How do you know they don't have any? Teams can have multiple leads. I imagine this game will have a ton of storylines and dialogue, so multiple teams of writers that will also have multiple leads.
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Fable Hasn't Even Hired a Lead Writer or Game Designer Yet
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How do you know they don't have any? Teams can have multiple leads. I imagine this game will have a ton of storylines and dialogue, so multiple teams of writers that will also have multiple leads.
SupremeHoodie
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Well duh, it was announced like a month ago.
TBiddy
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You must be joking. They started hiring two years ago.
they do actually have a lead writer. His name is Martin Lancaster and he worked on the Batman Arkham franchise. What they don't have is a lead script writer. There is a major difference between both.
A lead script writer is basically a person who writes a cutscene in a game. He writes the behaviour to be displayed, how to present contextual subjects, etc. What this tells me is that they don't have cutscenes ready for the game.
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mckmas8808
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What's seriously going on at MS right now? So this game is coming over 2023 or later then right? If so, why showcase it before the XSX console even launches?
This team is two years old iirc. Of course the game is far away. Game development takes a lot of time and manpower, hence why they're offering up positions. Something that often happens when development is ramping up. Does not mean they don't know what they're doing and that nothing has been done.
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Nickolaidas
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Halo Infinite: Launch title delayed to next year.
Everwild: devs aren't sure what the fuck they're doing
Fable: Just started hiring key positions for the staff
SquareEnix would be proud.
Everwild: devs aren't sure what the fuck they're doing
Fable: Just started hiring key positions for the staff
SquareEnix would be proud.
Camreezie
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To get people to invest in the Series X with IP promises down the line , probably Conker and Gears "announcements" down the line
Self High Five
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Abriael_GN
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I'll give you a hint since you don't seem to get it.
Most of these ads have been there for over a year to two years (webarchive helps). They simply added the Fable name to them, which is normal when a game moves from unrevealed to revealed. That's pretty literally how people started to guess that a new fable may have been in development.
Big studios hire for this kind of positions all the way through development. Often even in the last months because, for example, they may need a lead writer to helm a team to write a bunch of additional subquests.
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chemical boy
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I have been convinced, Phil Spencer deserves a promotion! Everything is great on Xbox.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
That seems like something they should have done NEXT E3.
NoMoChokeSJ
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Your point? TLOU went an entire generation before the sequel and there was 1 1/2 uncharted games the entire generation. Development takes time.
Stilton Disco
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Fucking hell.
But hey, who needs good games, made with any degree of competency, or any kind of decent management throughout the whole Xbox division, when gamepass is such good value for money.
Buy a subscription today, and one day you might have some alright games to play on it! Maybe.
But hey, who needs good games, made with any degree of competency, or any kind of decent management throughout the whole Xbox division, when gamepass is such good value for money.
Buy a subscription today, and one day you might have some alright games to play on it! Maybe.
Abriael_GN
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Working on Fable and likely the next Horizon (alongside Horizon 4 DLC). Hiring leads with 1-2 years old ads does not in any shape or form mean that development has just started or is even close to have just started. That's an ongoing process that can last for a game's whole development life or almost as the team consistently ramps up in size, which means new teams are formed to bolster the teams tey already have.
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Hobbygaming
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DeaDPo0L84
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Really sucks that the Xbox brand just seems so shitty right now. Went from being my go to console during the 360/PS3 era to maybe playing a game here or there once a year since the Xbox One launch. They really need to get their heads out of their asses.
Alan Silvestro
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XBSX line-up = vaporware?
oldergamer
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Fable Job Listings Seem to Indicate That Release is Still Far Off
Fable doesn't seem poised to launch on Xbox Series X or PC any time soon based on current openings at Playground Games.www.dualshockers.com
That doesn't mean they didn't have people filling those positions prior to now.
Hobbygaming
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Since they rebooted Forza's engine for Forza 8, I wonder if Forza Horizon 5 will take longer as well since Playground Games and Turn 10 share the same engine or will they just work on Fable for now
M1chl
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Yeah well but it's already 2 years with no Forza, Motorsport is long way off and now no Fable and no Horizon... : (
mortal
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They have their place in the marketing side as advertisements.
Although I'm not a fan of announcing games with CGI trailers. Especially when it comes to AAA games on next-gen consoles.
If it must be a cinematic, at least have it running in-egnine or in realtime.
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IntentionalPun
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I don't think this is FUD guys.
Lead AI Engineer says: "You will join the team and project at an early stage, giving you the rare opportunity to shape the technology used to build a large-scale AAA title."
Chief Engineer : "Playground Games is looking for a Chief Engineer to build and lead a world-class Engineering team for Fable, working on our open world action / RPG project."
