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Late last year, Xbox revealed it would host its first Developer Direct showcase of 2026 in January. At that time, we didn’t know exactly when the showcase would air or precisely which games would be ...

For years, the Fable franchise has faced numerous obstacles in development that restricted the fantasy action RPG from expanding like its fellow Xbox-exclusive franchises, Halo, Forza, and Gears of ...

Six years after Microsoft first announced it, Fable has a date on the calendar. The company revealed at its Xbox Games Showcase on Sunday that the game will launch on February 23, 2027. Players who ...

One of the big upcoming games Microsoft and Xbox showed off during last month's Xbox Developer Direct Showcase was Fable, a reboot of the fan-favorite RPG series that was a staple of the console's ...

The latest episode of the Official Xbox Podcast came with some bad news for Fable fans: The reboot, first announced almost five years ago, has been pushed back to 2026. Here’s what Craig Duncan, head ...

On top of that, a bunch of Xbox games that were announced years ago still haven’t been released. When the Xbox Series X|S was revealed, Microsoft announced a bunch of games including State of Decay 3 ...

Revival, State of Decay 3, Wo Long 2, and more were featured at Xbox Games Showcase 2026 alongside major release date announcements.

TL;DR: Xbox's first-party studios collaborate extensively, sharing technology and expertise across projects like Fable's Blizzard-assisted cinematics and Obsidian's shared worlds tech for State of ...