It looks like Xbox is giving Fable more time to cook in the oven, Xbox Games Studio head Crag Duncan revealed in an update on Xbox’s official podcast that Playground Games’ reboot of the Xbox’s beloved RPG series has been delayed out of 2025 and is now slated to launch in 2026.
“We previously announced the date for Fable as 2025—we are actually going to give Fable more time and it’s going to ship in 2026 now. While I know that’s not maybe the news people want to hear, what I want to assure people of is that it’s definitely worth the wait. I have unequivocal confidence in the Playground team,”
“If you think about their history and legacy for Forza Horizon, the last two games—critically acclaimed, award-winning, beautiful, played great. And just what they’re bringing to Fable as a franchise, just think of the visuals of what you expect of Playground Games, plus amazing gameplay, British humour, Playground’s version of Albion—so inspired by what’s gone before with the franchise, but their take. And quite frankly, the most beautifully realized version of Albion you’ve ever seen.”
Alongside the news, at the 14:56 mark, the podcast video also showed off a short snippet of footage from the game labelled “pre-alpha,” which IGN has posted the full clip of without commentary from the podcast. Fable was assumed to be Xbox’s big fall release, and with Grand Theft Auto VI set to be this year’s biggest release coming this fall, maybe it worked out for the best.
Fable is set to release next year on PC and Xbox Series X|S.
