There have been ongoing rumours about the Fable and Perfect Dark series making a return next generation.
Speculation about Fable's comeback intensified earlier this week when a newly-created Twitter account of the same name was spotted. Today, this followed with the discovery of a Perfect Dark account, and then Tom Warren from The Verge pointed out how one was registered by an Xbox employee and the other had a Microsoft email address attached.
GM of Xbox Games Marketing, Aaron Greenberg, saw Warren's tweet doing the rounds online and decided to quell any excitement by explaining how it was "standard practice" to secure social handles for major Xbox IP:
This seemingly wasn't enough to extinguish the flame - with Warren then reminding everyone how the accounts had only been registered in March and June of this year. Since then, the same Perfect Dark Twitter has gone live. In its description, it's noted how it's "not affiliated" with Microsoft. Despite this, the one and only Ken Lobb is now following it.
Do you think this is a sign of things to come, or just "standard practice" as Greenberg puts it? Share your thoughts below.
[source twitter.com]
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If there is no Fable or Perfect Dark and their only upcoming game is Halo we already know how this gen goes )
Please Xbox don't disappoint!
I mean, Fable’s coming, surely. It has to.
If they have been inactive for years, why do they have 2020 as the year they were created? Me thinks someone is desperately trying to put out the flames.
Not so much fussed for perfect dark but Fable is always welcome
They have 14 studios plus the publishing arm, they have the world asking for something more than Halo, Gears and Forza and they need to secure the other IPs everywhere. All this makes sense but I want to believe that they're making Perfect Dark and Fable.
Playground's new Fable has been so heavily rumoured it has to be true.
It's also standard practice for gaming execs to just straight lie/stretch the truth so lol...
Fable is definitely coming back. And I would love to see Perfect Dark come back too.
@redd214 Why didn’t he just not say anything. Sometimes it’s better to remain silent, especially as most wouldn’t even have known about these accounts. But now he’s spoken up, anyone following him now is aware and it just adds to the whole rumour mill.
>Accounts inactive for years
Both created in 2020
Man, Aaron is terrible at marketing for being the head of marketing.
A new Fable and a Perfect Dark game would be amazing.. Can't wait for the july event.
@BrilliantBill 12+13>9 120>30 10m>1m
They need the games, it's so important. I understand their philosophy, but I'm still not convinced why I should invest in the series x, my current one will play the same games.
@GunValkyrie
I own an Xbox One & I have plenty of games to play. That is a tired narrative.
@KelticDevil My Xbox One backlog is huge.
@BlueOcean
Same here! And I have owned an Xbox One S since it came out. I have more games to play that I have time for. I have no idea why people complain.
To each their own, I guess?
@BlueOcean Same here, along with having a Switch and some 3DS games I still need to play. I still actually have a handfull of Wii U titles to play... (Game's I've had 5+ years)
I expected Lockdown would eat into the backlog, all it's made me do is purchase more digital title's in the sales.... 🤔
The great thing about Gamepass is when they add titles like Red Dead Redemption 2, games which give you so many hours of gameplay, but if your gametime is quite limited the shear amount of titles becomes overwhelming to play...
I can't complain really though...
@BANJO Yeah, I still have some 3DS games to beat as well and Game Pass has given me many games I wanted to try, plus Games with Gold, Deals with Gold... That doesn't mean that I'm not excited about what Xbox Game Studios are doing!
@BlueOcean Yes, can't be long now till the July event, should be an exciting month for Xbox Series X reveals...
@EquiinoxGII
I don't think your current Xbox One will play Hellblade 2, or even third-party titles like RE8. Besides, Greenberg is doing a poor job of quenching the fire by dousing it with kerosene; those games are real.
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