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Microsoft launched the third and penultimate game in its Arcade NEXT line-up Fable Heroes. The Lionhead spin-off, an action hack-n-slash effort, launches at 800 MS points at a file size of 1.39Gb. Get it queued to your 360 here and watch the launch trailer below. Next week, the big one: Minecraft.

In other XBLA news, Awesomenauts is now available, following worries of its release after publisher dtp went into insolvency earlier this week. Get it queued to your 360 here for 800 MS points at 540Mb.

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Microsoft has updated its Xbox Live content schedule, and the releases kick off today with the Forza 4 May Top Gear Car Pack and classic characters for SSX.

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Fable Heroes, the cute spin-off from Lionhead’s Albion fantasy series, can be seen in all its gameplay glory below the drop. It’s out on Thursday for 800 MSP as part of the 2012 Xbox Live Arcade Next Promotion. As the ever-useful Wikipedia tells us, “Fable Heroes is an ‘action-packed hack-and-slash adventure’ set in the Fable Universe, the player plays as one of 12 characters from across the four Fable Games and are presented in a Hero Doll Form which are a recognisable item from the series.”

Yeah. Watch and see.

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Lionhead has said Fable Heroes isn’t indicative of future development, according to lead designer Ted Timmins who likened the game to “six guys” creating something “in their spare time,” which was liked well enough by the powers-that-be to warrant a release.

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Not satisfied with running the Arcade NEXT promotion for its hottest upcoming Xbox Live Arcade titles, Microsoft is also promoting the promotion with an all stars live stream event.

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Microsoft’s announced it’ll release the 360 version of Minecraft on May 9.

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Fable Heroes is the first stand-alone title to emerge from Lionhead’s Creative Days – but probably not the last.

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Following leaks over the weekend, Microsoft’s officially made Fable Heroes a real thing, announcing it at the Xbox Spring Showcase in San Francisco last week.

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Microsoft has accidentally outed Fable Heroes, a new direction for Lionhead’s fantasy universe, confirming weekend rumours.

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NeoGAF has said Fable: Heroes, an Xbox Live Arcade title, was supposedly announced and shown during Microsoft’s Spring 2012 Showcase in San Francisco.

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