Summary
According to a new rumor, Playground Games’Fableis being prepped for release in 2025, and it won’t be following other Microsoft games to other platforms. With Summer Game Fest now only hours away, there’s plenty of excitement throughout the gaming industry over upcoming announcements.Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Festlooks to be setting off a wave of new reveals, followed over the next few days by additional events from companies like Microsoft, Ubisoft, and more.
Alongside the summer events comes a wave of leaks and rumors, of which there has seemingly been no shortage of in recent days. Microsoft again finds itself in an interesting position with its Xbox Showcase set to arrive on June 9 and already, fans are trying to predict what the company has on the way with its huge stable of franchises and IPs. With games likeGears of War 6and even a potential Xbox Handheld being heavily rumored, fans are also expecting updates on previously announced titles likeAvowed,StarfieldDLC, as well as Playground Games and its reboot of theFablefranchise. New rumors seem to indicate that fans may be getting their wish this weekend.
According to a new report fromThe Vergeand Tom Warren,Fableis likely going to have a big presence at the show. Considering all thereports ofFable’s rough development, the team at Playground Games seems to be ready to narrow down the game’s launch window to 2025. While unconfirmed, many fans are hoping to see actual gameplay this year, which would also help to hammer home the point thatFableseems to be beyond the reported troubles that seemingly plagued its development earlier on.
Will Fable be an Xbox Exclusive?
Recently, Microsoft has seemingly placed a bigger emphasis on bringing former console exclusives to more platforms, withSea of Theives,Pentiment,Grounded, andHi-Fi Rushall recently making the jump to PlayStation. However, new reports also indicate that both Fable andCompulsion Games’South of Midnightare not being considered for Project Latitude, Microsoft’s rumored internal plan for games that make the jump to other platforms. Essentially, if this is true, this means thatFableandSouth of Midnightare planned to remain Xbox console exclusives at least at launch. Microsoft could easily change its mind months or years after the fact.
In addition toFableandSouth of Midnight, rumors have been swirling about other potential Microsoft announcements at its upcoming showcase. It appears that a newDOOMgame could be revealed and not only that, it could very well be getting a multiplatform release as well. However, for many fans, the big announcement may be thelong rumored Xbox Handheld Consolefinally being announced, at least as a teaser. It’s currently unknown what sort of device this portable Xbox would be, whether it would mainly be streaming oriented or actually attempting to go head-to-head with Valve’s Steam Deck or Asus ROG Ally.
