Fable is not an MMO and Halo Infinite’s multiplayer is not being delayed

After yesterday’s Xbox Games Showcase featuring reveals like Halo Infinite’s gameplay, rumors quickly started to spread about some of the big games shown. Citing @ChronoTK on Twitter, the rumor that Playground Games’s Fable was 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. There may be 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 a comment from Brad Sams indicated that Halo Infinite might 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.

— Brian Jarrard (@ske7ch) July 24, 2020

We’ve previously reported that 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’s possible that 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 X and 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.