After months of speculation around a new entry and years of attempts to bring back the series, Microsoft finallyannounced a newFablegame is currently in developmentat the Xbox Games Showcase, giving fans a peak of what’s to come. Developed by Playground Games, there are some heavy hitters among the staff working on the game.
As much asFablereturning is huge news, fans are cautiously optimistic with the newly announced game. After a few missteps within the series, including a canceled reboot on the Xbox One, questions immediately surrounded the new game with Microsoft’s head of Xbox Game Studios Matt Bootyassuring fans that the new game was indeed in good handswith the newly formed second team within the studio.
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Developer Playground Games has been staffed with industry veterans that are responsible for some of the biggest games this Generation on the PS4 and Xbox One. Fans ofArkham Knightwho are waiting for therumored announcement of a new gamemay recognize script writers of the mega hit formerly of Rocksteady Craig Owens and Martin Lancaster are now part of theFableteam whileFable’scinematic director, Mark Tan is also a former member of Rocksteady.
Other industry vets on the team include Juan Fernández de Simón who previously worked onHellblade, Adam Olsson who worked onThe Division 2, and Chief Designer Will Kennedy, who worked onGrand Theft Auto 5as a level Designer. As expected, many of the staff members who also worked on theForza: Horizonseries have migrated to the new team while the next focus in the Forza series is thenewly announcedForza Motorsportfor the Xbox Series X.
Fableis years away as no game play was shown of the title. While fans are eager to see the results of new studio they may not have to wait long for the Xbox Series X itself, which isrumoured to be releasing sooner than previously thought. In the meantime Microsoft still has plenty of details to release of the console in the summer so stay tuned.
Fablewill Launch exclusively on Game Pass and the Xbox Series X.
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