Fable Legends is no more.
The game’s serves are now offline following Microsoft’s recent announcement that it had cancelled development of the title and plans to close developer Lionhead.
There were reports last week that staff at the studio hope to continue making the game at a new independent studio but that has not yet been confirmed and, for the moment at least, the title is dead.
Fable Legends was originally announced at gamescom 2013 and was due for release last year before being delayed. The game allowed teams of four Heroes to join together and fight against a player-controlled villain. Anyone who spent monery during the game’s beta has been issued with a refund.
On Lionhead’s forums, the development team issued a statement saying they are “incredibly proud of what we achieved”. You can read it in full below.
Hi everyone,
Now that the Fable Legends servers have come down, we wanted to take a moment to thank all of you for the incredible dedication and support you’ve shown Fable Legends over the past few years.
With your help, we’ve built one of the nicest, most passionate communities any of us have had the honour of working with. We speak on behalf of everyone at the Studio when we say your contributions to both the community and the game have been truly appreciated; we simply couldn’t have come this far without your help.
Though Fable Legends hasn’t made it into everyone’s hands, we hope those who did have the chance to play it enjoyed it as much as we did. This was, it’s safe to say, one of the most ambitious and challenging projects many of the staff here have ever worked on and we’re incredibly proud of what we achieved. The awesome memories and friendships forged will live on.
Once again, heart-felt thanks go out to all of you – you’re the best.
Fable Legends had been in development for PC and Xbox One. Lionhead’s last fully released game was 2014’s Fable Anniversary, a HD re-release of the original Fable title.
