Fable Reboot Features ‘Seamless’ Open World And Is Launching This Fall

Over five years after it was first announced, we’ve finally learned a lot more about the next entry in the Fable series. Get ready for a big open world filled with jobs, relationships, monsters, and more. And it arrives this Fall.

This new spin on Fable, being developed by Playground Games—the same studio behind Xbox’s amazing Forza Horizon series—was first announced back in 2020 and is being built using the same tech that powered those open-world driving games. And Fable sounds and looks impressive as seen in Xbox’s new Developer Direct.

Playground Games says Fable will feature a fully seamless open world, a first for the series. You’ll be able explore every corner of Albion at your own pace without loading screens. Well, once you get through the game’s opening tutorial, where you start as a kid and have to watch your village be attacked. It is a Fable game, after all. It’s tradition.

During the Dev Direct, Playground Games confirmed you’ll be able to customize your character’s face and clothing. And like in past games, you can interact with villagers and NPCs, even marrying them. Apparently, every NPC villager is unique and will react to your wealth, past actions, look, and more. Sounds wild, and I won’t really believe it works until I get my hands on the Fable this Fall when it launches on Xbox Series X/S, PS5, Game Pass, and PC.