NEWSBy Scott Kostov January 12, 2023Dev team behind Forza Horizon 5 leaves Xbox’s Playground Games to form new studio

The gaming industry continues to expand after the brilliant minds behind 2021 Game of the Year candidate, Forza Horizon 5, announced their new project.

With initial funding secured for its debut game, which will be a new, premium open-world title for consoles and PC, things are ready to kick off. 

The creative director of Forza Horizon 5, Mike Brows, is at the helm and he'll have plenty of help on hand with the former Sumo Digital co-studio head, Harinder Sangha, who will be

These two are just some of the big names who've signed on to join Maverick Games.

With a "premium open-world game for consoles and PC” in the works and funding secured before jumping ship from their former studio, the pressure is completely on them.

We're hoping that the studio's debut title will launch before the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series S/X have run their course.

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