When is the Fable 4 release date? The next instalment in the Fable series was finally revealed at the Xbox and Bethesda Showcase back in 2020, and details about the long-awaited sequel have been thin on the ground following that announcement. But don’t despair, young chicken chaser – we do have some news that we can share ahead of the Fable 4 release date.
For one thing, we know Fable 4 is currently being developed by Playground Games, the studio behind the Forza Horizon series. We also know that it won’t be called Fable 4 at all. Join us while we dig through all the latest news and juicy trailer details to find out exactly what we can expect from the whimsical action-adventure game once it finally arrives.
Fable 4 release date estimate
We estimate that the Fable 4 release date is October 2024, although this is yet to be officially confirmed. This is the month that earlier Fable games have been released, so we expect to see the pattern continue.
Fable 4 is due to release on PC and Xbox Series X|S and will be available to play on Xbox Game Pass on day one. We’ve also got the latest news about Fable 4 on Steam if you’d rather stick with Valve’s platform.
Xbox head Phil Spencer also confirmed in an interview back in 2021 that Fable 4 will be out before the Elder Scrolls 6 release date, but that doesn’t give us much to go on. Spencer recently suggested Elder Scrolls 6 may not launch until 2028 at the earliest, but seeing as we’ve only seen two teaser trailers, we’ll take the joy of just knowing a sequel to one of the best PC games is still in development for now.
Fable 4 trailers
Fable 4 kicked off the Xbox Games Showcase in 2023 with a teaser trailer starring actor and comedian Richard Ayoade as Dave, the innovative giant gardener who takes a dim view of heroes and their search for glory.
While we only got to see a very brief glimpse of moment-to-moment gameplay – including a group of bandits receiving a dose of the hero treatment in close combat – the trailer is confirmed to be in-game footage. We have to admit, Albion’s looking pretty gorgeous these days, to the extent that some people don’t think it’s real. The trailer is also replete with Fable humor, from its wry retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk to the indignant squawk of a chicken being punted into the sky.
The initial Fable 4 announcement trailer debuted as part of the Xbox and Bethesda 2020 showcase. It starts with a fairy flying between objects like swords and skulls in a magical forest to the soothing voice of a British narrator. It’s very Fable in its humor, right up to the moment a large toad devours the fairy and the camera pans above the treetops to a view of Bowerstone.
Fable 4 setting
This leads us to Fable 4’s setting. In the announcement trailer, we spy a town that resembles Bowerstone in the background – a key Fable location. Bowerstone does, however, seem to be a lot bigger in the trailer than in past games. The town seems to sprawl between the hilltops, which suggests much bigger environments and possibly an even larger open world than we’ve seen before.
Fable 4 development
Tom Gaulton, lead engineer at Playground Games, revealed on Twitter that he has been working on Fable for four years. A lot of games with this much development time typically show more than a teaser trailer, but it appears Playground Games wants to take things slow. Sadly, this doesn’t tell us anything about when we should expect the game to launch.
Fable 4 story
We see a glint of the Heroes Guild seal crest on the hilt of our hero’s sword in the teaser trailer, which means it’s looking likely that the Heroes Guild will feature in Fable 4’s story. Fable fans aren’t strangers to the Guild; its distinctive icon appears around Albion, for example on Hero Hill in Fable 2, and the guild itself appeared in the first Fable.
The Guild seal, which also bears the icon, is also famous for letting you fast travel around the open world, as well as allowing you to talk to the Guild Master in the original Fable (remember, “Hero, your will energy is low”?) and Theresa in Fable 2 and 3.
We’re glad to see the steampunk setting dwindle behind Fable’s new stunning vistas and hope for a more mythological story that definitely matches up to the trailer’s fairy character and the forests’ strange fauna and flora in the giant mushrooms and prancing fish. We also hoping for a return of trolls, nymphs, and hobbes while we’re at it.
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For now, we’ll be sure to keep you updated on everything Fable, from its release date to story details and more. Until then, why not check out some of the best RPG games on PC that you can play right now?