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Playground’s Fable slated for 2025 release - here’s a trailer hinting at what it’s like to playAlbion’s greatest hero (retired) holds forth
Albion’s greatest hero (retired) holds forth
Image credit:Microsoft
Image credit:Microsoft
Microsoft and Playground’s genuinely long-awaitedFablereboot will launch in 2025, and they’ve released a new trailer which… seems… good? And is also quite informative about the moment-to-moment of the game. The video is framed as the memoir of a paunchy retired champion, Humphry, who once mentored a young heroine I presume will be the game’s main character, though it’s ambiguous. She could also be the villain. Then again, Fable is a series in which you can be the villain. Egad, such shenanigans!
Fable - Xbox Games Showcase 2024Watch on YouTube
Fable - Xbox Games Showcase 2024
I remember trying to persuade Playground to say something, anything about their new Fable when I profiled them for Edge before the launch ofForza Horizon 4, whose British landscapes were probably great preparation for working on Albion. It was just me and a studio exec, locked in a room for 40 minutes, competing to think of ways of mentioning Fable without saying the word “Fable”. My opinion then and now was and is that Playground are the natural choice to reboot Fable, though much will depend on whether they can put their own stamp on the humour.
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