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Fable is a new action role-playing game developed by Playground Games and published by Xbox Game Studios, set in the fictional world of Albion. This version does not continue the previous games' storylines, but some elements of the original lore and the concept of Albion are included, with player choices affecting relationships with non-player characters, story outcomes, and how the world responds to the hero.

Players control a customizable hero who engages in melee, ranged, and magical combat against various enemies, with combat designed to let players switch fluidly between styles during encounters and use targeting and weapons such as swords, bows, and spells. Playground Games's narrative design emphasizes player choice and open-ended exploration, allowing players to move freely through Albion and influence how events unfold without a strict time pressure, while maintaining story stakes tied to the hero's personal journey and the broader world. The game features over one thousand handcrafted NPCs who are individually voice acted that players can interact with, and every house in the game can be entered.

Fable begins with the player character as a child in Albion who discovers heroic powers early in life, and after a time jump, players continue as the adult hero in their home village of Briar Hill when a stranger turns the hero's grandmother and the village to stone, prompting the hero to leave and investigate. Playground Games sought to maintain the British humour from the original Fable games which it saw as essential to the series, taking inspiration from British comedies like Peep Show, The IT Crowd and The Office for a "really grounded, awkward style of humour".

Playground Games wanted to reboot the Fable series with a new installment under the simple title of Fable rather than creating Fable 4, feeling it would be "inauthentic" to continue Lionhead's work as a different studio with a different internal culture, creating a new story in the world of Albion rather than continue the original timeline or characters. This fresh take appeals to both longtime fans seeking a return to the franchise and new players discovering Albion for the first time.