{"id":2188,"date":"2021-05-15T19:42:40","date_gmt":"2021-05-15T19:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlinegaminggear.com\/fable-4-on-xbox-series-x-trailer-release-date-xbox-game-pass-and-what-we-know\/"},"modified":"2021-05-16T08:43:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-16T08:43:20","slug":"fable-4-on-xbox-series-x-trailer-release-date-xbox-game-pass-and-what-we-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlinegaminggear.com\/fable-4-on-xbox-series-x-trailer-release-date-xbox-game-pass-and-what-we-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Fable 4 on Xbox Series X trailer, release date, Xbox Game Pass and what we know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>Fable 4, or just Fable as it\u2019s officially known right now, is currently in development and it\u2019s one of the most highly-anticipated Xbox exclusives there is.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Announced by Microsoft in 2020 after years of speculation, the game is being developed for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/reviews\/xbox-series-x\">Xbox Series X<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/reviews\/xbox-series-s\">Series S<\/a> and PC by Playground Games, the Microsoft-owned studio behind the Forza Horizon games.\u00a0As an Xbox exclusive it&#8217;ll also be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/reviews\/xbox-games-pass\">Game Pass<\/a> release on day one.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-placeholder\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\"\/>\n<p>When it\u2019s released, Fable will be the first mainline entry in the Fable series since 2010\u2019s Fable 3 and it\u2019s safe to say that fans are eager to see where the series will go next. That said, at the moment, very little is known about Fable, including its release date. We\u2019re hoping that, with the Xbox Series X out in the wild, 2021 will be the year we hear a little bit more about what Playground Games has planned for Albion, if Albion is still even in the equation at all.\u00a0With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/e3-2021\">E3 2021<\/a> going ahead and Microsoft in attendance, an update is looking more likely than ever.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what we know about Fable 4 so far, then, including its likely release date, trailer and what previous reports have suggested about this new entry in the series.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"cut-to-the-chase\">Cut to the chase<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What is it? <\/strong>The fourth instalment in the mainline Fable franchise<\/li>\n<li><strong>When can I play it?<\/strong> There&#8217;s no release date yet but don&#8217;t expect it soon<\/li>\n<li><strong>What can I play it on? <\/strong>This is an Xbox exclusive so expect to play it on Xbox Series X\/S and PC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"fable-4-trailer\">Fable 4 trailer<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fable - Official Announce Trailer\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oVkSZXPklQ4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The first Fable trailer is above, and it doesn&#8217;t reveal much, save for the fact that the game is likely set well before the later entries in the series as we don&#8217;t get as much of a sense of a Victorian-style industrial revolution as we did in Fable 3&#8217;s setting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"fable-4-release-date\">Fable 4 release date<\/h2>\n<p>No release date or release window has been set for Fable on Xbox Series X yet, but we wouldn&#8217;t expect to see it until late 2021 at the <em>very<\/em> earliest. 2022 or 2023 definitely seem more likely.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"fable-4-news-and-rumors\">Fable 4 news and rumors<\/h2>\n<p><strong>E3 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/e3-2021\">E3 2021<\/a> is going ahead and Microsoft\/Xbox is one of the show&#8217;s headline names Going entirely online for this year, E3 2021 will be taking place between June 12 and June 15, with a four-day broadcast offering a mix of press conferences, interviews and commentary.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft is yet to confirm any solid plans for the show but there are hopes that Fable 4 could make an appearance in some form. The game is believed to be in the relatively early stages of its development so while we\u2019re not very confident that we\u2019ll be treated to anything as big as a solid release date, a new trailer would probably go over well as E3 2019 was the last time we got to see the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>It could be years away<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As far as we can tell, Fable 4 is still in the early stages of development and it could be a while before we get the chance to play it. In fact, speaking on a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bxLOM-Cf2mk?t=1624\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bxLOM-Cf2mk?t=1624\" rel=\"noopener\">VGC Off the Record podcast<\/a> , industry reporter and head of GamesIndustry.biz Chris Dring said that the game\u2019s release, along with other announced Xbox exclusives, could be many years down the line.