Playground Games won't just have Forza Horizon 6 to put out on PS5 this year: it's now confirmed it is making Fable for PS5 too, and it's launching day and date with the Xbox Series X|S and PC versions this Autumn 2026. Catch the newest gameplay teaser above.
While the first three Fable games never made their way across to PlayStation, this new entry is a "new beginning" that's "designed to capture the heart and humor that defined the original trilogy while bringing contemporary storytelling, world design, and player agency to the forefront. Fans of the classic games will recognize the series’ signature blend of choice and consequence, dry British wit, and playful moral chaos – yes, chickens included."
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Here are some new screenshots to accompany the gameplay reveal:
The game will be entirely open world, and the combat in it is focused on "a new style weaving philosophy" that lets you "fluidly blend melee, ranged, and magic to create their preferred fighting identity. Classic Fable creatures make a return, alongside new threats that fit the tone of a world balancing fairytale charm with modern action RPG depth."
It will be out on PS5 day and date with other platforms this Autumn 2026. Are you happy to have Fable on PS5? Let us know in the comments below.
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Love to see it.
Xbox exclusives are now well and truly dead. If it wasn't obvious already.
No better way to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Xbox than by bringing all the flagship exclusive franchises to PlayStation
Not interested but calling it now… be delayed into 2027
Honestly, this looks fantastic, so glad they have kept the heart of what made Fable Fable in the first place, looking like a day 1 purchase
Edit: I will say the combat looked a lot like Witcher 3, I'll leave that up to you if that's a good thing or a bad thing.
Looks alright. I don't know why this took over 6 years to make, but it has potential.
The Xbox game i was most excited for. And while i liked the ideas, i’m not quite that excited anymore. Never played a Fable game before, so i thought this might be it. I mean, it’s alright, but it just didn’t really appeal that much to me unfortunately, but will still keep an eye on it.
Also, was it me or was the traversal/combat slow and jittery?
Fable looked fantastic, glad they kept true to the originals with alot of the features like buying houses, consequences and kicking chickens.
They nailed the art style and the tech looks incredible
designed to capture the heart and humor that defined the original trilogy while bringing contemporary storytelling, world design, and player agency to the forefront.
Such as companions in your ear every 10 seconds telling you how to finish the puzzle, yellow paint in case you get lost, a map full of icons and busywork, and generative AI because its Microsoft.
And for true player agency, when the game inevitably doesn't meet expectations and they need more AI money, you'll get free player agency in playing something else as they shut the studio.
Never in doubt… well, that it would come to ps5 that is. Though I did doubt whether it would release in 2026 when all the rumours circulated in late 2025.
Looks like it could be my cup of tea… might make it my fourth Xbox game this year to celebrate their anniversary. Yeah, Halo, Gears, Forza and Fable feels right.
It looks cool, but also like many other games in its genre. Honestly, not much stood out for me. I’m still interested, and I’ll more than likely play it, but unfortunately this trailer didn’t do much to get me hyped. Also, out of a personal preference, I kind of like the more cartoony look of the original games.
@Questionable_Duck I mean everything is an Xbox now.
Honestly would love to see the original fable get a port, use to play that on the og xbox
I'm looking forward to it, but I really need to see a gameplay showcase, also with the change of the morality system, I hope they keep the devil and angel transformations somehow.
Man I haven't played a Fable game since 3 released wayyyy back in 2010. Super cool that it's back and releasing this year.
Fable looks great, and I hope it hits its Autumn 2026 date.
I truly hope this game won't get delayed. It looked so good. I only played the original Fable game in the past, but now I feel like I'll have to play the two others to catch up.
Also, BEAST OF REINCARNATION. ***** AM I HYPED FOR THAT GAME.
Playground Games single-handedly holding up the Xbox brand.
Got my eye on this one. Didn’t understand the hate the character reveal initially received; people come in all different shapes, sizes and colors. If she’s written well and likeable, I don’t care what she looks like. I’m more concerned with whether this will recapture the quirky nature of the original Fable, or if it’ll be more like the lackluster sequels that kind of dropped the ball. Hoping it’ll be good!
