It seems another Former Lionhead Studios member has rejoined the Fable franchise as former Lionhead Studios Community Manager and Community Engagement Lead Chris Hohbein has joined Playground Games.
He has also previously worked for Hello Games and Hutch but 9 years after leaving Lionhead...
It has been announced on the latest episode of the Xbox Podcast by Head of Xbox Games Studios Craig Duncan that Playground Studios upcoming Fable reboot has been delayed until 2026.
They did however release a short clip of new footage too.
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Looks like the hiring has continued at Playground Games as development on their new title in the Fable series ramps up. They are currently hiring for 2 more positions which are on the Fable Engineering Team.
Gameplay Engineer | https://lnkd.in/eD-hntVv
▪ Implement gameplay features and...
Former God of War Ragnarok and Red Dead Redemption 2 animator Mike York has been praising Playground Games new Fable title saying "this is seriously impressive work!"
Finally a new trailer has been released and it’s official, the game is coming 2025. There were some gameplay clips slotted into the trailer too and the combat is looking good.
This is news back from September 29th 2023 when it was revealed that former Baldurs Gate 3 animation producer Ryan Clark had officially joined the Playground Games Fable team as a Senior Producer. He had been at Larian Studios for four years, worked for EA for 2 years and was a producer for...
Anna Megill who was the narrative lead on Playground Games new title in the Fable franchise has decided it's time for new projects and is stepping away from her role in August 2023. Having previously held the role of lead writer she was moved to narrative lead last year, she had the following to...
Playground Games officially released a new teaser trailer at the Xbox Games Showcase earlier starring Richard Ayoade. Good to see the humour showcased as well as the impressive visual style.
Due to the lack of updates since the initial trailer reveal by Playground Games, it seems that Fable fans have been on the games subreddit throwing around ideas for what they would like to see in the new title.
Go and take a look and throw in some ideas yourselves...
What's a feature you'd...
I had purposely avoided posting about the rumours which had started to circulate online yesterday regarding the development of Fable IV and it being restarted and switching engines.
The main reason for this was that the original source had posted it on 4chan which was red flag number 1 and I...
According to a report from Bloomberg, the studio behind Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Eidos Montreal) which was one of 3 studios acquired by The Embracer Group is aiding Playground Games on their new Fable title.
Embracer Group acquired three studios — Crystal Dynamics, Eidos Montreal, and...
Andrew Walsh has just announced he has joined Playground Games, for those who are unaware he was the senior writer on Horizon Forbidden West, associate narrative director on Horizon Call of the Mountain and lead writer on Fable Legends. He is also credited for The Division 2, Prince of Persia...
It seems that the release of Playground Games Fable reboot could still be a little way off as they are actively advertising for core developers for the title.
They have a number of open roles available (amongst many more):
Lead Concept Artist
Combat Designer
Dialogue Designer
Senior...
I’m a little late to the party on this one but it was revealed a few days ago that the former Assistant Producer of Fable Legends has joined the Playground Games team.
Amie Loake who was a former producer at Sumo Digital and ex-Lionhead assistant producer revealed the news on Twitter. She will...
So in anticipation for (more than likely) Fable IV, the community that I run has started up a new Fable audio series that takes place during the Old Kingdom. We have an incredibly talented and passionate cast on board, who want to bring light to a compelling timeline in the Fable universe. Here...
So in anticipation for (more than likely) Fable IV, the community that I run has started up a new Fable audio series that takes place during the Old Kingdom. We have an incredibly talented and passionate cast on board, who want to bring light to a compelling timeline in the Fable universe...
According to a report by GamesIndustry.biz the studio rumoured to be developing Fable IV (Playground Games) have been picking up programmers from BioWare, Motive Studios, Guerrilla Games, Ninja Theory, and Rocksteady Studios.
Playground Games Studio Director Gavin Raeburn said the following...
It has been confirmed that Microsoft have indeed acquired Playground Games and they ARE making an open world non racing game (rumoured to be new Fable).
Playground founder, Ralph Fulton had the following to say about it...
We feel like we've become pretty good at racing games over the...
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