Fable Legends officially delayed

Last week, Microsoft promised some news on Fable Legends and it turns out that it wasn't good news we were waiting for.

Lionhead Studios has announced that Fable Legends has been delayed and will continue to be in closed beta for testing. The reason for the delay has been cited as the developers 'ambitions' being very high, which is the same reason Mirror's Edge Catalyst and Uncharted 4 were delayed.

"Fable Legends is coming together well and it’s a lot of fun. But we think that we can make it even better. So we’ve decided to extend our closed beta to continue to listen to feedback from our players and add features and polish that will make a real difference. This means Fable Legends won’t release into open beta this holiday as previously announced. We realise this may be disappointing for those of you not currently playing, so we wanted to tell you why.

To be honest, we didn’t anticipate just how big Fable Legends is becoming. It’s simply the most ambitious game we’ve ever created at Lionhead. We’ve built a unique and innovative multiplayer experience combining RPG and RTS gameplay which allows you to play, and use your gear seamlessly, across Xbox One and Windows 10. On top of this, we’ve built a beautiful new world full of grand stories and adventures. And it’s taking more time than we thought."

While Fable Legends continues its closed beta, Lionhead will continue to update the game with more features, quests, creatures, and heroes for players to test. There is a silver lining to all this, Lionhead will be inviting an additional 100,000 gamers to the Fable Legends closed beta.

The open beta will begin in Spring 2016. Fable Legends is planned as a free-to-play title with Xbox One and Windows 10 cross-play.