Award-winning story writer and designer Anna Magill has taken the narrative lead on Playground Games’ reboot of Fable.
Megill — who was previously the project’s lead writer and who we have to “thank” for those nightmarish puppets in Control — made the announcement on Twitter, saying she had some “exciting news for the end of the week.”
Fable – Official Announcement Trailer.
Megill’s CV is impressive, including story-rich games such as Control – for which she also served as the narrator – Dishonored: Death of the Outsider and Ubisoft’s upcoming Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora.
In 2020, Microsoft described its plans to reboot Fable as a “fresh start” for the fantasy franchise. Eurogamer first heard about Playground’s involvement in a new Fable back in 2018, years before it was made official.
Some exciting news for the end of the week. I’m now #Fable’s lead narrator. Wow! 🧚♂️💫 (Let’s just pretend I made one of those little title change videos) pic.twitter.com/Ab2DyXhIIa
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Playground Games co-founder and studio director Gavin Raeburn recently left the company after 12 years. Raeburn co-founded the studio in 2009 and helped develop it into one of Microsoft’s most important studios – home to the hugely successful Forza Horizon series and now the next iteration of Fable.
“After 12 years working on five award-winning Forza Horizon games, Gavin Rayburn is leaving Playground Games as studio director,” Alan Hartman, Microsoft’s CVP for Forza and Fable, said at the time.
“A founding member of Playground Games, we thank Gav for his leadership and contributions to the Forza franchise and wish him all the best. Co-founder Trevor Williams will transition from general manager to head of studio effective immediately as the Playground Games team focuses on updates to Forza Horizon 5 and the development of Fable.”
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