Microsoft is now letting players to try Fable II in a new way using Xbox LIVE and Games on Demand with Fable II: Game Episodes. Fable II: Game Episodes gives players the choice to purchase and download Fable II one episode at a time totalling with five episode with all the Achievements in the original disc game. Fable II: Game Episodes also supports the two DLC packs Knothole Island and See the Future.

Players who decide to purchase Fable II either digitally or on disc after a foray into the first game episode will be able to continue their progress, character profile, and items stash from the first episode. All editions of the game offer cooperative play with friends on the same couch as well as on Xbox LIVE.