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Fable Delayed to 2026
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poodaddy
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Yeah every once in a while, something just goes right. Wish there were more stories like this in the industry right now, particularly for new or less used IP, as I'm a little burnt out on remakes and remasters.You don't have to all the time.
Astro Bot arrives on PS5 September 6
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RetroGamingUK
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Phil Spencer: “From a PR standpoint it would be really easy for me to put a trailer on screen, but then I know the game is not coming for another two and half or three years, so I didn't want to do that."
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CamHostage
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The least surprising disappointing surprise.
Fable is a huge game and it's mostly a startup studio (tech carries and some crossover us there, but the original Leamington Spa team still has lots of Forza Horizon work on its plate,) that previous 2025 date was wishful thinking. I hate the painful timeline of modern game production, but it's not shocking or unnerving that Fable needs more time.
Fable is a huge game and it's mostly a startup studio (tech carries and some crossover us there, but the original Leamington Spa team still has lots of Forza Horizon work on its plate,) that previous 2025 date was wishful thinking. I hate the painful timeline of modern game production, but it's not shocking or unnerving that Fable needs more time.
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thismeinteil
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Just another thing Phil spouts that Xbox fans eat up without admitting he's a complete hypocrite for saying it. Well, we see what no pushback from their fans have gotten them.Phil Spencer: “From a PR standpoint it would be really easy for me to put a trailer on screen, but then I know the game is not coming for another two and half or three years, so I didn't want to do that."
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Phil Spencer: “From a PR standpoint it would be really easy for me to put a trailer on screen, but then I know the game is not coming for another two and half or three years, so I didn't want to do that."
Toys for Bob is not a game and TES VI was announced 2 years before MS even acquired Bethesda.
Gambit2483
Member
Living up to it's namesake then...
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
RetroGamingUK
Member
CamHostage
Member
They announced it in 2020 with a logo trailer; it was basically a greenlight announcement that MS had built ran and were committing to the project.
We knew rumors before this event that Playground was staffing up a second office and was recruiting for a new Fable. However, it was known at the time that the proect was very early and if i remember right the same rumors said they didn't have much more than a logo and test work at that point. (The Fable production has never been been treated like Perfect Dark where MS execs have Tommy Finaggled up posts saying, "Oh no, no disaster, none at all.... in fact, why, i just played it yesterday and it's fantastic - yeah, that's the ticket!"
Everybody brings in external studios to help the build games, we just usually don't hear about it. Check the credits list for Certain Affinity or Sumo Digital and you'll see a ton of alley-oop work on AAA games.
You just heard about this one because it's weird that a publisher's internal studio got the co-dev contact rather than an independent. (Also, it got publicized as part o fthe debacle with The Initiative where all their creative heads left but they still get to say they brought on Crystal Dynamics to "help". Sorry if im bagging on PD, but that's the project that should be getting the negativity in this thread, Fable just got announced too early, which happens in a console announcement cycle; that second trailer also putb the heat on, which is kind of a shame they showed it so early when it clearly was moee tech demo than gameplay showcase.)
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
No, seriously, it seems like you don't know.
Toys for Bob is the name of a studio.
And they announced that they've gotten into a publishing agreement in 2024, they didn't announce any game.
Toys for Bob confirms publishing deal with Xbox for new title
Xbox plans to publish the next new title from Skylanders developer Toys for Bob after spinning off the studio from Activision in February.
venturebeat.com
RetroGamingUK
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No, seriously, it seems like you don't know.
Toys for Bob is the name of a studio.
And they announced that they've gotten into a publishing agreement in 2024, they didn't announce any game.
Toys for Bob confirms publishing deal with Xbox for new title
Xbox plans to publish the next new title from Skylanders developer Toys for Bob after spinning off the studio from Activision in February.
Doesn’t matter, was only listed as being at 9 months anyway.
You’re totally ignoring the huge list of vaporware above it.
As usual, gotten to.
DownLikeBCPowder
Member
Can't say I care about Fable at all. Maybe closer to launch if I start reading or seeing some good things.
SEGAvangelist
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So many awesome games lined up. Let's see lists for other publishers!Phil Spencer: “From a PR standpoint it would be really easy for me to put a trailer on screen, but then I know the game is not coming for another two and half or three years, so I didn't want to do that."
Dazraell
Member
I mean, to be perfectly honest 2025 has barely started. Astro Bot was revealed late May and was released three months later. If I remember correctly Miles Morales was also released in the same year it was announced
HeWhoWalks
Gold Member
PS6 at this rate!Timing it with the PS5 release
Gambit2483
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Meanwhile in the East these are the kinds of trailer they are pushing out Years before release...Phil Spencer: “From a PR standpoint it would be really easy for me to put a trailer on screen, but then I know the game is not coming for another two and half or three years, so I didn't want to do that."
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CamHostage
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?
The teaser was built on a Shrek-like joke, and the second starred a giant-sized Richard Ayoade.
Which trailers have you been watching?
There's not been much humor in the gameplay footage shown, but gameplay is rarely funny by itself (unless cool shit explodes in a wild way or dumb crap happens unexpectedly... or if there's a fart, I guess, that's also comedy.) Without looking yet, I'm going to guess that the Lionhead Fables' trailers (if they had them back then) weren't heavy on the funny either, we just knew it would be part of the Molyniex equation...
*edit* Yep, guessed right.
No comedy in the Fable 1 E3 trailer.
No comedy in the Fable 2 E3 or Launch trailers.
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Kagoshima_Luke
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Perrott
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Playground's second team -- the Fable team -- was first established in 2017. Eight years ago.
