Microsoft is going to let Xbox 360 users take a shot at gaining (and ruling) a kingdom in Fable III, the next installment of the company’s well-regarded fantasy RPG series. Announced at gamescom in Germany, Fable III will be set 50 years after the events in Fable II, as characters take on the role of the child of their hero in Fable II as they sit on the throne of the kingdom of Albion. Instead of following the traditional RPG path of starting as a powerless nothing and working one’s way up to top-dog status, Fable III will put players in charge…and then let them make the morally ambiguous, incompletely-informed, and crucial decisions that fall on the shoulders of all rulers. Will players stay true to their principles and live up to the values that brought them to the throne? Or will they become corrupt tyrants?