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Based on conversations he\u2019s had with employees at Xbox Game Studios, Dring said, \u00a0\u201cThose games that they announced &#8211; Everwild, Perfect Dark, Fable &#8211; are so far away. As in, there might even be a new Xbox (a mid-tier upgrade) by the time those games come out.<\/p>\n<p>They are so far away, and no wonder Xbox is looking at investing and signing certain products at the minute, because they don\u2019t have a lineup of big exclusives at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fable is set to use ForzaTech engine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/deeplink?id=kXQk6%2AivFEQ&amp;mid=24542&amp;u1=trd-us-3789049384191527000&amp;murl=https%3A%2F%2Fcareers.microsoft.com%2Fus%2Fen%2Fjob%2F1039800%2FSoftware-Engineer-Turn10-Studios%3FranMID%3D24542%26ranEAID%3DkXQk6%2AivFEQ%26ranSiteID%3DkXQk6.ivFEQ-RuvHXN3NMqx3EDZEZTmv8g%26epi%3DkXQk6.ivFEQ-RuvHXN3NMqx3EDZEZTmv8g%26irgwc%3D1%26OCID%3DAID2000142_aff_7593_1243925%26tduid%3D%2528ir__cvsstk92g9kfqxwgkk0sohz3wf2xuyb1whjjtgjo00%2529%25287593%2529%25281243925%2529%2528kXQk6.ivFEQ-RuvHXN3NMqx3EDZEZTmv8g%2529%2528%2529%26irclickid%3D_cvsstk92g9kfqxwgkk0sohz3wf2xuyb1whjjtgjo00\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/careers.microsoft.com\/us\/en\/job\/1039800\/Software-Engineer-Turn10-Studios?ranMID=24542&amp;ranEAID=kXQk6*ivFEQ&amp;ranSiteID=kXQk6.ivFEQ-RuvHXN3NMqx3EDZEZTmv8g&amp;epi=kXQk6.ivFEQ-RuvHXN3NMqx3EDZEZTmv8g&amp;irgwc=1&amp;OCID=AID2000142_aff_7593_1243925&amp;tduid=%28ir__cvsstk92g9kfqxwgkk0sohz3wf2xuyb1whjjtgjo00%29%287593%29%281243925%29%28kXQk6.ivFEQ-RuvHXN3NMqx3EDZEZTmv8g%29%28%29&amp;irclickid=_cvsstk92g9kfqxwgkk0sohz3wf2xuyb1whjjtgjo00\" data-hl-processed=\"hawklinks\" data-placeholder-url=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/deeplink?id=kXQk6%2AivFEQ&amp;mid=24542&amp;u1=hawk-custom-tracking&amp;murl=https%3A%2F%2Fcareers.microsoft.com%2Fus%2Fen%2Fjob%2F1039800%2FSoftware-Engineer-Turn10-Studios%3FranMID%3D24542%26ranEAID%3DkXQk6%2AivFEQ%26ranSiteID%3DkXQk6.ivFEQ-RuvHXN3NMqx3EDZEZTmv8g%26epi%3DkXQk6.ivFEQ-RuvHXN3NMqx3EDZEZTmv8g%26irgwc%3D1%26OCID%3DAID2000142_aff_7593_1243925%26tduid%3D%2528ir__cvsstk92g9kfqxwgkk0sohz3wf2xuyb1whjjtgjo00%2529%25287593%2529%25281243925%2529%2528kXQk6.ivFEQ-RuvHXN3NMqx3EDZEZTmv8g%2529%2528%2529%26irclickid%3D_cvsstk92g9kfqxwgkk0sohz3wf2xuyb1whjjtgjo00\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-merchant-name=\"microsoft.com\" data-merchant-id=\"1855\">job listing<\/a>, which is for a Software Engineer at Turn10 Studios, Fable will be built using the ForzaTech engine, which powers the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/forza-motorsport-everything-you-need-to-know\">Forza Motorsport<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/forza-horizon-4-review\">Forza Horizon<\/a>\u00a0games. The listing states that the team is looking for a candidate who can enrich \u201cthe toolset to support an open world action RPG \u2013 Fable\u201d and also add new features like \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/ray-tracing\">ray tracing<\/a>\u00a0to support the next console generation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A new team member<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a new member on the development team for Fable: Steve Thornton. \u00a0Thornton is coming aboard as Associate Chief Designer for the game and brings his experience \u00a0working on titles like Halo Infinite, Assassin\u2019s Creed Odyssey and some LEGO titles to the table.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more see-more--clipped\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet hawk-ignore\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New year, new job! I tweeted last year to say I was returning from Russia to the UK for a new thing; very happy and excited to say that new thing is with the lovely Playground Games (@WeArePlayground) working on the next Fable as Associate Chief Designer \ud83c\udf40 pic.twitter.com\/gGIggDec3T<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_SteveThornton\/status\/1351575819219587075\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_SteveThornton\/status\/1351575819219587075\">January 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"see-more__button\">See more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>A new writer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Anna Megill, the senior writer and narrative lead at Remedy Entertainment during the development of Control, is joining Playground Games as the lead writer for Fable.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Megill announced on Twitter that she\u2019s leaving her current role at Ubisoft\u2019s Massive Entertainment to join Playground Games in 2021.