Fable 4 revealed – release date, trailer, news and MMO rumours

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MICROSOFT has finally unveiled a brief glimpse of a brand new Fable game.

The next-gen title is being developed for the Xbox Series X, and already has a short teaser trailer.

Microsoft showed off a short clip of an upcoming Fable game

What is Fable 4?

Fable 4 is the next entry in the iconic Fable video game franchise – though the exact name hasn’t been confirmed.

It’s an Xbox Game Studios title, which means it’s a Microsoft exclusive for consoles.

The game is set in the fantasy world of Albion, which is loosely based on medieval Europe.

Over the games, time has progressed, with Fable 3 taking place in an Industrial Revolution-style world.

The Fable game clearly retains its fantasy origins

The new game is being developed by PlayGround Games.

Fable 4 news and rumours – what we know so far

Rumours of a new Fable game being in development first emerged back in 2018.

Leaks suggested that the game would take the form of an open-world RPG, to better compete with the Horizon series of PlayStation games.

During the Xbox Games Showcase in July 2020, Microsoft formally unveiled Fable 4.

However, the name of the game still hasn’t officially been confirmed as Fable 4.

The teaser trailer gave very little away, other than showing off a brief glimpse of a fantasy world – likely the Albion of previous games.

The trailer has a sense of humour, which is typical of previous Fable titles

French journalist @CronoTK – who has a track record of accurate Xbox leaks – reported that the game would be an MMO.

MMO games, or massively multiplayer online, are titles like World of Warcraft, where lots of players share a single online universe.

This would be in contrast to previous Fable games, which were solo RPG titles.

While MMO games are very common on PC, they’ve had much less success on consoles.

It looks like Fable may return to its medieval roots

Fable 4 release date – when is it out?

There’s no word on a Fable 4 release date just yet.

We know that the game is being developed for the upcoming Xbox Series X.

And that the next-gen console likely won’t arrive until October or November this year.

So it’s entirely possible that the new Fable game could launch in 2021 or even later.

After all, we’ve only seen a very short teaser trailer that didn’t even reveal any gameplay footage.

Even though the game may have been in development for several years, it’s not clear how far along it is.

And if rumours that Fable 4 is an MMO are true, it could take a long time to build the game – due to the complexity of creating games in that genre.

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