Fableseries fans were first teased with actual images ofFable 4in July of last year with a short trailer of a beautiful fantasy forest and one unfortunate fairy. Rumors surrounding the game simply titled “Fable” have been swirling for years, and early reports in 2018 revealed thatFable 4is in development at Playground Games, who has worked on theForza Horizonseries. According to a recent job listing on Microsoft’s website,Fable 4will not only be in development at Playground Games but will also run using a further customized version of the ForzaTech game engine.
Playground Games has been staffing up for work on the newFablegame with a few different job listings and hires aimed at bringing more talent to the project.Playground Games hired Associate Chief DesignerSteve Thornton earlier this year who has had experience working with theAssassin’s Creedseries and a couple ofLEGOgames, and the company has even recruited at least one graduate programmer to help work on the custom engine. The latest listing to add to the team is for a Software Engineer who will supposedly help in the process of “enriching the toolset” of the ForzaTech engine.
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The Software Engineer position will reportedly assist with “3 AAA titles in development across 2 beloved Xbox franchises” (ForzaandFable) and will specifically be a part of Turn 10 studios, a supplementary development team assisting with the progression of the ForzaTech engine. In addition to helping develop tools that can be used across all games that use ForzaTech, the improvement of the game engine will also involve adding next-gen features like ray tracing that may be used inFable 4or theForza Horizonseries.
Another interesting aspect of this job listing is that it essentiallyconfirms thatFable 4will be an open world gameand not an MMO. Although information fromFable 4leakers has indicated that the game was never intended to be an MMO, it will have certain online features that could be similar to the drop-in/drop-out co-op ofFable 2andFable 3. This helps further to explain the incentive behind Playground Games bringing in new talent forFable 4’s development, as even though theForzagames are graphically impressive and feature realistic driving mechanics, they aren’t designed in the same way as an open world action RPG.
Ultimately it seems the upcomingFablegame stands to benefit from the new addition to the Playground Games team, and fans now have a better idea of the company’s vision for the project.Fable 4still has no release date and it could be years away, but with confirmed development of the project,Fableseries fans are closer now to experiencing another game in the series than they have been in years past.
Fable 4is in development for PC and Xbox Series X/S.
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