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Studio head behind Fable reboot and Forza Horizon says "there are lots of commonalities" between making an open-world racing game and an open-world action-RPG

"But there are lots and lots of points of divergence as well"

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Fable developer Playground Games first spoke about "doing something" other than Forza Horizon back in 2017, and were quickly sold on the iconic RPG when it came up: "I could think of nothing else"

"The conversation around building a second team and doing something else, doing something different, was really about wanting to challenge ourselves"

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Xbox Game Studios boss has played a "bunch" of the Fable reboot, and his "brain pops" thinking about its 1,000 NPCS: "Fable is going to be an incredible RPG"

"I've messed around with the combat and the Living Population, and it's just mind blowing"

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Playground Games' Fable has "kind of nicked" The Office's mockumentary-style interviews: "A lot of people assume we just did that for those trailers"

"I've never seen it in games before, but it allows you a way to really neatly tell a joke or drop a little bit of character detail"

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Fable's new morality system is "entirely subjective" and "probably representative of how morality exists in the world that we live in today"

"We've pursued a much more shades of gray approach to morality"

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Fable lets you enter and even buy any building in its world because that was one of the "requirements that we took from the original games," dev says

Playground Games had to think about every building's interior and exterior

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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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The new Fable trailer almost brought a tear to my eye — could it finally be the game that was promised two decades ago?

PlayGround Games’ Fable could finally be the game I’ve been waiting two decades for, with deeps systems, a true open world, and that distinct British humor. And the tech to bring Molyneux’s promises to life.

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The New Forza Horizon 6 Trailer Shows That Fans Are Being Heard

It's a promising start.

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Fable's "shades of gray approach to morality" directly ties into the RPG's living population, with a reputation system I can't wait to play with

How Fable's approach to morality will shape some of the RPG's biggest choice and consequence innovations

GamesRadar

Forza Horizon 6's Developer Direct showcase was brilliant — these three big changes are what excite me most about the upcoming open-world racing game, but potential genAI usage has me concerned

Better player housing, touge battles, and iconic Japanese street racing locales — yep, Forza Horizon 6 looks pretty exceptional.

TechRadar

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' is Coming to PS5 in Autumn 2026—Here's What You Have to Know

Playground Games' "Fable" reboot launches Autumn 2026, offering an open-world RPG where every choice impacts Albion, from NPCs to property and combat.

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Forza Horizon 6 Gameplay Trailer: 550 Cars, A Huge Japan Map, And Even Touge Battles

Folks, the long-awaited Japan-based Forza Horizon 6 is shaping up to be something special. Amidst a slew of new content from Playground Games—including a fresh gameplay trailer and a developer diary—we're finally starting to see what the game will look like. Most excitingly, it will release on May 19, 2026.We've known since…

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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?

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The Full Forza Horizon 6 Car List (So Far)

Every Vehicle Confirmed!

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Forza Horizon 6 looks like the pinnacle of open-world racing games, and a vibe check from Playground sold me immediately: "It really is just about driving wherever you want and exploring"

Big in 2026 | Our Xbox 2026 Spotlight series continues with an exclusive interview with Playground Games to discuss the most expansive Forza game ever made

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Forza Horizon 6 races into Japan in May with the series' biggest map and widest day one car selection, but stubbornly refuses to confirm whether the kei trucks will be drivable

Also there's a giant mecha, I guess.

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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.

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Everything announced at the Xbox Developer Direct 2026

All the announcements, reveals, and news about Fable, Forza Horizon 6, Beast of Reincarnation, and Kiln

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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"

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"We've stuck with the ambition we had right at the start": How Fable's open world fantasy lets you meddle in the lives of over 1000 living NPCs

Big in 2026 | Fable is making a comeback after 16 years, and Playground Games' general manager Ralph Fulton takes GamesRadar+ through its most ambitious feature

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Fable 4 is officially just Fable, and after a 16-year wait it finally launches this fall across Xbox, PC, and PS5

Six years after Playground's Fable game was first announced, we finally know what it looks like

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Forza Horizon 6 launch date for Xbox and PC confirmed, will launch later on PlayStation

Playground Games and Turn 10 have officially announced a May 2026 release date for Forza Horizon 6 on Xbox and PC, with plans for a PlayStation launch later this year.

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