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Blizzard Entertainment is helping with cinematics for the new Fable, Microsoft gaming content chief Matt Booty has revealed.
“We've got the Blizzard Cinematics team helping out on Fable,” he said during the April 15 Xbox podcast.
It was one of several examples he gave of cooperation between teams at different Microsoft studios. Activision Blizzard has been owned by Microsoft since 2023.
It was previously reported that Eidos Montreal and Third Kind Games are also involved in Fable’s development.
In January, the new Fable received a full 12-minute presentation at Xbox Developer_Direct. The event confirmed an autumn 2026 release window on PC, Xbox and PlayStation 5 and revealed many gameplay features. The game will feature an open world, a choice of the Hero’s gender, character customization and many mechanics familiar from the series, including jobs, buying homes and interacting with NPCs.
Soon after the presentation, game director Ralph Fulton gave two interviews. Among other things, he shared his view of the core elements of Fable and explained how morality will work in the new game, without horns and halos changing the Hero’s appearance. He also revealed that the next Fable will not feature a dog and that more than a thousand NPCs were created by hand. The official FAQ also confirms that Fable will remain a single-player game.
Fable has officially been in development for more than five years. It was originally planned for release in 2025, and later its launch was associated with Xbox’s 25th anniversary in autumn 2026.
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