"At an early stage".. and looking for a Chief engineer to "built a team."
This isn't one or 2 leads they are looking for.. to add to other leads.. this looks like there is no real engineering teams in place.
I mean they are looking for both "Chief" and "Co-Chief" Engineers... and those adds are like 2 months old (from June.)
Lead AI Engineer says: "You will join the team and project at an early stage, giving you the rare opportunity to shape the technology used to build a large-scale AAA title."
Chief Engineer : "Playground Games is looking for a Chief Engineer to build and lead a world-class Engineering team for Fable, working on our open world action / RPG project."
"At an early stage".. and looking for a Chief engineer to "built a team."
This isn't one or 2 leads they are looking for.. to add to other leads.. this looks like there is no real engineering teams in place.
I mean they are looking for both "Chief" and "Co-Chief" Engineers... and those adds are like 2 months old (from June.)
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Reallink
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I would be inclined to agree, but the game has been credibly rumored for like 2 years and all they could muster for an unveil was a comically brief workstation CG rendered teaser of zero actual substance. This doesn't really suggest there's some deep in development opus hiding behind closed doors.
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Hobbygaming
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Uncharted Lost Legacy is a full game though
Explosive Zombie
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I'm gonna be honest, my theory Microsoft rushed into next-gen because of Sony keeps feeling more and more real. Basically, I think they told themselves they CAN'T be PS3 showing up late and over-priced when someone else already has so much mindshare. Call me a conspiracy theorist or whatever but it's feeling like that... because didn't we hear how the Rare game doesn't even have a pinned down gameplay concept yet? Now Halo Infinite is delayed and this as well? Tell me I'm not crazy.
DarthFeanor
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I wouldn't be surprised if Fable is using Unreal 4/5.
BlueXImpulse
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TBiddy said it's trolling and FUD. So it is FUD.
DarthFeanor
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I just checked Guerrilla Games LinkedIn and they have many openings for positions that seems to be for a game in early development such as "(Game) Writer".
nani17
are in a big trouble
Shambala
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Sony Too lmao smh
DarthFeanor
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CD PROJEKT Red is still hiring people for quest and encounter design for Cyberpunk 2077.
en.cdprojektred.com
CD PROJEKT RED - Award-winning creators of story-driven role-playing games.
Award-winning creator of story-driven role-playing games
en.cdprojektred.com
IntentionalPun
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Read through the careers page yourself.
The listings literally claim they are for a game early in development.. they are hiring both "Chief Engineer" and "Co-Chief Engineer" (those aren't merely team leads, that's the actual head engineers for the project)...
The game is very early in development, this would likely be considered pre-production at this point.
Raekwon26
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What's the problem?
PerfectDark
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Best game coming out in the next year is Microsoft Flight Simulator. That being said Xbox barley even makes first party games. But Sony does a poor job as well. Its just MS is allot worse.
I buy all systems but my kids got into gaming last year and half and I went from buying one of every console my life with building a new gaming PC every few years. To having to buy two of the same console and ditch my gaming PC's.
Right now I have two Xbox One X's and three Switch's mostly for animal crossing.
I am split on PS5 and Xbox series. I have to decide soon as I will be playing new released games that will carry over.
I buy all systems but my kids got into gaming last year and half and I went from buying one of every console my life with building a new gaming PC every few years. To having to buy two of the same console and ditch my gaming PC's.
Right now I have two Xbox One X's and three Switch's mostly for animal crossing.
I am split on PS5 and Xbox series. I have to decide soon as I will be playing new released games that will carry over.
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Abriael_GN
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Games usually have a reveal schedule that in most cases ramps up from a cinematic teaser trailer. This doesn't mean that a lot of work has not been done.
Nikana
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I worked in this industry. Trying to take a job listing as progress on any video game is silly and uneducated to how games are actually made.
Great Hair
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Another moment like this? Announce and wait for 5 years?
IntentionalPun
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They have 7 advertisements claiming the project is at an "early stage."
You guys are ignoring that tidbit.. and ignoring the sheer magnitude of the listings here.
It's not just various "Leads", it's the Chief/Co-Cheif engineer as well. That's the top dog engineers on the project, and they aren't in place yet.. advertising the opportunity to "build a team."
Northeastmonk
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I work in IT and job roles don’t mean as much as they use to. If you’re the person who knows how to do the job then you’re the person who ends up doing the job. I bet if you go ask some game designers what they know, they’ll probably list off stuff that people spend years to specialize in.
It's possible they have been in pre-production. CDPR seems to have followed a similar model with Cyberpunk.
IntentionalPun
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So they lied when they posted 7 job listings in June claiming the project was at an early stage?
And this is not "a job listing." It's 36 job listings.. many of them leads/chief..
Come on guys.. lol
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