Announced in 2020, Playground Games' open-world action RPG has seen sporadic updates and departures but still no release date.
Fable's long-awaited reboot marks Forza Horizon studio Playground Games' first foray into the action-RPG genre. And while it's officially a "new beginning" for original developer Lionhead's beloved series, it still centred on Albion - a whimsical fantasy world of brave adventurers, exotic British accents, and the kinds of magical creatures who'd rather kill you than spend any time getting to know you at all. But unlike earlier games in the series, Albion is this time a proper, seamless open-world.
It's a great call!
To build upon instead. Otherwise there is no need to do a Fable game..
How Fable's approach to morality will shape some of the RPG's biggest choice and consequence innovations.
So far, Playground Games seems to understand the assignment in rebooting one of Xbox's most beloved franchises.
I expect it to be released by 2026
Next e3
Development
You could say the same for any number of games that were stupidly announced during pre-production. Elder Scrolls 6 & Perfect Dark are current examples, Blade is another recent one and in the past Mass Effect Andromeda and Cyberpunk 2077 come to mind.
I don't think this game is in any trouble. For a start, Playground Games are one of the few under MS Studios that actually have a track record of delivering on time and with quality. We got a trailer last year and I'd fully expect there to be something more substantial at the next showcase in the summer.
No dramas here - just another victim of Microsoft's incompetence. They simply had to announce several games way too early because they had nothing else to talk about.
The same thing that happens to any project when you announce it far too early. Perfect Dark, Fable, The Elder Scrolls 6, Star Wars KOTOR Remake...you actually have to, I don't know, make the game?
I'm fairly confident this game will see the light of day, as Playground have released 5 Forza games of quality and on schedule. Think it was just revealed too early.