and that worked perfectly!
  • guessing this is the first of the 2 free games per month for gold members, anyone found the other one yet?
  • Still free as of 2 P.M. EST. Thanks for the heads up!
  • Still a joke compared to what Sony offer to Playstation+ members
  • its showing free but i am unable to download it any help
  • Well apparently I've done this before because it told me to download again and I've never bought this game lol
  • change my region to uk but still getting error please elp
  • Another game to add to the backlog .By the time i'm ready for an xbone ,it should have dropped closer to my budget
  • It shows as free, but when I try to download, it displays an error message.
  • Just tried downloading it and it wouldn't work; I hope I didn't miss out. I will try again later.
  • Not an error... from Microsoft's own site: "And to celebrate E3 in the month of June, Xbox Live Gold members will receive a free download of Fable III.”
  • It is definitely not an error, it's the games with gold bonus game offer, available till the 30/06/13. Link http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-GB/Product/Fable-III/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d8024d5308d6?nosplash=1&DownloadType=Game#LiveZone
  • for people having trouble getting it, use Hotspot Shield to change your IP to the US and get it from the website. It should download on your console
  • Why not have free games that people actually want? Like borderland 2 or a Sims game
  • Everybody!!! it says that you need gold and gold members get 2 free games each month starting with fable 3!
  • Me and six friends downloaded and played this all day, we all married and sexed each other. There was, unfortunately, a nasty divorce/syphilis plague then ensued, but in the end it was worth it.
  • I'm in Canada, and it showed as free, but I got an error when attempting to "purchase" it. However, after clicking X to change payment option to MS points, I was able to start the download.
  • This is a cool promotion. Nice game too.
  • It's free in Germany too! (only gold Members!!) (5,56 GB)
  • #144 i tried but still its giving error plzz help i need this game
  • when you go to download, press X it will change your payment to Microsoft points
  • sorry if some one has already wrote this but first you have to gold membership and yes fable 3 is free untill 30th june its all to do with 2 free games a month one game on 1st and second on 16th of each month untill that thing that looks like betamax player (toploading video player) xbox one comes out if want to find out what other games coming out go on xbox.com p.s i think next month is halo 3 and assassins creed 2 hope this helps with whats going on. BAD MOVE MICROSOFT NOW SURELY XBOX ONE IS DOOMED.
  • It's back to 19.99$ in US & Canada. And I never could download it while it was free, I was getting the error message again and again.
  • Still free in Canada.
  • Great game for free! PLaying it for 3 days now ... :D
  • I'm replaying it for the achievement's I didn't get when I had the game.
  • everytime when i download it i get an error "Sorry Your purchase cannot be completed at this time. Please try again." please help me
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