Peter Molyneux is legendary for a lot of things, many of them not good, but arguably his most notable credit is his role in creating the legendary RPG series Fable. Now he's working on a brand-new game "set in the land ofꦍ Albion," and fans are coming unglued trying to figure out whether or not that's a reference to Fable's Albion.
Molyneux has been teasing a new game called MOAT for , and it seems he'll be discussing his approach to designing it as part of a new blog series. "This may be a decision I live to regret, but I am starting a regular blog about the crazy way I de👍sign games; namely a new game set in the land of Albion called MOAT," Molyneux said on earlier today. "Along the way, I’ll be looking back at the developm💙ent of Fable, Black & White, et cetera."
The notion of "a new game set in the land of Albion" set the minds of Fable fans a-whirring, since that's the name of the fictional setting of the RPG series. "Isn't Albion owned by 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Microsoft?" as one asks. "How is this going to work with Microsoft owning the rights to Fable? License? Or is this Al🔯bion not the Albion from Fable?" asks. If you want the most cynical re🌳ad possible, there's a on the topic titled "Peter Molyneux's next groundbreaking idea: copyright infringement."
Microsoft bought out original Fable developer Lionhead way back in 2006 and now owns the rights to the series, including its setting. Molyneux depa✱rted Lionhead over a decade ago, and Microsoft's shutdown of the studio in 2016 means that any potential connection there has long since been severed.
But, of course, "Albion" is𝔍 just a historical name for Great Britain. While Microsoft now owns Fable's Albion, it doesn't own the word itself or the idea of video games set in medieval Britain - just look at , which has been running for years without any interference from Microsoft lawyers.
In fairness, it is still a little weird that Molyneux is building a whole new fantasy Albion for a project entirely disconnected from the Albion he's best known for. Or hey, maybe this is a stealth prequel to Fable 4 and Molyneux has us all f🌟ooled. It wouldn't be the strangest direction his career has ever taken.
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Dustin Bailey joined the GamesRadar team as a Staff Writer in May 2022, and is currentlyꩲ based in Missouri. He's been covering games (with occasional dalliances in the worlds of anime and pro wrestling) since 2015, first as a freelancer, then as a news writer at PCGamesN for nearly five years. His love for games was sparked somewhere between Metal Gear Solid 2 and Knights of the Old Republic, a💖nd these days you can usually find him splitting his entertainment time between retro gaming, the latest big action-adventure title, or a long haul in American Truck Simulator.
