The upcoming reboot for Fable, the fantasy role-playing game of British chortles 'n' chuckles, has been delayed until next year, says head of Xbox Game Studios Craig Duncan.
Developers Playground Games need "more time" to create the world of Albion, it turns out, but Xbox has offered a sparse sprinking of of game footage as compensation for the delay.
There's nothing particularly mind-blowing among it. Some combat, some vistas. But it's something. "We previously announced the date for Fable as 2025," said Duncan in an interview during the Official Xbox Podcast. "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." Duncan goes on to talk over some pre-alpha footage of the RPG. There are scenes of the player character walking through a city, riding their horse, and fighting what looks like various fantasy staples such as werewolves and goblins.