@Balaam_ Because if the women don't look like Eve or Lara Croft the X thing must be woke....
@Questionable_Duck stop complaining, get your wallet. Fable suddenly after this presentation became one of strongest contestants for GOTY 26, not to mention its sales on each platform will be massive. It looks awesome, gameplay looks awesome and all the features explained sound awesome. Yay!
@Haruki_NLI What generative AI? Where do you people come up with this stuff?
@Leinad7 It does look really good actually I agree.
@Leinad7
That’s certainly an opinion, and a very premature one.
Personally, i found it a bit underwhelming, but to each their own
Please don't be crap...please don't be crap
Got to make their money back after so long in development - so sell it EVERYWHERE day/date as PC/Xbox customers may well Subscribe to Game Pass to get to play it cheaper.
Glad to see its looking very faithful to the OG Fable Trilogy despite a new Development team - I had concerns they would lose 'something' with a new Developer (Halo and Gears did) but it seems they really do understand what made Fable the games they were, inc the world, the humour, the game-play loop etc...
@Oram77 True...
@LogicStrikesAgain It’s premature, we haven’t play the game yet, but if they deliver what they shared, it is very possible.
I played the original Fables for the first time within last 4 years and must say they are awesome.
And if we speak of „underwhelming” that is the feeling I got after cartoony Wolverine presentation, that everyone argued with me looks so mature and violent, yet colourful like a damn cartoon.
Looking really great! Fable is certainly among my favorite Xbox games and this looks like it's capturing that spirit beautifully. I'm 100% looking forward to this!
@RBMango made a lot of video games have you? 😉
Tempting, tempting........ tempting.
Another one of those "please prove me wrong" games like Crimson Desert.
Want it to be good, but I have serious concerns.
I'm pretty tolerant and e.g. turned into a big fanboy of Avowed. But this one has more red flags for me than that ever had.
@Leinad7 Lol, dont know what Wolverine has to do with it, but fair enough thanks for sharing
Me and the kids might do our wicks on this one!
@LogicStrikesAgain Because they couldn't possibly give Sony any sort of credit otherwise it's make them feel unclean or something ...
@LogicStrikesAgain We just exchanged our personal, subjective definitions of being underwhelmed by something. Nothing more, relax
I thought it looked okay. I didn't really get a sense that you can be truly evil in what was shown, and I found the screen shake during combat very jarring, but I loved the overall aesthetic of it.
Say want you want about them, fanboy all you want about Sony. Yet there is no denying Xbox put together far better showcases than Sony has in a generation.
This game looks very promising.
@Leinad7 can we get some nintendo games on playstation?
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@nomither6 I would love to. Nintendo has awesome games. Always had. Best childhood memories are related with Nintendo games. The old ones, new ones age great but the classics the older ones <3
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@KundaliniRising333 As a Series X (and soon to be PS5 Pro owner), Xbox always delivers the best 1st and 3rd party showcases that everyone can enjoy. The only PS game I am interested in for the next few years on the PS side is Wolverine, and I can watch a State of Play for that nearer the launch date.
I knew it was coming but it's still really nice to have it confirmed. Bring on the quirky!
@KundaliniRising333 Showcases aren’t important in the grand scheme of gaming things.
There are certain ''things'' that have no place in a heroic fantasy game.
I'm remaining cautiously optimistic for this one. I love the orignal trilogy, despite it really peaking with the first game/parts of the second, but you never know what you're going to get with a Fable title (the whole second act in the third game for example!)...plus we have a new studio developing this title, so everything has a question mark over it.
With that said, it's looking rather nice, and it's great news to see that a) it's not fallen fowl to being cancelled, and b) it's coming to Playstation day and date. If it's Pro enhanced it should be the best place to play too (outside of having a top PC).
