At the start of November, a new Nvidia GeForce Now leak introduced potential release dates for all kinds of big games. Everything fromAvowedtoPerfect DarktoThe Elder Scrolls 6shows up in the leak, giving fans potential release dates for some crucial games. Alongside these other potential Xbox Series X stars,Fablegot a potential release date for late 2023. As with every leak, fans have to take this information with a grain of salt. It’s entirely possible that the information in the leak is incorrect, whether it’s flat-out falsified or simply out of date. Playground Games and Microsoft might have a very different release date in mind for theFablereboot.
However, a comment from a Playground Games developer might lend some credibility tothe latest GeForce Now leak. Playground Games lead engineer Tom Gaulton recently said on Twitter that he’d been happily working onFablefor the last four years. Before Gaulton put out this tweet,Fablefans had very little information on just how far alongFablewas. This claim could suggest that Playground has actually done a ton of groundwork on itsFablegame already and that Playground is just biding its time. If that’s the case,Fablecould easily release before the end of 2023.
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Fable’s Potential Development Time
Gaulton’s tweet is simple. Alongside a picture of a certificate from Playground Games thanking him for another year of work, Gaulton says that he’s completeda fourth year working onFableand expresses his anticipation for the game. It’s not a detailed message, but it confirms a lot of valuable information aboutFable.Rumors about a franchise reboot first cropped up in 2018 when Playground started hiring for an RPG. This tweet seemingly confirms that Playground Games started work onFableeven before that, working on its entry since around 2017. The result is concrete evidence thatFablealready has a ton of development time under its belt.
That’s extremely important information in the context of the leaked release date forFable.The leak suggests it’ll release in two years. If development had barely begun in 2020, then that might seem pretty slim fora big-budget Xbox Game Studios RPG. Thanks to Gaulton’s tweet, however, fans have solid evidence that Playground has been working hard onFablefor a long time. With that knowledge in mind, a late 2023 release date not only seems completely within reason, but it almost seems surprisingly far off. MaybeFablewill release even sooner than that, opening up more space between itself andThe Elder Scrolls 6.
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Fable’s potential release date definitely seems plausible now. It’s unlikely that the leaked date is exactly right, but a release anywhere in the second half of 2023 makes perfect sense. Still, fans probably shouldn’t expect a release date much sooner than that. Playground Games hashired new help forFablewell within 2021, suggesting the game still has some major development to go through. What’s more, if the leaks about a late 2022Avowedrelease are true, then it’d be best forFableandAvowedto give each other breathing room by releasing about a year apart. Even with these cautions in mind, though, it’s great to hear how much time Playground has put intoFableso far.
Fable is in Good Hands
SomeFablefans were skeptical when Playground Games revealed that it’s in charge of the fantasy RPG franchise now.Playground is known pretty exclusively forForza Horizon, after all. Hard evidence that Playground has been working onFablefor four years ought to quiet those fears, though. Clearly, Playground is aware of its lack of RPG knowledge, motivating it to work slowly and diligently onFable,rather than rushing ahead to establishFableas part of its brand. With all that time spent in mind, 2023 seems like a perfectly comfortable release date for this classic franchise’s revival.
Fableis in development for PC and Xbox Series X/S.
