New Fable Game Adds Control Writer Anna Megill | Game Rant
The announcement that a new Fable game is in development may have been Xbox's biggest pre-Xbox Series X launch announcement, or at least it was until the Bethesda acquisition was made. Fable is one of the Xbox platform's biggest first-party brands, but it's also clear that Playground Games is going to be working on Fable for some time yet. Fans are still hungry for new Fable details, however, which makes it quite exciting to confirm that the narrative lead for Control, Anna Megill, is now working on the game.
Megill announced on Twitter late Wednesday evening that she has accepted a position at Playground Games. When she starts at Playground in 2021, she'll be taking on the role of Lead Writer for Fable. Since Fable doesn't have a release date, it's unclear how far along the project is. Regardless, Megill's certain to hit the ground running as soon as she arrives.
Prior to working on Control, Megill was involved with writing on projects including Guild Wars 2, Murdered: Soul Suspect, and Dishonored: Death of the Outsider. Funnily enough, Control wasn't Megill's most recent project. Since late 2018, Megill's been a Lead Writer at Ubisoft's Massive Entertainment, the developer of The Division 2. During her time there, she helped create game missions, character bios, and worldbuilding. Megill hasn't spent much more than two consecutive years with any studio, but hopefully, she leaves an impact on Fable.
Following the announcement that she's joining Playground to work on Fable, Megill provided some insight into her excitement for the project. She describes how the original Fable "holds a special place" in her heart since it came out the year she started in game development. She was able to look at Fable with a "developer's eye," and consider how the player's choices influenced the NPCs around her character.
Megill also confirms a bit of information about Fable, in a funny sort of way. She says that at first she wasn't persuaded to join the Fable team, worried that it might be "a bunch of medieval fart jokes." Instead, she was persuaded by the team's "story vision." Megill says that in her role she'll "live in an English country cottage and write fairy tales." She calls the position at Playground a perfect fit, which hopefully means great things for both Megill and Fable.
Little to no information regarding Fable has been shared publically. That it won't be entirely fart jokes is as big of a revelation as fans have had yet. The game was announced with a short cinematic teaser trailer hinting at a fairy tale atmosphere mixed with a touch of grim humor. For any more, Fable fans will have to wait until Playground is ready to share more information.
Fable is in development for the PC and Xbox Series X.
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