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HISTORICAL FACTS: Lionhead - Caught on Camera

Lionhead "had a pitch document" for Fable 4, says Peter Molyneux: "It was the thought of moving through time a little bit more"

Fable 4 could even have been a steampunk adventure

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OG Fable designer Peter Molyneux cried tears of joy watching Xbox reveal the new reboot, even though he thinks "there was a slight antiseptic feel about it"

"F*** me. This thing that we created, it's going to live, it’s going to carry on"

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Fable promises a Bethesda-like reactive fantasy world, and I think it will be enough to cover for The Elder Scrolls 6

Opinion | Playground Games excels at creating sandboxes that feel alive, and the studio seems to be looking in the right places for new inspiration

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Why Playground Games' ambitious open-world Fable reboot is a fresh start for the series: "This has to be Playground's Fable"

Big in 2026 | Playground Games has been wanting to do "something other than Forza" for 10 years, and the Fable reboot feels like a match made in Albion

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Fable director explains what makes the RPG a fairytale rather than a straight fantasy like The Witcher — 'Fairytales are intimate, they’re small stories about regular people... I think that is a brilliant description of what Fable really is'

According to Fable game director Ralph Fulton, the upcoming game will be an open-world fairytale, rather than a "grand and sweeping" fantasy story like The Witcher or Skyrim.

TechRadar

Fable reboot devs aren't trying to make a Lionhead game, but one important hallmark will carry over because 'kicking chickens is classic Fable'

Is it right, or is it wrong, to kick a chicken?

PC Gamer

Fable head says "we can't try to make a Lionhead game," and the RPG reboot isn't fantasy either: "We all know what fantasy is – it's The Witcher, it's Skyrim, it's Lord of the Rings"

"Fairytale exists right at the opposite end of that spectrum"

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New Fable developer Playground "got a treasure trove of documents" from original creator Lionhead "that had been in storage," and one sums up the whole series in 5 words

Fable is very different today, but Playground studied the old ways

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Microsoft finally reveals Fable for Xbox, PC, and PS5 in full — How Fable represents a new dawn for Xbox Games Studios

Playground Games "Fable" is the first RPG from the iconic racing game studio, and dare I say it, it seems like the studio absolutely cooked.

Windows Central

Fable isn't a sequel, Playground Games lead says, because "we needed to reboot the franchise" and "put our stamp on it" – "It would be inauthentic for us to just try and make Fable 4"

"We needed to put our stamp on it and make it a Playground Fable game going forward"

GamesRadar

Fable's Peter Molyneux was happy to become a Microsoft partner as he's "absolutely motivated by praise," especially from Xbox boss Phil Spencer: "He's someone that absolutely loves the game industry"

"So I let myself forget how awful it had been, being SVP at EA."

GamesRadar

Fable 3 lead Peter Molyneux says he "should have fought for more time" to deliver the divisive RPG, and there's a Lionhead battle royale we'll never see as Xbox killed the studio

"It was called All Of Us. It was absolutely crazy, a kind of cross between a world builder and a role-playing game."

GamesRadar

'That magic is back': Peter Molyneux really wants you to know he's not hyping Masters of Albion, while name-dropping Dungeon Keeper, Black and White, and Fable

"Every atom of my being believes we're making a great game."

PC Gamer

"We would look at all the American RPGs and the JRPGs at the time and just go, 'Right, if they're doing it, we're not": Peter Molyneux and John McCormack talk the development of Fable 20 years on

Feature | The Making of Fable: Celebrating 20 years, Retro Gamer talk with Peter Molyneux and John McCormack about the highs and lows of creating Fable

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The Guardian - UK

Fable at 20: a uniquely British video game with a complex legacy

In 2004, Fable was as famous for what it didn’t deliver as for what it did. But this Python-esque fantasy game deserves to be remembered for more than that

PC Gamer

Peter Molyneux says he's 'coming home' to PC, but should we welcome him back after everything that's happened?

A brief-ish account of Molyneux's controversial career, the forgotten god of Godus, and why I'm not writing off Masters of Albion on sight.

PC Gamer

Someone finally figured out a good use for NFTs: Peter Molyneux is using 'land' sales from his failed blockchain game to fund the development of his new project

It turns out NFTs actually do have some value.

GamesRadar

Almost 20 years later, I still want a remake of the PC simulation game that turned me into a Hollywood movie mogul and rocked my world

Opinion | From making my own films to discovering talent, The Movies brought out my creative side and kickstarted my love for management sims

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PC Gamer

Gloomhaven studio releases a demo for a new game and lays off more than half its employees on the same day

The studio hopes the demo for Ironmarked will help it find funding for the game.

PC Gamer

Peter Molyneux returns promising not to hype his next game, before hyping the game

"Every part of me wants to tell you about it."

GamesRadar

The Fable reboot has all the British banter of the original, and it's a huge relief to see

Opinion | Richard Ayoade as a giant who just wants to grow veg has me sold

PC Gamer

Richard Ayoade in Fable is inspired casting, and the trailer's tone is perfect too

Playground may be cooking something Fable-ous.

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