Tag: Fable
News Fable PS5 Looking Far Too Easy? Don't Fear, Harder Difficulties Will Be Available
"The guards haven't been drinking tea mid-shift"
While the response to Fable’s latest gameplay demo has been largely positive due to its in-depth life sim aspects, the game has come under fire for its “simple” combat gameplay. Fortunately, dev Playground has clarified that its latest video depicted ‘Story’ difficulty, the “gentlest way...
News Fable PS5's Innovative Life Sim Loop Has Me Smitten
This looks incredible
Regular readers will know I love Shenmue – it’s my all-time favourite game. And one of the things I love most about it is the way it embeds you in a living, breathing world. Characters follow routines: they wake up for work in the morning; they head for dinner at the end of their shift. I’ve always been obsessed with...
News Fable DLC Already Confirmed for PS5, Adds New Region
It's called Fable: Order of the Hero
Playground Games has just wrapped up confirming Fable for a PS5 release on 23rd February 2027, and with it, PS Store pre-orders have gone live. There's a £60 / $70 base version and a £90 / $100 Premium Edition on offer, with the latter revealing the action RPG will be expanded beyond launch with DLC. One...
News Fable Gets PS5 Release Date and Hayley Atwell in Latest Gameplay Trailer
Is this just fantasy
Xbox and Playground Games have announced the full release date for the upcoming fantasy RPG, Fable. Revealed at the end of this new trailer, the game comes to PS5 on 23rd February, 2027: As well as the release date, the trailer also reveals that Hayley Atwell is set to star in the game, playing the part of the game's...
News Fable PS5 Delayed, Moved Away from GTA 6 for the 'Dedicated Moment It Deserves'
More at Xbox Showcase next week
Fable, the highly anticipated Xbox RPG confirmed for PS5, will not release in 2026 as previously planned. In a statement, publisher Microsoft said it’s moving the Playground developed release to February 2027, where it “can have the dedicated moment it deserves”. A “major new look” at the game wil
News Amid Xbox Exclusives Uncertainty, RPG Fable Recommits to PS5
Ratings point to imminent release
There’s confusion about whether Xbox is going to backtrack on its commitment to PS5, after it said it would “re-evaluate” exclusivity under its new leadership. But whatever it decides, Playground’s upcoming Fable reboot will release on Sony’s console, with a date presumably coming this summer, during the...
News Cinematic Specialist Blizzard Helping Out on Fable's Cutscenes
Xbox exec highlights studio collab
Diablo and Overwatch developer Blizzard, famed for creating some of the greatest cinematics in the gaming industry, is lending its expertise to Playground Games as it works on Fable. Xbox's chief content officer Matt Booty talked up the collaboration in a fresh Official Xbox Podcast episode, touching on how "the...
News Fable PS5 Reportedly Delayed, GTA 6 Could Push It to 2027
Jeff Grubb hears of an internal delay at Microsoft
Microsoft might have made the decision internally to delay Fable out of its Autumn 2026 release window, journalist Jeff Grubb of Giant Bomb claims. Speaking on his podcast earlier this week, Grubb said he's "heard that Fable has been pushed internally". A release this year still sounds like it is...
News Comedy TV Classics Inspire Fable PS5 with Interview Cutscenes
The Office! Peep Show! The IT Crowd!
Ever since the 2004 original released on the first Xbox, the Fable series has always embraced British comedy. So, as the franchise transfers hands from Lionhead Studios to Playground Games, that legacy continues. In the trailers released prior to the announcement that Fable is coming to PS5, footage showed...
News PS5 Fans Just Can't Wait to Play Xbox's New Fable Game
Teaser trailer tops one million views
Fable looks like it’s going to be a big hit when it makes its PlayStation debut later this year, day-and-date on PS5. The game’s teaser trailer, which was released late last week, has now topped more than one million views on the official PlayStation YouTube channel, with more than 26k likes. It’s more...
Another Xbox stalwart is making the jump
Fable is coming to PS5 day-and-date and it’s going to be huge. Already the game has racked up outrageous engagement on Sony’s social media channels, with its PlayStation teaser trailer approaching 500k views at the time of writing – and its X (or Twitter) post attractin
News Fable Announced for PS5, Releases in Autumn 2026
First gameplay teaser revealed
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...
News Fable Has Been 'Targeting' PS5 for a While, Potentially Day and Date
Not just a fable
In case you missed it, Xbox officially announced its Developer Direct presentation, due to take place at the end of January. The company has announced a trio of games that will be the main focus of the show. These include Forza Horizon 6, Beast of Reincarnation, and Fable. Unlike the other two games, the latter of these is...
News Big Updates on Massive Xbox Games, Bound for PS5, Later This Month
Forza! Fable! Beast of Reincarnation?
As was quietly teased towards the tail-end of last year, around the same time as The Game Awards, a big Xbox Developer Direct will take place on 22nd January at 10AM PT / 1PM ET / 6PM GMT. If you’re not sure what time that is in your country, we’ve included a guide below: 6:00PM GMT 22nd Jan 2026...
News Xbox Teases More Forza for 2026, and the 'Return of a Classic'
Fable, E-Day, and Halo all rumoured for PS5
It sounds like the successor to Forza Horizon 5 is revving its engine and getting ready for a 2026 release. While we’ll still need to wait and see if it launches day-and-date on the PS5, the success of the current game on Sony’s console suggests it will. “Players will get to celebrate 25 years of...
News Xbox's Fable Could Launch Day One on PS5
Delayed into 2026
Playground Games’ new Fable game, which was revealed by Xbox eons ago, has been delayed into 2026. This is pertinent news for PS5 fans because the title was recently rumoured for Sony’s system as part of Microsoft’s multiformat push, and could now launch day one alongside its Xbox coun
Rumour Xbox's Fable, Killer Instinct, More to Join Forza Horizon 5 on PS5
Just a matter of time?
It seems the floodgates may have well and truly opened, as a new report has claimed knowledge of even more Xbox first-party games heading to rival platforms, including PS5. Spanish site Vandal recently posted a story about Microsoft's multi-platform strategy, and according to its sources, Killer Instinct and St
