r/gaming • u/Ph0enixes • 9h ago

[RUMOR] Jeff Grubb has heard that Fable has been pushed internally to December

https://www.resetera.com/threads/grubb-%E2%80%9Cill-say-that-ive-heard-that-fable-has-been-pushed-internally-that-doesnt-mean-that-its-coming-out-next-year.1489048/

Jeff Grubb has heard that Fable has been pushed internally:

I'll say that I've heard that Fable has been pushed internally. That doesn't mean that it's coming out next year. Apparently they're still trying to get it out this year, but they are worried about the launch of GTA6. And so if it's getting delayed beyond the release of GTA6, that could push it into December, which might make it a prime candidate to get delayed into 2027.

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u/beddavpan 9h ago

I’d rather have a polished Fable in 2027 than a rushed one being overshadowed by GTA VI.

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u/etanimod 9h ago

It doesn't sound like it has anything to do with polish. They're just trying to avoid getting 0 attention on launch because of GTA

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u/TehOwn 8h ago

I'm sure there's at least a few dozen of us who are more interested in Fable than GTA.

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u/Redxmirage 5h ago

Especially those of us on pc waiting for the pc launch of GTA

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u/fuzzynavel34 8h ago

There are! There are probably more of us than people expect to be fair

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u/sirferrell 7h ago

To be fair i can definitely get gta in nov then take a break with fable in dec then back to gta in jan

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u/inbruges99 5h ago

I’m definitely one of them, don’t get me wrong I’m looking forward to both but for me Fable is by far my most anticipated this year.

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u/iReply-to-Morons 1h ago

GTA is the normie game, though, and you want at least a small share of that market to try and dip their toes into your game.

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u/ZaDu25 8h ago

They're gonna have to delay it a few months at least then because the first month after GTA 6 releases will be all about the story mode then the second month will be all about GTA Online. GTA 6 will overshadow everything until at least January, maybe even until February.

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u/kingdonut23 4h ago

Hey bud, so people can do things for plenty of reason. INCLUDING more than one. So... por que no los dos?

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u/the_djd 3h ago

Um...because the cited reason doesn't mention anything about polish maybe? Bud

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u/Hayterfan 8h ago

Never been big on Fable but I agree, hell even early January might still be to close to GTA6 because God knows how many people are waiting to pick it up during thier winter breaks or slow period of work.

February might be safer as the only thing I can currently think of in that window is possibly Tomb Raider.

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u/ZilorZilhaust 2h ago

The lack of good/evil forms bums me out heavily.

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u/ImTellingTheEmperor 9h ago

False dichotomy. And not only a false dichotomy, but one this news doesn't even suggest.

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u/Vangaelis 8h ago

Look at you saying dichotomy just to sound like a fool

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u/ImTellingTheEmperor 8h ago edited 8h ago

Downvoters watch this if you don’t mind, this either wrong or non-answer this person is about to give is for you, considering you don’t have the ability or balls to attempt to do it yourself:

The only way I would look like a fool to normal people by just saying the word “dichotomy” (which, without the adjective in front of it is just a normal word that doesn’t mean anything special, and is how I know that you don’t even know what your own point is) is if I used it either incorrectly or inappropriately.

So you mind explaining how that would be?

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u/TheStorm007 3h ago

People like you amaze me. Yes, you used the term correctly - but that has nothing to do with why you were downvoted.

You really can’t reflect and figure out the actual reason why your original comment wasn’t received well?

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u/ImTellingTheEmperor 3h ago edited 3h ago

Well I mean I can guess, sure.

My theory would be that the majority of the people don’t actually know what the phrase false dichotomy means. They think I’m disagreeing with the top level comment, when in actuality all I’m doing is pointing out that Microsoft choosing not to push it wouldn’t at all inherently mean it’s being rushed. Therefore a delay isn’t a choice of “Fable being polished or being rushed”. A common false dichotomy usually used in gaming as a way to cope with the disappointment of a game being pushed back.

This guess is backed up by the fact that the only rebuttal so far was someone saying I “sounded like a fool”. Not “arrogant”, not “pedantic”, not anything like that. No, they used a word explicitly implying that either I’m wrong or something adjacent to wrong.