@Leinad7 Whatever you say 😎
Ugh. Can we stop using the awful phrase, "day and date." Just say it's coming out on the same day. 🤮
Awwwwwwwww yis
looks good to me. the casting choices so far give me confidence that there are a lot of other British comedy icons to be revealed between now and release date.
and as somebody who hates souls like games, dodge parry, etc, the combat being a bit like Witcher 3 is not a negative for me
looking forward to this a lot.
This made my day. Day one buy for me now! 😁
If we were told this was a “life sim” set in the world of the Witcher and made by CDPR would we have any reason not to believe it? 🤷🏻♂️
Not sure about this one, a bit too brown for my liking, but I’ve been following the Fable series and curious about it for years so it’s at least nice I’ll have the option to play it if I so decide.
That short trailer showed me nothing besides brown though. But I’m guessing there will be plenty more to see between now and release. No rush to decide.
@ButterySmooth30FPS sadly so many games announced on recent xbox showcases have been cancelled!
Wonderful news, was really hoping for this. The game looks fantastic! I hope they bring back the property purchasing, with more personalisation and depth possibly.
Also werewolves. Dear gods are we lacking in werewolves in videogames, don’t let us down Chicken Chaser!
@Cambrius It's the same when Americans say fall rather than Autumn lol.
@Hyena_socks property purchasing was announced in the direct.
one decision you make can result in a dead giant carcass on the ground, which is said to impact property prices!
@darylb24 my company (UK) IT system just updated and dates in outlook are in the American format now. I feel sick haha
@Dimey thanks! I just saw it in the trailer watching it a second time too. Hopefully it’ll be developed nicely, loved how it was implemented in 3
When I borrowed a friends 360 many years ago the Fable games were the only ones I truly enjoyed of the ones I tried. So this looks very promising to me.
Still much to learn so I will wait for reviews but this is the first Xbox game I'm interested in.
Cool. Looks like you create your own character. Hoping we get the OG trilogy as well.
@Dimey DD/MM/YYYY for life!
Sure, if this manages to get a physical release where the whole game is actually on the disc, sign me up.
The probability is low….
@RBMango A lot of back end studio stuff... Playground Games has only ever made racing games. They didn't have the talent to develop something like this... They had to basically open a whole other studio and hire staff. Not to mention they are using the ForzaTech engine for this game. So who even knows the amount of work they went through to modify the engine to support a non racing game... Especially if you want it to support system like in game marriage, child, housing, combat... etc. It the same problem Bioware had with using Frostbite. But at least that engine has probably support for human animation... etc
EDIT: It why studio are ditching internal engines, and going UE5. Cut down development time
Best gaming news I've heard all day👍
Ubisoft, take notes! That's how you bring back a franchise
@AverageGamer “
They didn’t have the talent”
That’s why Playground has been hiring senior RPG talent from 2017 devs from Rockstar, CDPR, BioWare, Lionhead (original Fable devs), Guerrilla, etc. Talent ≠ past genre.
“Only ever made racing games”
Studios aren’t people with one skillset. Teams change. Naughty Dog went from Crash Bandicoot to The Last of Us. Guerrilla went from Killzone to Horizon. Same deal.
ForzaTech ≠ Frostbite problem
This is a bad comparison: Frostbite was forced across EA studios with poor tooling and support. ForzaTech is Playground’s own engine, built in-house, by engineers who can change it freely. It already supported open worlds, NPCs, weather, physics, animation blending not just “cars go vroom”.
it's 2026 nobody cares where you play your games
More extensive gameplay showcase would have been better to see for a game that has been in development for this long. Quick clips make me nervous compared to us seeing 10 mins of continuous gameplay.
Shocked they couldn't put together a vertical slice for this showcase.
@Americansamurai1
Fable Anniversary-Fable 3 would be a great collection them to release on PS at some point.
Fable 2 is my personal favourite “The time is very late!”
I know nothing about fable but this looks great.
N.i.c.e fable looks really good.ps5 is getting all the x box games and more to come.the gameplay looks much better.i like the magic alsoand the graphics looks good also.word up son
Looks really good and il be there day one, same for Beast of Reincarnation. What a year for PS5 2026 is going to be.
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