By Emma Boyle
Head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, has said that at some point in the future Fable fans may see another entry in the series.
Spencer was asked on Twitter whether or not a Fable 4 game would ever be made and though he replied that there was “nothing to announce right now” he does think “the IP has a lot of places it could go.”
This isn’t much to go on but it is a good sign that the franchise isn’t totally dead. Fable remains one of Microsoft’s most well-known IPs despite the fact that we haven’t actually seen any games bearing its name since 2012 when Fable Heroes and Fable: The Journey were released. The last mainline numbered title, Fable 3, was released even further back in 2010.
Another chapter
Last year brought the closure of the series developer, Lionhead Studios, also marking the end of the next planned game, Fable Legends.
The fact that Spencer has said Microsoft still has plans for the Fable franchise adds weight to reports that emerged in the aftermath of Lionhead’s closure that Microsoft had turned down offers to buy the studio as it wanted to keep hold of the Fable license.
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Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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