The listing states that the team is looking for a candidate who can enrich “the toolset to support an open-world action RPG Fable” and also add new features like “ray tracing to support the next console generation”. It powers the Forza Motorsport and Forza Horizon games.
It points to the series using an unlikely graphics engine this time.Īccording to the job listing, which is for a Software Engineer at Turn10 Studios, Fable will be built using the ForzaTech engine. However, a job listing on Microsoft’s website has shed new light on the next Fable game. 2022 or 2023 is more likely to be the year Fable will be released. But we wouldn’t expect to see it until late 2021 at the very earliest. There isn’t any official announcement about the release date. Xbox Game Pass tweeted that it will be listed on the Game Pass on day one. Fable is currently being developed for Xbox Series X, Series S, and PC. Playground Games, the Microsoft-owned studio behind the Forza Horizon games is the name behind the game. Microsoft recently announced after years of speculation that the game will come back. Microsoft hasn’t shared more details since the game’s initial reveal with a fun trailer. The Fable series is finally coming back to Xbox Series X after an 11-year gap. Fable 4, or just Fable as it’s officially known, is in development and it’s one of the most highly-anticipated Xbox exclusives there is.
Although, he admitted he had "slightly mixed feelings" but he, then, went on to say that the Playground Team "is very talented, and I'm sure they'll do a fantastic job.The Fable series is coming back to Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, and PC but with a twist. In an interview with Eurogamer, former Lionhead employee and Fable co-creator Simon Carter said that he was excited to see what's next for the upcoming instalment to the game franchise.
However, Molyneux then left Lionhead Studios in 2012 which alienated many fans from the franchise. Fable II and III were both more much more successful. However, the first game didn't do as well as expected, leaving the company in crippling debt and Lionhead was bought by Microsoft Game Studios. Once upon a time, Fable was developed by Lionhead Studios and famously hyped-up by lead designer and Lionhead co-founder Peter Molyneux. However, the tale of Fable certainly hasn't been an easy one. The trailer released by the studio received high-praise from Fable fans for the keeping the fun silliness of the previous games. One of which, by French journalist CronoTK, being that the game is not a sequel to the games at all but, rather, an MMO set in the world of Fable.įable 4 is currently being built by Playground Games, the game developer now owned by Microsoft's Xbox Game Studios, based in Leamington Spa, England. Just exactly how "new" it will be has lead to a lot of rumours to circulate. This choice of game engine is just of one of the big changes that Microsoft has promised about Fable's "new beginning". The news of Fable 4's game engine was not officially announced, but rather a job post for a software engineer by Microsoft said it was: "Enriching the toolset to support an open world action RPG – Fable." However, it's not a huge surprise given how the graphics of the Forza Horizon game series have been highly-acclaimed over the years. The fantastical creatures and magical lands of Fable seem a far cry from the energy-fuelled car races in Playground's other popular franchise, Forza Horizon. Beyond excited to announce we're making Fable, a new beginning for the legendary franchise! įable 4 is being built using the ForzaTech engine.