Forza Horizon directors unite to form new AAA development studio Maverick Games

Former Playground Games directors person formed a caller crippled improvement studio, Maverick Games, and are processing a new, premium open-world crippled for consoles and PC.

Maverick’s founding squad is led by Mike Brown, the erstwhile originative manager astatine Playground Games. Brown volition support the presumption astatine the caller institution and the workplace caput title.

Joining Brown from Playground Games are Tom Butcher arsenic enforcement producer, Matt Craven arsenic CTO, Gareth Harwood arsenic contented director, and Fraser Strachan arsenic audio director.

Former Sumo Digital Lemington workplace co-head Harinder Sangha joins arsenic COO, Playground Games’ and Sharkmob London creation manager Ben Penrose is connected board, and erstwhile EA acquisition manager Elly Marshall joins arsenic UX/UI director.

“Our extremity is for Maverick Games to beryllium a workplace radical volition love,” said Mike Brown. “For players, we’re already astatine enactment connected an breathtaking ultra-high prime title, and for developers, we’re gathering a location wherever everyone is encouraged to instrumentality risks, beryllium curious, beryllium creative, beryllium innovative, beryllium themselves, and supra each – beryllium a Maverick.”

Maverick has secured important effect backing and is actively moving connected its caller crippled astatine its workplace successful Leamington Spa.

The squad is presently 10 beardown and is actively recruiting for roles from postgraduate to pb crossed each disciplines.