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JohnnyPhats
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I don't know why people get upset about this shit. Shit happens. I'd rather wait till it's DONE done.
ChorizoPicozo
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Consultants selling the idea of:
if you make your game for the modern audience you will make more money and grow your market.
YeulEmeralda
Linux User
It needs the cartoony look and British humour/actors. Not holding my breath.
TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
I'm starting to fondly look back at the precision and speed of Final Fantasy XV's dev cycle.
FFXIII plays like a velvet dream today compared to some of these massive flops. "It's too hard to make HD towns, lol, fucking clowns,"
SHOES ON THE OTHER ASS CHEEK NOW, ISN'T IT, GAMERS? Avowed doesn't even have HD fish. The most visually impressive thing about this new Fable is the vomit I choke and sputter out of my face hole upon seeing the trailer's lead character. Veilguard was written so poorly that the one chick didn't even know how to refer to herself.
FFXIII plays like a velvet dream today compared to some of these massive flops. "It's too hard to make HD towns, lol, fucking clowns,"
SHOES ON THE OTHER ASS CHEEK NOW, ISN'T IT, GAMERS? Avowed doesn't even have HD fish. The most visually impressive thing about this new Fable is the vomit I choke and sputter out of my face hole upon seeing the trailer's lead character. Veilguard was written so poorly that the one chick didn't even know how to refer to herself.
YOU PC BRO?!
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As a fan of the franchise I want to give this a chance but it seems too far removed from the original concept. Aren’t we supposed to play as a young lad who ages and grows old throughout the game? That was fun and made for some interesting gameplay opportunities. I just don’t understand why they went with an adult black female protagonist at all. How does that fit in with the franchise historically in any way?
SidViscous
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If lionhead were given this amount of time, they might actually have been able to include all the crazy features Peter dreamt up.
Microsoft is so weird, it's painfully obvious even to an outsider that they have no idea how to manage their studios or sell consoles, honestly, 343 bungled the Halo franchise for 10+ years, the Perfect Dark team have had forever and seemingly don't even know how to make a game so had to bring in Crystal Dynamics, and still just have some fake gameplay clip after what, 6 years? Horizon Motorsport shat the bed, accidentally shot their studio in the foot by shadow dropping a very good game without any PR (Tango Gameworks) then shutting them down, Fable is 7+ years in and still getting delayed, Everwild is god knows where.. and no leadership changes, the whole time.
You could literally put a monkey in charge who makes decisions with a magic 8-ball and they would, just by law of probability alone, do a better job than Phil.
Microsoft is so weird, it's painfully obvious even to an outsider that they have no idea how to manage their studios or sell consoles, honestly, 343 bungled the Halo franchise for 10+ years, the Perfect Dark team have had forever and seemingly don't even know how to make a game so had to bring in Crystal Dynamics, and still just have some fake gameplay clip after what, 6 years? Horizon Motorsport shat the bed, accidentally shot their studio in the foot by shadow dropping a very good game without any PR (Tango Gameworks) then shutting them down, Fable is 7+ years in and still getting delayed, Everwild is god knows where.. and no leadership changes, the whole time.
You could literally put a monkey in charge who makes decisions with a magic 8-ball and they would, just by law of probability alone, do a better job than Phil.
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Banjo64
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How the hell can Gears E-Day make this year when People Can Fly have literally only just joined The Coalition as co-dev in January 2025? The reveal trailer was another ‘in-engine’ premature showing from Xbox. Game won’t hit until 2027 or later I can promise you that.
Banjo64
cumsessed
The timeline for this game is insane.
www.gamesindustry.biz
Studio was already reported on in 2017.
Recruitment was well underway by 2018 and the fact that the game was Fable was known.
We will be talking about a near 10 year long development from conception to the final product.
Game development is absolutely retarded.
Playground Games opening second studio for open world game
Forza Horizon developer Playground Games is planning to open a second development studio, GamesIndustry.biz can reveal.
www.gamesindustry.biz
Studio was already reported on in 2017.
Recruitment was well underway by 2018 and the fact that the game was Fable was known.
We will be talking about a near 10 year long development from conception to the final product.
Game development is absolutely retarded.
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ByWatterson
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My brother in Christ
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JayK47
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I figured out why this is being delayed.
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splattered
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I'm just pokin' the tiger man looks like it worked haha
Bungie
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For people saying they shouldnt have ended Lion head. That studio was nothing without Peter. I had the opportunity to play some of their works after he left & it was the right call. The things that's in Fable that we love is all because of him & how he cared about the connections the player had to the dog, world, choices, etc. That was all gone the moment he left that studio. I know people don't like him but he did put his heart into his those games. The studio died with his departure.
Stuart360
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Redfall was shit, and Hellblade was ok for a one and done playthrough. Halo and Starfield were both good imo and i put over 80 hours into both, and i'm 35 hours into Avowed and loving it. Its even stopped me playing KCD2.
So yes i care.
Rambone
Member
I'm hoping the good/evil mechanic with physical appearance will play a part in the protagonists appearance. In a neutral good/evil state her looks are homely at best. The more good deeds she does the better looking she gets and the more evil she gets the uglier she gets until she just completely turns into a grotesque troll that not even a homless man would want to fuck.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Topher
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That guy should have brought more feet
saintjules
Member
To be honest I never understood that devs are delaying a game because of another game incoming.
If you solely played JRPGs and not into games like GTA, it wouldn't affect sales if someone bought and supported a game outside of GTA. Different fanbases.
That's just me though on it.
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