Yesterday, the world heard the news that Microsoft had pulled the plug on Fable Legends and would soon be pulling the plug on Lionhead Studios. Everyone figured that the closed beta would be ending as well, just much sooner rather than later. Today I received an email from the Fable Legends account stating that the closed beta will end April 13.
Players who have already downloaded the Beta will be allowed to continue playing until the cut off date. For the players who purchased the in-game gold currency, they will be getting a refund and the in-game bank will be disabled. The email also thanked all the players who participated and helped with the creation of Fable Legends.
I was a lucky recipient of the closed beta and I really enjoyed my time with it. I’m not huge into online games anymore after a huge fiasco with Destiny, but I enjoyed my time immensely. In the beta you and four other heroes, either real people or A.I., will help with the task of saving Albion again. The nice boon with this online game was that I could play the mission with 3 A.I. characters helping, so I wouldn’t need any friends. The beta also dripped of that Fable-tone and I was super excited to see this come to fruition in a full-fledged game. Unfortunately that isn’t going to be the case, but I have some time left with my baby.
While I’m still heartbroken over the cancellation of this game and the future closure of Lionhead Studios. I am happy to know that I can play the beta for about a month more. I’d better get to it.
Source: Fable Legends Email