Fable is almost here, heroes, with a new trailer released during today’s Xbox Games Showcase finally gave us a glimpse into gameplay, and a release window – we’ll be exploring Albion come 2025 in this “new beginning to the legendary franchise.” The Fable reboot was initially announced during 2020, with a story-heavy trailer dropping during Summer Game Fest 2023 featuring IT Crowd alum Richard Ayoade as a giant (and antagonist, from the looks of it). This newest trailer backs up that very British, very unserious exploration of heroism and fantasy with yet another British icon taking the guest seat to chat all about what it’s like to be a hero.
Matt King, best known for his role as Super Hans in sitcom Peep Show, plays Humphry, Albion’s greatest (retired) hero. You can check out the full trailer below: From the newest Fable trailer, it looks like Humphry took in our protagonist as a mentor, and has been trying to show her the ropes while not letting her reputation get to her head. We get quite a lengthy monologue from Humphry not just about the lovers, the haters, and the “chancers” (read: hero-fuckers), but also about the choices made and the impact they have.
A second hero who seems pretty keen to do what they want features in the new Fable trailer for a split second, and we hear more about another prospective warrior of the people who “made all the wrong choices”. It looks like this Fable will go hard on the element of player choice, and seems pretty li.
