New Fable Game Reportedly In Development

<p>A new <em>Fable<&sol;em> game is reportedly in the works by developers Playground Games&comma; the team most famously behind the wheel of the <em>Forza Horizon<&sol;em> games&period; While the reports are currently unconfirmed&comma; Eurogamer has reported that the publisher has handed the reins to Playground&comma; which&comma; if true&comma; comes less than two years after the closure of series masterminds Lionhead Studios&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking to Eurogamer&comma; series co-creator Dene Carter said that he was excited that the series wasn&&num;8217&semi;t dead&comma; but said that he had &&num;8220&semi;mixed feelings&&num;8221&semi; about the news&period; In his words&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;<em>On the one hand it&&num;8217&semi;s great for the UK games industry&comma; and very pleasing that Fable isn&&num;8217&semi;t dead&period; Indeed&comma; it will be lovely to play one as a punter&comma; without coming out in hives&period; On the other hand it is a little curious to get rid of the team that is uniquely expert in making <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;fable">Fable<&sol;a>&comma; and then try and make Fable&period; Fable is a weird game&comma; and a tough one to deconstruct for a new team&period; That said&comma; the team in question is very talented&comma; and I&&num;8217&semi;m sure they&&num;8217&semi;ll do a fantastic job&period;<&sol;em>&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;62286" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-62286" style&equals;"width&colon; 1280px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-62286" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;06&sol;05101218&sol;Fable-Anniversary&period;jpg" alt&equals;"New Fable Game Reportedly In The Works From Forza Horizon Developers" width&equals;"1280" height&equals;"720" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-62286" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;Fable &&num;8211&semi; Lionshead&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Although still unconfirmed&comma; this isn&&num;8217&semi;t the first time that Playground Games has been linked to the <em>Fable<&sol;em> series&period; Late last year&comma; Forbes reported on the fact that Playground may indeed be developing a new entry in the series&period; At the time&comma; the developers had a <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;playground-games&period;com&sol;careers&sol;o3FG4fwc&sol;">job listing<&sol;a> which may have pointed to the speculation being true&period; The most relevant part of the listing said&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<em>You’ll join the team and the project at an early stage&comma; giving you the rare opportunity to shape the future of an exciting&comma; large-scale open world action &sol; RPG AAA title from the outset&period;<&sol;em>”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As mentioned above&comma; the reports are still unconfirmed&comma; although we&&num;8217&semi;ll keep you updated should either Microsoft or Playground Games confirm the reports&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;eurogamer&period;net&sol;articles&sol;2018-01-17-sources-microsoft-plots-fable-return">Eurogamer<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;