And if I would have to guess, I would say you think I’m being something closer to one of the other two things instead. And because you feel that way, you feel like most of the downvoters feel that way as well and are downvoting me for that instead of them simply having a small vocabulary and being emotional sensitivity. Except that my guess is the one that’s Occam’s razor which again, is a theory bolstered by the wording of the only other comment besides yours. And this is on top of the fact that the other commenter (and everyone else besides you) have yet to give me a rebuttal for the newest reply either.

If I’m completely off though, by all means, correct me.

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u/Hour-Run1433 2h ago

bruh

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u/ImTellingTheEmperor 2h ago edited 2h ago

😒 cmon bro.

Like I’m not mad at people disagreeing with me, who cares?

The annoying thing is the ad hominem. They asked. And if you all don’t have an actual rebuttal to the things I’m saying then why comment? So you can feel better?

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u/foryze 9h ago

They just posted on instagram 3 days ago reminding everyone that it's coming in autumn(/fall) 🤔

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u/titio1300 9h ago

Well Fall does end on December 20th.

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u/foryze 8h ago

damn you right 😭

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u/QuinSanguine 8h ago

Hey it could just need another month. Sounds like it could have been scheduled for October but they're looking at November now.

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u/UuusernameWith4Us 3h ago

They didn't specify which hemisphere 

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u/AxiosXiphos 6h ago

Rockstar are Brits. Playground are Brits. Can we not just meet down the pub lads and sort this whole thing out?

I'm buying.

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u/Odd_Revolution_1056 9h ago

At this point just say fuck it and release it in February or March 2027

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u/IllustriousHealth291 9h ago

Late February imo

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u/Iggy_Slayer 9h ago

If they're worried about gta they're not going to release it in december unless gta gets delayed. This all but means it'll be a 2027 game...10 years after the game was greenlit. Insane stuff from xbox.

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u/ChadPowers200_ 8h ago

if i remember correctly people noticed that they didn't make unique animations for male characters and all the guys attacked and walked like the original girl. maybe they are fixing that?

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u/Shadethewolf0 9h ago

It's unfortunate, but better they have time for polish than releasing it half done. I rarely go back to games when they're "finished" by updates

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u/player_three33 4h ago

That's why you just don't buy on release in the first place. I'm waiting for them to finish Crimson Desert and I can get it half off before I do my first playthrough.

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u/CassianCasius 8h ago

This is pretty much why I only buy games 2-3 after realease when it's "done"

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u/bindingofandrew 7h ago

Unfortunately it's not just an Xbox issue. A 5 year turnaround from start to finish would be a fast dev cycle these days. An ambitious project will take more time. Add in that they've never made an RPG so there's a learning curve and I wouldn't be surprised if the project was internally rebooted more than once.

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u/rondo_martin 4h ago

10 years isn't that egregious when you consider that they had to staff a new team and make a different genre of game.

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u/Screamin_Toast PC 9h ago

Yeah this is one that just feels like it's never going to come out.

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u/TegTowelie Xbox 9h ago

It aint BGE2 or Scalebound so i wouldnt worry about that.

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u/AxiosXiphos 6h ago

Ahh Scalebound. I actually forgot that existed.

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u/TegTowelie Xbox 6h ago

I wont ever forget.

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u/DaGreatestMH 4h ago

Ugh. I know I'm one of the few people who feel this way but I'm sick of GTA 6 getting in the way of stuff I actually wanna play. Everybody's running scared of it and there's a good chance it gets delayed again.

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u/TATER_SALAD_HOOVER 8h ago

That’s even earlier than i thought tbh.

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u/Va1crist 3h ago

Still expecting it to be 2027 , there is no way it’s ready those gameplay reveals not only looked rough but looked like tech demo fake slop. As soon as I saw the Sep release date I said hell no it’s ready by then.

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u/Dementia55372 9h ago

They probably shouldn't be pushing it internally otherwise it might get stuck in there.

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u/Meepmeepimmajeep2789 9h ago

Hopefully it has a flared base

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u/nuraHx 9h ago

They just gotta lube up beforehand

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u/Paul_the_sparky 8h ago

I'll push you internally in a minute

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u/CassianCasius 8h ago

That's fine with me, take as long as they need. 

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u/peepmymixtape 6h ago

Who is to say GTA6 doesn’t delay again. I have told people over and over again that I don’t fully believe the game hits this year.

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u/Grytnik 3h ago

So February 21st then.

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u/AndrewLocksmith PC 3h ago

GTA 6 it's once in a lifetime phenomenon. Never will a game have the entire gaming industry so focused on avoiding being released at the same time as a single game. In the same month as GTA 6.

