![]() Needless to say, there has been no official confirmation of Fable 4 yet from Microsoft, though the clues are certainly intriguing at this point. Guerrilla Games did exactly that for Horizon: Zero Dawn and it worked out wonderfully for them Playground Games also hired industry veterans who've worked on action/open world games like MGSV, GTAV and Hellblade, which is encouraging. Then again, it's all about recruiting the right talent for the job. Fable 4 would be a massive undertaking for anyone and even more so for a studio that still needs to prove itself in this genre. This would be the first action RPG game to be made by Playground Games, which could explain why Williamson would think it's an interesting choice, so to speak. You’ll join the team and the project at an early stage, giving you the rare opportunity to shape the future of an exciting, large-scale open world action / RPG AAA title from the outset. One argument that's been brought up against this possibility is that past openings mentioned "an entirely new AAA open world action RPG" and some had assumed this would mean a new IP.īut the latest opening for Senior Game Designer replaced that "entirely new" label with "exciting, large-scale". ![]() They've been openly recruiting developers on their website for a triple-A open world RPG and obviously, they have a great relationship with Microsoft having successfully developed the Horizon spin-off Forza franchise - in fact, Forza Horizon 3 is the only 90+ rated game on Metacritic published by Microsoft Studios during this console generation. The other major candidate for building Fable 4 among UK studios is none other than Playground Games. However, Electric Square is based in Brighton so by this logic they could be working on something else, perhaps on a smaller scale. ![]() We know that Studio Gobo's Electric Square is working on a game for Microsoft Studios. There's nobody here in Brighton that could take on a task of that magnitude. Mmm ok, having no inside information, I totally know who's building Fable 4 now. When asked by yours truly whether this team was located in Brighton, East Sussex according to Williamson, though, no studio based in Brighton could take on such a massive task. Today, former Lionhead Lead Engine Programmer Don Williamson mentioned on Twitter that he figured out which studio received the assignment to build Fable 4, commenting that it's an interesting choice. "The team has made it very clear that I'm not going to be able to show anything until it's ready."īooty went on to express support for Playground Games, saying that while choosing the studio predominantly known for Forza Horizon to work on Fable 4 might seem like "a little bit of a head scratcher", they "get it" and he's "excited for when the time comes to be able to show more.Head of Xbox division Phil Spencer said at E3 2016 that there could be a future for the Fable IP, though, and hopes of a Fable 4 have been rekindled earlier this week thanks to the Xbox Live API leak which mentioned a Fable related projected codenamed Wisdom being developed by a UK based studio. "Every time I see something, I say 'We should show this'… because there's a lot of cool stuff," said Booty. Head of Xbox Game Studios, Matt Booty, acknowledged the lack of news during an interview at PAX West 2022 (opens in new tab) but explained that the game will only be shown when developer Playground Games is ready to show it. Development is still underway on Fable 4 but after the game didn't make any appearances during the Xbox showcases at both Summer Game Fest and Gamescom 2022 fans have been wondering when they'll hear more.
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