Today, Microsoft updated Xbox Live Marketplace with the first of five Fable II episodes, a complimentary rerelease of Lionhead's 2008 Xbox 360-exclusive role-playing game. The remaining four chapters (which also unlock the game's online features) will be available for purchase at a later date, and the downloadable edition of Fable II is fully compatible with the Knothole Island and See the Future expansion packs. Fable III is due out sometime next year.

　　As is the Wednesday custom, Microsoft's online storefront will be updated with new Arcade games, with three $10 (800 MSP) games on tap. This week will see the arrival Bust-a-Move Live!, Taito's remake of its own 1994 arcade puzzler Bust-a-Move (aka Puzzle Bobble). Besides updated graphics, which will include Xbox Live Avatars, the game will sport 135 single-player stages, eight opponents in CPU Battle mode, and Infinity mode, which lets players play indefinitely. Rated E for Everyone, Bust-a-Move Live! will also feature offline and online multiplayer, the latter with voice chat.

　　Also in the Japanese remake department is Backbone Entertainment's Military Madness: Nectaris, a rework of Hudson Soft's 1990 TurboGrafx-16 turn-based strategy title, Military Madness. The game will have completely new 3D graphics, as well as new commander units and multiple command views. Rated E10 (Everyone 10+), it will also boast four-person online multiplayer and stat-tracking leaders.

　　Last but not least for soccer fans, Football Genius: The Ultimate Quiz is bouncing onto Xbox Live. As advertised, the I-Imagine Interactive-developed game is a soccer trivia title, offering over 3,500 questions about International, English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish leagues, players, and teams. Four-player multiplayer and nine different game modes will be on tap, as will support for the Scene It? big button controller.