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Ralph Fulton (Playground Games): “It will be a long time before we talk about what we’re doing”

Rychu

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Here's the full quote, I had limited thread title space:
"And yeah, the second studio is growing, it is I think revelling in the fact no one knows who they are, no one is looking at what they're doing, they're just bonding as a team, they're doing some great stuff already, but it'll be a long time before we talk about what they're doing – and I think they're enjoying that ability at the moment."
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He's talking about their second open world ARPG team they've been hiring for.

Full interview here, has stuff about Forza Horizon 4 and Playground Games: https://www.fullthrottlemedia.co.uk/article/forza-horizon-4-ralph-britain
 
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Rychu

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Leflus said:
Yeah.. I didn't expect to see "Fable IV" any time soon. Looking forward to seeing what they're cooking up!


Meh. You're kind of Forzing a joke there.
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I didn't either. I made this thread because I saw many people (an alarming amount) predict that Fable will get a CG teaser at X018 in 7 days. This is pretty much confirmation that won't happen.
 
MosquitoSmasher

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Goddamn it.

Well, no Fable news anytime soon then. Wonder why Phil Spencer said that they would talk about it later. Which made it sound like it would be some other time this year.
 
Nax

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Bummer...Really need that new Fable. With next-gen rumblings coming next year already, that does seem too soon. Microsoft just acquired all these studios. They could make a splash at the beginning of the next-gen...if it's farther out than 2019.
 
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Rychu

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UraMallas said:
They're just predictions, man. Have a little fun!
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Not trying to kill hype, more that I think we should get the disappointment out of the way before X018 rather than have a full thread of complaining after X0.

There will undoubtedly be disappointment and lots of complaints but lowering expectations makes the disappointment a lesser degree.
 

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MosquitoSmasher said:
Goddamn it.

Well, no Fable news anytime soon then. Wonder why Phil Spencer said that they would talk about it later. Which made it sound like it would be some other time this year.
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Because Xbox Fans are just super thirsty right now lol

The excitement lf the acquisitions and positive news has some drunk a bit and rightfully so its fun to talk about it.
 
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Rychu

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Nax said:
Bummer...Really need that new Fable. With next-gen rumblings coming next year already, that does seem too soon. Microsoft just acquired all these studios. They could make a splash at the beginning of the next-gen...if it's farther out than 2019.
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All indications point to next-gen being 2020. But with how early Phil Spencer talked about it (E3 2018), I think we might be looking at Spring 2020. Fall 2020 doesn't make sense with the E3 2018 quote.

Nintendo Switch has proved you can be very successful with a Spring launch as long as you launch with one big first party game to back it up. I think it launches in Spring 2020 with Halo Infinite with PS5 also launching in Spring 2020 with Death Stranding and Uncharted (the one San Diego is rumored to be making). That's just my prediction though.
 
nekkid

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Yeah they're certainly not announcing any games that won't be available for current gen until the announcement of the next gen.
 
Femto0

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Understandable it is their first wrpg and a scarlett game. E3 2020 we will see it
 
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Makes sense, it just cements that the game isn't coming any time soon (a couple of years?), and there is no reason to hype a bad CG reveal of no substance. Props to them.
 
OneBadMutha

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Good. This is better for developers. Anyone who's ever had to do anything creative in technology can tell you showing your ideas too early can paint you into unnecessary corners. Nothing good can come of it. A lot of bad.
 

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This isn't the team working on the open world RPG. They have been working on that for some time, this new studio isn't even in pre production it sounds like.
 
Vordan

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Figured. Maybe at E3 2019 but even that feels like pushing it. E3 2020 would be my guess when it will be announced.
 

ThisIsBlitz21

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Despite this I still think we'll get a teaser/CG trailer at E3 2019, with a full gameplay reveal alongside the next-gen Xbox reveal.
 
Mercenary09

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I mean duh. Anyone who thought you'd see anything for this game anytime soon doesn't know how game development works.
 
Kasey

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I mean they could announce it at X0 and then everyone could complain about MS announcing games too early with CG teasers.
 
gogojira

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As someone who has been returning to Xbox a lot more lately thanks to X, this (even if expected) is why my PS4 will still get more use. Sony and Nintendo are stacked with first party while Microsoft is trying to rebuild.

I know it takes time, but that speaks to how blotched their early Xbox One years were (day one adopter here).
 
TheUnsungHero26

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I thought they may pull a Cyberpunk and announce it to help recruit developers to the studio, but that doesn't appear the case. Always knew it was a long ways off, but I remain excited to see what Playground does with an open world RPG!
 
Bear and bird

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Mystic said:
Then they must be working on it at least some with the racing team because they've been working on it for a little while.
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Fulton did state that they are doing "some great stuff" whatever that means. An action RPG doesn't build itself in a day, so it's expected that it will take some time before they are ready to reveal it.

Guerilla Games began development on Horizon ZD in 2011, for instance. They didn't reveal the game until 2015.
 
ThatMeanScene

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I hope they take their time to make something truly great. I'd love to get another Fable 2-style game with player movement enhancements (like in the otherwise dreadful Fable 3) and improved combat plus whatever neat stuff they want to layer on top. I want a fantastic world to be engrossed in just like in Fable 2; that kind of game could blow up on social media and make a killing.
 
DannyClash

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I have a good feeling about this, playing some Fable anniversary recently and I think the new entry can be something great

Looking at the job listings and such, this should be pretty close to full production start of 2019?

This is a better result than Lionhead making it imo
 
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