Exclusive: FABLES Creator Talks Return & Future of Series

BW: It may not be for me to say, but yes, since you asked, it is the best of all possible DCU/Fables crossovers, in my not very humble opinion. I’ve wanted to have these two characters meet for years, and finally got to write it. I don’t know if you could call it a dream come true, but it’s certainly a longstanding ambition come t

Probably the most recognizable western RPG of all time, Skyrim is something of a behemoth in the RPG world. The game’s iconic icy tundra is a welcome home to many players, including those who had their first foray into the Elder Scrolls series through Skyr

**SR: The idea of these two telling a Detective story is easy enough to grasp, but where is the line drawn between Bigby putting one foot into Gotham City, versus Bruce Wayne taking a step into the realm of Fables

The Wreckager comes in at a measly 65 damage, which is a significant amount lower than its master-tier counterpart. Its super awesome abilities make up for its lackluster damage, due to the hilarious interactions of townsfolk when they witness the hero brandishing the weapon, not to mention the extra gold is nice bene

However, the announcement of the Fable reboot isn’t the same as a new Fable game coming out three years later. Under normal circumstances, it’d make sense that a new Fable game could be made in the three years between now and Fable Fortune ‘s release. That’s not quite the case. The Fable IP spent a couple years being handed from studio to studio, and only now does it seem to be solidly under Playground Games’ control. That kind of instability explains why the Fable reboot’s announcement doesn’t come with a release date. It probably still has a lot of development ahead of

Fable ‘s reboot seems like it was a long time coming. There hasn’t been a new core installment in the Fable franchise since 2010, which is an awfully long drought. Technically, Fable Fortune is the most recent installment in the franchise, but unfortunate the digital trading card game from 2017 has since been shut down. There really isn’t any more representation for Fable out there anymore. Thankfully, Fable has found a new home in the hands of Playground Games since Lionhead Games’ closure. Rumors floated around about a franchise revival for a couple years, but now fans know for sure that a reboot is com

If becoming the most evil super-villain in all of Albion sounds appealing, then the Maelstrom is the weapon to get. Upon sacrificing enough citizens, and eventually the heroes spouse, within the Temple of Light, the power of the Maelstrom will be granted to the pla

Considering how important it is that Fable releases on time, it’s interesting to compare its theoretical release schedule to some other games. The best possible example is The Elder Scrolls 6, which Bethesda says won’t release for many years. That makes it strange and surprising that Bethesda took the time to confirm the game already. Sitting on the public knowledge of The Elder Scrolls 6 without addressing it at all seems like a surefire way to make fans impatient for n

If you played Fable III for the first time at a young, impressionable age and were horrified by the opening cutscene, in which an ambitious chicken leaves home to explore the city but it’s implied he’s killed by the ending, then there is good n

Ideally, that won’t slow the game down too much. Playground Games isn’t a big enough studio to have a ton of projects to manage at a time, so it’ll ideally be pretty focused on releasing Fable on time. On the other hand, if it’s going to be more than a year or two before Fable comes out, then it seems like the game should’ve stayed a secret for now. Fable ‘s drought has been so difficult and protracted that it needs to come out soon and hit the ground running. It’s facing too much competition from other fantasy RPGs to linger in a long development and make its fans anxi

So he pitches Santa on the idea of forming their own super team. Many elves have powers that are similar to the superpowers of Earth’s Greatest Super Heroes, so why not enter the good fight with a team of their own? Unfortunately, Santa shoots down the idea, but that doesn’t stop Arvo. It just means that he has to prove his concept by running away to join the Justice League, Facial Mapping Technology and show everyone that his plan is a good one and he’s not a crazy-elf. His idea is sound. That’s the set-up and the story takes off from th

BW: For the Fables side of things the line doesn’t need to be drawn, because Fables has included the premise of all of these hundreds of different worlds from the very beginning. From Batman’s point of view, it’s potentially a bit trickier, because sometimes the DCU has been very open to the notion of many, many worlds out there, and sometimes it hasn’t b

Two Lionhead Studio team members who worked on the games are buried at a graveyard in the first Fable. Simone and Dene Carter appear together in multiple Easter eggs throughout the series, but this was their fi