After years of secrecy and many delays, Xbox is set to pull the lid off one of its most anticipated RPGs at the upcoming Developer Direct. First rumored in 2017 and announced in 2020, Fable has been baking at Playground Games, the prolific racing game studio, for a long, long time. Now, Xbox promises a deep dive on everything from combat and choice to British humor and chickens. Is it do or die time for Fable? How does its early year showing shake up the already packed summer showcase? Will we finally get a release date? Perhaps just a release year? Indeed, there are so many questions, but most of these will be announced very shortly!

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0:00:00 - Intro
0:06:26 - A time games did play for us
0:12:04 - The Rook speaks
0:14:41 - Baby Dukes on the way
0:18:04 - Motivating ourselves after work
0:24:22 - Would Matty interview Todd Howard again?
0:36:29 - Avowed is headed to PS5 with its biggest update yet
0:50:54 - Forza Bros collect their biggest win yet
0:59:50 - Hellblade 3 is the focus
1:10:16 - Towerborne releases February 26 for $25
1:16:55 - Masters Of Albion releases on April 22nd, 2026
1:21:39 - Crimson Desert’s map size debate
1:26:07 - Is ATLUS finally revealing Persona 6 this year?
1:32:43 - Division 3 will have as big an impact as Division 1
1:38:19 - Details on the secret Witcher 3 expansion
1:42:54 - Stellar Blade Boss speaks out on AI use case
1:47:59 - Meta closes several VR studios
1:58:44 - Everything we learned about Divinity in Larian AMA
2:19:46 - What We’re Playing
2:42:16 - Developer Direct confirmed for January 22nd

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