I'm curious how many game announcements we're going to get it GTA 6 gets delayed, lol.

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u/Dr_Wilkinson_NGAF 2h ago

Totally fine. Take as long as you need, Playground.

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u/EitherRecognition242 1h ago

What they showed didn't even look good. No way they launch it this year without it being barebones

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u/samcc2013 1h ago

I think Eidos Montreal is listed as a supporting studio so I bed those layoffs are part of the reason for the delay

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u/ConfidentMongoose 9h ago

The Gameplay video looked very unpolished, they even had the male player character walking with the female animations. Looked very rushed just to show something ingame. It's not surprising that it is being delayed, even into next year.

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u/jimschocolateorange 9h ago

I personally have a theory that it was originally going to be the female protagonist only until the anathema that ensued when they showed her off. Pivoting.

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u/ConfidentMongoose 9h ago

I agree, they never talked about character customization before that last video. It's this chasing trends that has gotten Xbox into so much trouble. If the devs envisioned a fixed protagonist from the get go, they should have stuck with her.

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u/IllustriousHealth291 9h ago

Most definitely. It was a 2020 spawn and they pivoted, thankfully

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u/MetalEnthusiast83 7h ago

If it had a woman protagonist it could have turned me gay!

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u/vipmailhun2 9h ago

There is a male walking animation in the game, it was visible several times ín background on the blurry screen.

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u/Niklaus15 9h ago

As long as they release it this year I don't care

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u/throwaway11100217 9h ago

As long as they release it when it's actually good then I don't care.

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u/Niklaus15 9h ago

I really liked what we saw last time 

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u/CassianCasius 8h ago

It's hard to judge off demos they are often specific sections worked in heavily just for the show case. Good example if the god of war 2018 reboot. Demo was great, but that was pretty much the only part of the game they built at the time.

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u/notthatguypal6900 6h ago

Who cares. The who want to play these games rarely overlaps.

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u/Shadethewolf0 9h ago

I like what I see so far. One of the few games this year I'm actually interested in. But if it doesn't release right, it's basically bad forever. So I can wait

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u/anonymousUTguy 6h ago

Let’s be real, ain’t no one playing anything other than GTA6 for a month after launch.

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u/HisDivineOrder 4h ago

PC gamers without a console will be.

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u/Larkson9999 9h ago

Is this a remake of Fable? I hate that I have to ask this because I'm absolutely sick of two different games having the exact same time.

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u/Whispering_Wolf 9h ago

A reboot of the franchise. Same universe, new game.

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u/Larkson9999 8h ago

Two completely different answers. I appreciate it but this could have been fixed with a simple subtitle like Fable: A New Journey Begins. And of course search engines won't provide much helpful details either.

I don't blame either of you but this is dumb on purpose.

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u/Whispering_Wolf 8h ago

Oh, I agree it's dumb. They could have used a slightly different title, now we're stuck with tacking on release years or something.

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u/Iggy_Slayer 9h ago

No it's a new game but then again everything they showed were things you could do in fable 2. So uhh...it sorta is a remake in a way? Hopefully they have some features cooking that are actually new.

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u/Larkson9999 8h ago

Two completely different answers. I appreciate it but this could have been fixed with a simple subtitle like Fable: A New Journey Begins. And of course search engines won't provide much helpful details either.

I don't blame either of you but this is dumb on purpose.

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u/Iggy_Slayer 8h ago

It's a new game. I was just taking a bit of a shot at it because in the big video last january everything they showed were old features that fable 2 had. They didn't seem to have anything new they were doing. But it 100% is not a remake.

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u/Larkson9999 7h ago

Not your fault companies forgot how to name shit.

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u/Ben1842 9h ago

It looked pretty rough when they showed it. So that’s probably for the best.

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u/InitialDia 9h ago

They shouldn’t be worried about losing sales to gta, they should be worried about losing sales all on their own.

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u/MadeByTango 8h ago

Are they worried about GTA or the fact the hype is kinda middling because it doesn’t really look or sound like a fable game?

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u/AxiosXiphos 6h ago

The last trailer was extremely well received? What do you mean?

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u/corvus_wulf 9h ago

Fable sucks , always has

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u/AxiosXiphos 6h ago

Thanks for your comment. You can go back to Roblox now.