<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more see-more--clipped\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet hawk-ignore\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m thrilled to say that I start work at @WeArePlayground next year. I\u2019ll be Lead Writer on Fable \u2728 pic.twitter.com\/Wf57QuPYNQ<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cynixy\/status\/1339531573805367298\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cynixy\/status\/1339531573805367298\">December 17, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"see-more__button\">See more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>The team behind the game<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shortly after Fable itself was revealed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/fable-4-probably-wont-be-an-mmo-heres-why\">we got some insight<\/a> into the impressive team that\u2019s working on the game thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/news\/analysis-whos-working-on-fable-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/news\/analysis-whos-working-on-fable-4\/\" rel=\"noopener\">VGC<\/a>. We now know that there are a host of veteran game designers working on the Fable reboot, including the lead quest designer for the Borderlands series, a level designer for GTA V and GTA Online, and a whole load of writers who worked on Batman: Arkham Knight.<\/p>\n<p>There have been rumors that Fable will go down the route of being an MMO but the experience of those working on the project certainly suggest it\u2019s going to take a more open-world RPG approach, perhaps with an online multiplayer component. That said, we can\u2019t <em>really<\/em> be sure until Playground Games and Microsoft reveal some more official details.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fable 4 is coming to Xbox Game Pass<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more see-more--clipped\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet hawk-ignore\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fable will be available day one for Xbox Game Pass members. Yep, that\u2019s as cool as you think it is.Watch the trailer: https:\/\/t.co\/eGVVoGSXCz https:\/\/t.co\/vcNsbfdlkV<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/XboxGamePass\/status\/1286345420566859778\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/XboxGamePass\/status\/1286345420566859778\">July 23, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"see-more__button\">See more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Like all first-party Microsoft games, you&#8217;ll be able to play Fable 4 as part of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/reviews\/xbox-games-pass\">Xbox Game Pass<\/a> subscription on Xbox Series X or PC, which was officially confirmed on Twitter. So, whenever it gets here, you won&#8217;t need to drop $60\/\u00a350 to play it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-placeholder\" data-model-name=\"Xbox Game Pass\" data-widget-type=\"multimodelreview\" data-render-type=\"editorial\">\n<div class=\"hawk-multi-model-review-container\">\n<div>\n<p>Today&#8217;s best Xbox Game Pass deals<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong>Fable 4 is likely an open world game<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In January 2018, Eurogamer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2018-01-17-sources-microsoft-plots-fable-return\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2018-01-17-sources-microsoft-plots-fable-return\">said<\/a> that according to sources close to the project, a brand new high-budget Fable game was in the works. Now, we know that to be true.<\/p>\n<p>This news came less than two years after the closure of Lionhead Studios, and the report correctly stated that Playground Games, best known for its work on the Forza Horizon series, will be the new developers for the series.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Eurogamer&#8217;s sources said that a team of more than 200 will be working on Fable from the team\u2019s new offices in Leamington Spa, though development was still in the very early stages.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:1658px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.39%;\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" alt=\"Fable 4\" class=\"expandable lazy-image-van optional-image\" onerror=\"if(this.src &amp;&amp; this.src.indexOf('missing-image.svg') !== -1){return true;};this.parentNode.replaceChild(window.missingImage(),this)\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/vanilla.futurecdn.net\/techradar\/media\/img\/missing-image.svg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/sDrneKFZjJ2HjcLMEAFcdL-320-80.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/sDrneKFZjJ2HjcLMEAFcdL-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/sDrneKFZjJ2HjcLMEAFcdL-970-80.jpg.webp 970w\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/sDrneKFZjJ2HjcLMEAFcdL.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/sDrneKFZjJ2HjcLMEAFcdL.jpg\"\/><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Fable 4\" class=\"expandable lazy-image-van optional-image\" onerror=\"if(this.src &amp;&amp; this.src.indexOf('missing-image.svg') !