Microsoft was noticeably absent during the recently concluded Game Awards despite the fact company is poised to have a great year with the release of AAA titles Starfield and Redfall over the next twelve months.
One game that fans hoped to see to hear about is Fable. The upcoming game is a reboot of the video game series that was first released in 2004 and developed by the now-defunct Lionhead Studios. The reboot is being developed by Playground Games, makers of the Forza Horizon series.
New reports suggest Microsoft's internal policy is causing development issues for the new Fable game. Windows Central's Jez Corden reports Microsoft is forcing devs to work on the upcoming Fable reboot to use internal tools and engines, saying: It's hard to know for sure where the difficulty lies for Microsoft and its first-party games output. Some have blamed Microsoft's internal rules around contract work as causing unnecessary churn that sees projects lose key staff on a higher-than-usual basis.