Fable is not an MMO and Halo Infinite’s multiplayer is not being delayed
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What you need to know
After yesterday’s Xbox Games Showcase featuring reveals likeHalo Infinite’s gameplay, rumors quickly started to spread about some of the big games shown. Citing @ChronoTK on Twitter, therumorthatPlayground Games’s Fablewas actually an MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) title quickly spread.
For anyone who is concerned about not getting a proper role-playing game (RPG), your fears are unfounded. Multiple sources familiar with the plans for Playground’s take on Fable have confirmed to us that it is an action-RPG, one that you can play in single-player. Theremaybe online elements like co-op functionality or limited, optional shared spaces but nothing to the extent that would justify classifying the game as an MMO.
This wasn’t the end of the worried whispers though, as acommentfrom Brad Sams indicated thatHalo Infinitemight ship without its multiplayer. 343 Industries community director Brian Jarrard quickly stepped in to explain this rumor wasn’t true, replying to a (now-deleted) Tweet about the rumor.
Nothing to see here folks, this is not true.Nothing to see here folks, this is not true.— Brian Jarrard (@ske7ch)July 24, 2020July 24, 2020
We’vepreviously reportedthat the multiplayer for Halo Infinite might be free-to-play, in the same vein as Call of Duty: Warzone being available without buying Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. If so, it’spossiblethat the campaign and multiplayer could use seperate clients but they are intended to ship alongside each other.
Halo Infinite is coming to Xbox One,Xbox Series Xand PC with a release window of Holiday 2020. Fable is coming to the Xbox Series X and PC but there’s no release date or even window right now.
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Samuel Tolbert is a freelance writer covering gaming news, previews, reviews, interviews and different aspects of the gaming industry, specifically focusing on Xbox and PC gaming on Windows Central. You can find him on Twitter@SamuelTolbert.