== -1){return true;};this.parentNode.replaceChild(window.missingImage(),this)\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/vanilla.futurecdn.net\/techradar\/media\/img\/missing-image.svg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/sDrneKFZjJ2HjcLMEAFcdL-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/sDrneKFZjJ2HjcLMEAFcdL-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/sDrneKFZjJ2HjcLMEAFcdL-970-80.jpg 970w\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/sDrneKFZjJ2HjcLMEAFcdL.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/sDrneKFZjJ2HjcLMEAFcdL.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Microsoft)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Just what kind of Fable might Playground be working on? Well, the report said that the game is planned to be an open world action RPG with a focus on character and story. That certainly tallies with everything we saw in the reveal trailer, with the final shot showing off a big world that looks ripe for exploration.<\/p>\n<p>It would also make sense that Playground would bring its open world expertise from Forza Horizon into a game like this.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, we can&#8217;t wait to see what it&#8217;s come up with. Fable has been dormant for far too long.<\/p>\n<p><strong>That wild pre-announcement rumor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Before Fable 4 was even announced to the world, there was a 2019 video leak which claimed to give insight into the game&#8217;s setting and story. The video disappeared from the internet but a Reddit thread with what it described remained and some of the details sound pretty wild. We&#8217;re talking &#8220;Albion and Aurora destroyed by an asteroid, a new continent with time and interplanetary travel&#8221; wild.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Although it sounds pretty out there, it would create the opportunity for a setting reset for the Fable series, making it easier to take the series back to its medieval fantasy roots with some extremely different elements to still make it feel fresh. In the game&#8217;s reveal trailer, brief as it was, we didn&#8217;t get any obvious sense that the new game will be more advanced in time than Fable 3&#8217;s Industrial Revolution setting.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, this is a leak from an unverified source so until Playground Games or Microsoft start revealing solid details about Fable 4, we&#8217;d say take it with a big pinch of salt. You can read the full leak in the tweet below.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more see-more--clipped\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet hawk-ignore\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rumor: first Fable IV details have been leaked (includes story details as well)https:\/\/t.co\/RLWgpy0S9r pic.twitter.com\/V6W74TDLV9<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nibellion\/status\/1135806679117914112\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nibellion\/status\/1135806679117914112\">June 4, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"see-more__button\">See more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>Original by Techradar<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/fable-4-on-xbox-series-x-trailer-release-date-game-pass-and-what-we-know\/\"> &#8211; Click here to read full post <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>Brought to you by <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinegaminggear.com\">Online Gaming Gear | Best Gear for Best Gaming Experience<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fable 4, or just Fable as it\u2019s officially known right now, is currently in development and it\u2019s one of the most highly-anticipated Xbox exclusives there is.\u00a0 Announced by Microsoft in 2020 after years of speculation, the game is being developed for Xbox Series X, Series S and PC by Playground Games, the Microsoft-owned studio behind [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2189,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlinegaminggear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2188"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlinegaminggear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlinegaminggear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlinegaminggear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlinegaminggear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2188"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlinegaminggear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2190,"href":"https:\/\/onlinegaminggear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2188\/revisions\/2190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlinegaminggear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlinegaminggear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlinegaminggear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlinegaminggear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}