Fable is coming this fall, will let you kill a giant Richard Ayoade and possibly destroy the local housing market in the process

After years of near-silence, Playground Games popped up twice during today's Developer Direct showcase: The first time to show off Forza Horizon 6 and the second (and what we're here to talk about now) to finally give us a good look at Fable, its reboot of the famed RPG series. And it's setting the bar high. "Although our game is a new beginning," said game director Ralph Fulton, "I think what we're making is really faithful to the spirit of the classic Lionhead trilogy that we all love."

The core of the new Fable is freedom...