Skip to main content

Digital Trends may earn a commission when you buy through links on our site. Why trust us?

Fable reboot goes full-on fairy-tale in comedic new trailer

Summer Gaming Marathon Feature Image
This story is part of our Summer Gaming Marathon series.

It’s official: the long-awaited Fable reboot is well on its way. At least, it appears that way, given the brand-new teaser trailer showing in-game cinematic footage that was unveiled at Xbox Games Showcase 2023.

Thanks to a pithy introduction to Playground Games’ newest rendition of Fable by none other than British comedian Richard Ayoade, we’ve now seen a glimpse into what the reboot of Xbox’s classic open-ended roleplaying game series could offer players when it finally releases. We still don’t have a solid release date as of today’s stream, however.

Fable teaser trailer showing Richard Ayoade
Playground Games

What we do have is a look directly into the distinctly fairy-tale-like art style that Playground’s reimagining of the Fable series will be able to convey through incredibly detailed graphics, and it’s clear just how much inspiration the reboot is taking from traditional Brothers’ Grimm-esque fairy-tales and storybook fables.

Recommended Videos

The Fable reboot teaser portrays everything from swordfights and giant pumpkins to werewolves and a moment that seems directly inspired by Jack and the Beanstalk, where Ayoade is revealed as the giant, though it’s unclear if this was simply to show Playground’s inspirations.

Fable - Xbox Games Showcase

If the upcoming Fable reboot is as open-ended as its past entries, players can expect it to include rich character customization, a diverse open world, emotionally engaging questlines, and the ability to change the game’s map in many different ways.

The Fable series was originally developed by Lionhead Studios, and its final mainline title was Fable III in 2010. In January 2018, rumors abounded that Playground Games would be reigniting the series after Lionhead Studios shut down in 2016, and the Fable reboot was eventually confirmed at Xbox Games Showcase on July 23, 2020.

Fable teaser trailer showing the protagonist as a female warrior
Playground Games

There is still no release date for the Fable reboot, though it’s been confirmed for PC and Xbox platforms. As with Microsoft’s other first-party games, Fable is slated as a day-one exclusive for PC and Xbox Game Pass subscribers.

Gabriel Moss
Former Digital Trends Contributor
As a Contributor on Digital Trends, Gabriel Moss shares his insights about video games and technology. He also contributes to…
Amazon’s ambitious MMO New World is finally coming to PS5 and Xbox this October
Key art for New World Aeternum.

Amazon is finally bringing its MMO New World to consoles this October, and that’s coming as part of a larger rework of the fantasy game called New World: Aeternum.

When New World hits consoles on October 15, it will also add crossplay, so you can group up with your friends on different platforms. That said, it won’t feature cross-progression, as the characters you make will be locked to whatever platform you made them on. The controls and UI have also been reworked to function better with a controller, and Amazon Games expects New World to keep update parity across all three platforms starting this October.

Read more
Flock launches this July, and you can watch its hypnotic new trailer here
A character flies on a bird in Flock.

Publisher Annapurna Interactive's next title, Flock, has a new summer release date. The oddball nature-classification game will launch on July 16 for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC via Steam. It will launch as part of Xbox Game Pass on that date, too.

Flock is the latest game from Richard Hogg and Hollow Ponds, the indie team behind Wilmot's Warehouse and I Am Dead. It's a cozy exploration game where players ride through the skies on the back of a bird and categorize different animals. Digital Trends has an exclusive release date trailer for the game, which gives a glimpse of what players will do in the world.

Read more
Until Dawn remake’s flashy new trailer shows its Unreal Engine 5 upgrade
A villain in a clown mask stares menacingly in Until Dawn.

PlayStation's Until Dawn remake will launch this fall for PlayStation 5 and PC. The news was revealed on today's Sony State of Play stream, which featured a new trailer for the project that showed off its modernized visuals created in Unreal Engine 5.

Until Dawn is a PlayStation 4 horror game from developer Supermassive Games, the team behind recent titles like The Quarry. Released in 2015, it kick-started the studio's "interactive horror" style, which puts players at the center of a playable slasher film. A remake was announced in January with a 2024 release window. Now, we roughly know when to expect it, though we don't have an exact release date.

Read more