At the very least, the team has multiplayer systems down, so hopefully we’ll get some two-player co-op or even gameplay with up to four or more players.Īccording to a 2018 Eurogamer report, Playground Games had been already working on the next Fable title for several years with a team of roughly 200 people. However, it’ll be interesting to see how this team reworks its tried-and-true gameplay expertise to form an action role-playing game. One aspect Playground Games already has going for them is graphical fidelity and world design, as the Forza Horizon games were visual spectacles. This’ll be the studio’s first project outside of the Forza Horizon series. While we haven’t seen any official gameplay yet, it’s surely going to be a unique experience since Forza Horizon developer Playground Games is helming this project. Either that, or make being evil more enjoyable and silly.Īccording to a report by Video Games Chronicle, Arkham Knight senior scriptwriter Kim MacAskill, Martin Lancaster and Craig Owens all apparently joined Playground Games to work on Fable. Instead of opting for black and white choices, I'd prefer the game require people to make unique and challenging decisions. We imagine it’s going to follow the same good or evil structure as the previous games, but I hope there’s some nuance to it. We also see that the sword had a Heroes' Guild seal on it, which symbolizes the graduation of a Hero, so it's clear that the guild will play some part in the story. I can tell this game is going to be goofy as hell and I’m all for it. The trailer opened with some dialogue about how “The world is filled with stories of legendary heroes and treacherous villains, of fantastical creatures and wondrous places, where nature and magic live in perfect harmony.” At this point, a frog swallows a fairy. However, the trailer did give us an idea of the style Playground Games is going for, which is in the same goofy spirit as the original Fable games. We don’t even know if this game takes place in Albion, the country where the Fable trilogy took place. Given the ambiguous state of this new Fable game’s continuity, it is difficult to even speculate what the story is going to be about. “It’s like the challenge of making a new Star Wars movie-there’s stuff that everyone wants you to bring along, but then you’ve got a responsibility to that, to new places and I trust Playground has a good vision for that.” Fable story “With any kind of franchise like that, where you’ve had existing versions, there’s always that balance between what you’re going to bring forward, what still stands up, and what you want to add that’s new,” Booty explained. In an interview with The Guardian, Microsoft head of studios Matt Booty talked about the challenges of creating a new Fable title with a completely different studio. It’s entirely possible that Fable is going to pull a God of War, dropping the number but continuing as a sequel. Xbox and Playground Games have defined the latest Fable game as a 'new beginning' for the series. At least that’s not what it’s officially called. No, the latest Fable game is not Fable 4. Industry insider Jeff Grubb (opens in new tab) stated that Fable will launch in 2023, so even if he's right, it's still at least a year away.įorza Horizon 5 is just around the corner, launching on November 9, which means that Playground Games will have all of the time to work on Fable for the next few years. Recently, game developer TonyArt took to Twitter to clarify a statement, writing that 'I can't wait for the fans to see the game once Playground is ready to show it I love what the team has done, I never confirmed a showcase soon, never said it will be on E3.' So we can probably count out Fable's appearance at E3. Recently, head Christopher Ding spoke on VGC's Off the Record podcast (opens in new tab) and stated, 'I've had few conversations with friends at Xbox Games Studios.Everwild, Perfect Dark, Fable are so far away, as in, they might even be in a new Xbox by the time these games come out.' That's pretty wild if true, but don't take it as gospel. While it's been generally quiet on the news front, we do know that Anna Megill (opens in new tab), writer on the Control team, is joining the Fable 4 development team as a Lead Writer, which is exciting. We do know that Turn 10 is currently developing the latest Forza Motorsport game, so it's interesting to see the developer's attention turned elsewhere. It isn't too far fetched, but it's unclear where that leaves the next Forza Motorsport game. According to the LinkedIn profile of Turn 10's most senior designer and creative director, Bill Giese, Turn 10 might be assisting with the development of Fable (via VGC (opens in new tab)).

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