Horizon Forbidden West senior writer joins Fable reboot team

Playground Games’ long-awaited Fable reboot continues to staff up with the news that Andrew Walsh, whose credits include senior writer on Horizon Forbidden West and associate narrative director on Horizon Call of the Mountain, has joined the team.

Walsh – whose writing career has spanned everything form The Division 2 and Prince of Persia to UK TV shows Emmerdale and Byker Grove – revealed his new role on Twitter, writing, “So, Albion has beckoned once again. I’m delighted to announce that I’ve had the chance to join the wonderful team [at Playground] working on the new Fable!”.

As his tweet implies, this won’t be Walsh’s first dalliance with the Fable series; he was also lead writer on Fable Legends, the ill-fated free-to-play multiplayer-based spin-off, which was cancelled in 2016 when Microsoft made the decision to close developer Lionhead Studios.