Fable Legends - Interview @ Edge

John Needham, the new head of Lionhead has been interviewed by Edge, with the main topic being that Fable will change Lionhead into a studio that provides a long lasting service for Fable. After the initial release of Legends they will provide new add-ons to the game for the next 5-10 years.

Legends is step change for Lionhead in scope as well as approach. It’s a longterm project so large that it has made further spin-offs like Fable: The Journey redundant, says Needham. “We can do other styles of Fable games, and keep them within Fable Legends. My plan is that Legends is essentially a platform for almost everything Fable going forward. It’s a long-range plan, of five to ten years, where we’re going to build and keep building onto Fable Legends. That’s the nature of games as a service – you keep adding systems and features and content.

Just think of it, you will be able to play Fable with new content for the next decade or so on a Xbox One (and its successor(s) probably)....