There’s A Good Reason The New Fable Looks So Much Different Than The Originals

After lying dormant for over a decade, will finally have a new title in its main series, with the latest entry aiming for a 2025 release. Back in its heyday, the series was a mainstay of the Xbox's extensive games library, known for its dry humor and charm as well as its morality system. The games always had a stylized cartoon aesthetic and were never massively praised for their graphical fidelity, but the latest title looks like an Unreal Engine 5 tech demo.

The difference in graphical fidelity can, of course, be attributed to the progression of hardware. was launched in the middle of the Xbox 360's tenure, while this new will be released in the middle of the console generation, two generations ahead. is fourteen years old, and a graphical improvement is expected for a modern title, but the newest game is pushing the boundaries with its graphics as well as changing the artstyle in favor of a more realistic one.

A new trailer for Fable premiered at the Xbox Games Showcase, introducing more characters and confirming its release window.

When Xbox was looking at its catalog of games to bring back, would have been a no-brainer, but the original studio behind the series (Lionhead) has been shut down for some time. This meant that a new studio had to take the reins if the franchise was to make a comeback, and with Microsoft's acquisition of so many, it had a wealth of options at its disposal. It may have come across as odd that Playground Games was chosen as the developer behind the series, a far cry from fantasy RPGs.

Although Playground Games had very little experience with making RPGs, there was a reason that they were chosen for the task. In an interview with the Guardian, Matt Booty, head of Xbox Game Studios, mentioned that he had a look It was Playground Games' work with open worlds and their passion for the IP that made them stand out as the right studio for.

Playground Games was founded in 2010 and until it was given, it had only worked on games.

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