Fable Delayed to February 2027 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted 3 days ago / 2,854 Views
Publisher Xbox Game Studios and developer Playground Games announced Fable has been delayed from autumn 2026 to February 2027.
"This is year is packed with incredible games for XBOX players to enjoy, from Halo: Campaign Evolved, Gears of War: E-Day and Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 to Control Resonant, Star Wars: Galactic Racer and Grand Theft Auto VI," said Xbox.
"In order to plan our game launches through the holidays, in a way that works best for players, we’re moving Fable to February 2027 so it can have the dedicated moment it deserves. We’re excited to be giving players a major new look at Fable, as well as our broader lineup, at XBOX Games Showcase on June 7."
Xbox chief content officer and EVP Matt Booty in the latest Official Xbox Podcast stated, "Also doing really well on Fable. The game is in great shape. he team feels really good. We’re excited about where the game is. We want to make sure that that game has a window all to its own, so we are going to move it from this fall to February. And again, we really just want it to have its own moment to shine."
Fable will launch for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC via Steam and Microsoft Store, and Xbox Game Pass.
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For the best. Give it some extra polish and some breathing room away from GTA6
Agreed. Xbox already has Forza, Halo, and Gears from their core IPs for this year. Fable is my most anticipated game and a few extra months of polish is fine by me.
With Cod and Gears probably in the last months of the year (with maybe some surprise aswell) it is totally fine...It is barely not making 2026..
This is the kind of delay I expect for the Fable series.
I hope next year’s release goes well for them.
it's for the best. It just didn't make strategic sense to release it in the September-December window, way too much competition. September has Sony's Wolverine and is rumored to have Gears E-Day also from Xbox, plus a few other big games. October has CoD MW4. November has GTA 6.
Dammit... I was actually looking forward to this. It looked so good from the gameplay trailer.
Take all the time you need. FH6 is amazing and the year is full of content to play.
Pinky promise this time?
Makes sense. Between September/November too much is going on. At least now I can prioritise Wolverine.
Next in question is Kena Bridge of Spirits. Summer seems too soon and October feels too close to Wolverine, so it has to be December launch. Not Ideal imo, maybe spring 2027 may make more sense from a business perspective? Of course I'm happy to have it sooner, hell I'd pick it over GTA if they launched same day
I don't give a flying fuck about GTA. I do about Gears. Don't delay Gears on me.
The goal was to have all of their releases for the Xbox anniversary. Of course, doing all of that this year was never gonna be easy given this is the year of GTA and there isn't really a way to get everythig out without clashing with their own titles. Was Gears ever given a release date?
Gears is getting a developer direct after the Xbox show so we will get a release date during that time probably.
I'll add that during the interview on Xbox Podcast Matt Booty revealed the order of release is Halo remake -> Minecraft Dungeons II -> Gears of War: E-Day -> CoD MW4 (Oct 23).
