New Fable trailer breaks the saga's curse, hints at a great game, and announces release window

It’s been a while in the oven, but the new Fable already seems to have reached the perfect point. The game has looked very solid at the Xbox Games Showcase 2024, where it has delighted those present with a new trailer, in which it has even allowed itself the luxury of confirming the release window: 2025.

This installment will mean our return to Albion more than eight years after the last visit and will come from the hand of Playground Games, not Lionhead Studio (may it rest in peace). The creators of the Forza Horizon franchise go from driving to RPG with a daring turn that, however, and seeing the trailers we have so far, seems to have turned out great.

Playground’s Fable retains the special sense of humor of the series, uses great graphics, and mixes the most mundane of the Middle Ages with the beauty and fantasy of fairy tales. Goblins, mud, dreamy landscapes, sexual jokes, beings from another world, blood, and betrayal. In short, a great combination.

The Curse of the Fable Series

Most veterans of the Xbox universe will remember a time when Microsoft’s trident was not Halo, Gears, and Forza, but Halo, Gears, and Fable. That was the level of importance of the British franchise, which also catapulted Peter Molyneux and Lionhead Studios. However, since Fable 3 (released in 2010), the saga began to be exploited exaggeratedly and lost its helmsman. Molyneux left, Lionhead closed, and the result was a few dark years in which the franchise seemed cursed, and each installment was doomed to failure.

Its resurrection would be awesome and great news for fans of RPGs on Xbox. It would also prove that Playground is one of the company’s most formidable studios, a King Midas who turns everything he touches into gold. We can’t wait to visit their version of Albion.