The reboot of Fable was announced by Microsoft with a brief introduction in 2020, and we haven’t heard any news since! It resurfaced during the Xbox Games Show 2023, Microsoft’s big conference. This time we got to see more.
This trailer for Fable (as the reboot is soberly called) opened up the conference. The first thing to know is that it’s not a kinematics in a computer-generated image, but he did a good job with the game engine.
Fable finally appears in a video and reveals his new identity
This video gets the tone very British from the first parts. We can see actor Richard Ayoade (The IT Crowd) talking about the hero and presenting the game’s universe. This will include elements inspired by the Jack and the Beanstalk tale. It’s hard to get a definitive idea of the title as we don’t have gameplay footage at the moment, but the atmosphere seems to be there. Great attention is paid to facial animations as well.
As a reminder, Fable is developed by Playground Games. It is a studio that has already earned the trust of Microsoft and players for working on the Forza Horizon series. Dramatic change for developers facing a new challenge.
The Fable series debuted on Xbox in 2004 under the patronage of Peter Molyneux., then the weird creator at the head of Lionhead Studios. The legend had a second episode in 2008, followed by a third episode in 2010. Following the reissue of the first division in 2014, the license disappeared from the radar. This new episode is a reboot under the auspices of a new team.
Fable is set in Albion, a fantasy world inspired by English folklore. The main advantage of the title, leaving a great deal of freedom to the player. Of course she has to save the world, but she can also live her life, buy a house, marry an NPC, and even have children. Real life simulation with RPG layer.
There’s no release date yet, but Fable will be available on Xbox Series X on PC and, like all Microsoft-exclusive games, will be included in Game Pass on day one.
