Fable dev responds to doubters: Xbox Showcase reveal was the game captured on Xbox Series X

Fable dev responds to doubters: Xbox Showcase reveal was the game captured on Xbox Series X

Yes, you read that right. Fable, which returned from the dead with a killer look at gameplay, and a teaser for its narrative at the Xbox Showcase, left many wondering how much of what we saw was real.

In a world of many, often conflicting terms, that are poorly explained, people are becoming more cynical of what’s being shown. In-engine, in-game, CG, real-time in-engine are all phrases that seem to be thrown around to avoid saying whether we’re looking at actual gameplay.

But in Fable’s case, at least, that was the actual game running on Xbox Series X hardware. Xbox head Phil Spencer actually briefly touched on this during his interview with Giant Bomb. Indeed, the footage starts with a cool “in-game footage” in the lower third.

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