Anybody remember us announcing a Marvel MMO? We didn’t even have a team that was signed that would do the Marvel MMO. I will harken back to … I can go through my battle scars.

This is what he said in an attempt to elaborate: Spencer did use Fable by name when talking about this, but wouldn’t outright say that his remarks were about Fable 4 in particular, which pretty much sounds like he is talking about Fable 4 without the liability of being held accountable for his words on the topic. Fable 4 would be a big title, and it is surely in development, but if Microsoft isn’t sure when it would be available (like, if they don’t even know what year), then they aren’t even going to tease it.

To add, we were also told by Head executive of Microsoft’s Xbox division, Phil Spencer suggested that Fable 4 is among their projects, but would not outright say so, simply because they want to make sure they have all their ducks in a row, and they want to only announce games when they have a ballpark of when the game will be available. So, how do we know, or why do we think we know that Playground Games is working on it?įor starters, we know that Playground is looking to hire someone to join their ‘ open-world /action RPG development team‘, and that is just to start. Then Forza Horizon 4 was released shortly after and then it was announced that Playground Games was working on an ‘unknown project’, which many believe to be Fable 4. We know that it is being developed by a studio underneath Microsoft’s watchful eye, and rumors are suggesting that it is likely to be Playground Games, the dev team behind the Forza Horizon franchise.īack in 2018, Microsoft announced that they had purchased Playground Games and sort of merged them into Xbox Game Studios. Honestly, at this point, we know the game exists. Not a teaser, not a hint, not even an acknowledgment that there were plans to talk about the game. Turns out, Fable 4 was a bust and no announcement was made at all. But what we can deduce for now is that they simply weren't ready.Back in June, just ahead of E3, we reported the alleged leak of Fable 4, which we were told by trusted sources that Microsoft would be revealing the long-awaited installment in the beloved franchise. There has been no official word from Microsoft on their reason for not making mention of the title, despite the knowledge all over that it is indeed in the works. But their skipping on a Fable announcement still begs an answer. PlayStation's absence did leave Microsoft with an advantageous opportunity and we'd have to say that they grabbed it with both hands. The Halo and Gears announcements were well received, among others, but none as much as the upcoming console now going by the name Project Scarlett.

Microsoft still stole the show with its briefing, though. We have 14 Xbox Game Studios games in the show this year, more first party games than we've ever had in the show,' he'd tweeted ahead of E3. 'Just finishing our final E3 rehearsal here with the team in Redmond. Xbox chief Phil Spencer had promised 14 exclusives prior to the event, leaving owners of the console piqued.

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