Fable Heroes could lead to more Fable spin-offs, if successful

Fable Heroes, the upcoming spin-off of Lionhead's Fable series, could be the precursor to other Fable-based spin-off games, according to the developer.

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Fable Heroes was announced during Microsoft's Spring Showcase last month, and according to designer Ted Timmins, could bode well for future downloadable Fable-inspired titles if it sells well. The project began as a one-day effort borne out of an internal event at Lionhead called "Creative Day," but twenty-person development team was given the green light to further develop the action-strategy-board-game hybrid into a four-player XBLA title.

In the official report by the UK version of OXM, Timmins notes that while it's not unusual for creative ideas that come out of "Creative Day" to be folded into larger games, Fable Heroes is the first time such an idea has been given its own stand-alone scope. "There has been stuff that's come out of Creative Day before, ideas that went into Fable games, but never something like a full game," he said. "Hopefully if this is a success then Lionhead will do this more often."

With soon-to-be former studio head Peter Molyneux's blessing, Timmins and his team were initially given three months to run with the idea. "We came back three months later and said 'This is what we've got,' and they said 'Great - have another five months,'" he said. "The whole of Lionhead's been really supportive, and it's not very often you get to be lead designer on a Fable game. To go from a creative day project to a 4-player XBLA game... it's been quite a turnaround."

Fable Heroes is also a co-op companion to the upcoming Kinect title, Fable: The Journey. The games will share a coin-based currency that can be used to purchase characters, upgrades, and items in either title.

"We're all massive Fable fans, everyone that works at Lionhead, we've lived and breathed it for the last 10 years. To keep expanding it is something that everyone there wants to do," Timmins said.

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    March 19, 2012 2:00 PM

    Jeff Mattas posted a new article, Fable Heroes could lead to more Fable spin-offs, if successful.

    Fable Heroes, the upcoming spin-off of Lionhead's Fable series, could be the precursor to other Fable-based spin-off games, according to the developer.

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      March 19, 2012 2:01 PM

      So they don't want people to buy Fable Heroes?

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      March 19, 2012 2:03 PM

      Is there really any sort of like "want" for more Fable? The world seems awfully uninteresting, the mechanics keep changing each game, and more.

      It's also the fact that most gamers in the know realized how far F1 missed the promised mark, and how far F2 missed *its* promised mark...

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        March 19, 2012 2:38 PM

        I think there is plenty of want for more Fable. The problem is the game I'm seeing here isn't Fable.

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        March 19, 2012 3:10 PM

        The world is neat but honestly I've wanted them go in a more open world direction since the first game.

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      March 19, 2012 3:01 PM

      There's a need for this?

      Did someone SERIOUSLY think this was a good idea?

      my god, that's just sad.

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      March 19, 2012 3:03 PM

      To bad this looks like a bag of smashed assholes.
      Guess this is the end of the line. Thank God!

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      March 19, 2012 6:25 PM

      I would be more interested in this if it wasn't tied to Fable

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      March 19, 2012 7:04 PM

      I love the Fable series, even if 3 had tons of bad design decisions... But this game looks like shit. Fuck this designer and his shitty ideas.

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