That said, the team in question is very talented, and I'm sure they'll do a fantastic job." Fable is a weird game, and a tough one to deconstruct for a new team. "On the other hand it is a little curious to get rid of the team that is uniquely expert in making Fable, and then try and make Fable. "On the one hand it's great for the UK games industry, and very pleasing that Fable isn't dead indeed, it will be lovely to play one as a punter, without coming out in hives. "I have slightly mixed feelings," Fable co-creator Simon Carter told Eurogamer. Fable Legends, unlike previous Fable games, was designed as a free-to-play "game as a service", with a heavy focus on multiplayer (for more on how that went down, check out our extensive investigation into Lionhead's demise).Īccording to former Lionhead developers, staff at the studio had wanted to make a story-driven, single-player Fable 4 while Legends was in the works, and had hoped the studio would move on to making such a game after Legends was done and dusted.Įx-Lionhead staff Eurogamer spoke with said they were excited to see Playground bring Fable back from the dead, but this excitement is tempered somewhat by a sadness that Lionhead was never given the chance to make its dream Fable 4. Microsoft's decision to return to the much-loved fantasy world of Albion comes less than two years after it shut down Fable creator Lionhead and cancelled Fable Legends. We've heard it's early days in terms of development, with Playground currently staffing up the team from double digits to its triple digit target. The fantasy world of Albion is set to live once again.ĭon't expect to play this new Fable any time soon, however.
A significant investment in its development is also planned, with some 200 people set to work on the game at Playground's newly-established second office in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. We've heard the new Fable is planned as a story and character-focussed open-world action RPG. Microsoft said in a statement it does not comment on rumour or speculation. Work is underway on a brand new, big-budget Fable game, Eurogamer can reveal.įable franchise owner Microsoft has tasked UK developer Playground, which makes the Forza Horizon racing games for Xbox and PC, with creating this new Fable, sources close to the project have told Eurogamer.
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