ForzaTech Engine Confirmed For Playground Games’ Fable In Recent LinkedIn Post

To those that regular the latest releases for the Forza franchises, there has yet to be a new installment in the past three years nearly. But, plenty is coming for sure as anticipated. Insiders last month pressed on the likeliness of the inevitable Forza Horizon 5 to be set in Mexico for the supposed 2021 release.

Additionally, the next Forza Motorsport is confirmed to be in development. Announced back in July last summer, the title is suggested to be a reboot of the prominent circuit racing series. More recently, Turn 10 Studios did interject that players can get early hands-on with the game via the Forza Panel program. But, developer Playground Games is working on a different project altogether outside of the next Horizon entry.

After countless rumors, it was officially announced that the Forza Horizon team in conjuring up the next Fable game. While little detail is available, Turn 10 on LinkedIn discloses that the proprietary ForzaTech engine is being utilized for the upcoming fantasy RPG. The team states in a post for a job listing:

Do you want to have a major impact on 3 AAA titles in development across 2 beloved Xbox franchises? ForzaTech is the engine, tools, and pipelines that drive both the Forza Motorsport and Forza Horizon series of games. In addition to adding new features like raytracing to support the next console generation, we are also enriching the toolset to support an open world action RPG – Fable.

While Playground Games internally continues development for Fable, the developer most recently turned heads for its port of Forza Horizon 4 on Steam. In less than 24 hours since arriving to the platform, the 2018 racer was throned the most-played racing title for the platform. And what is more surprising is the release is the inaugural entry for the franchise on Steam as well.

In extension but does not intertwine with Forza is the new record revealed by NPD Group. In that, the organization learned back in April that Mario Kart 8 is the most sold title for the racing genre in the United States. You can read the full report by heading here.

Are you excited for more information to unearth for Fable?

Source: LinkedIn