Former Forza devs create new studio, Maverick Games

Several gaming veterans today announced the new studio they are founding: Maverick Games. The studio is currently made up of several former members of Playground Games, the studio behind the Forza Horizon titles. The studio is already working on its first game, an unnamed open-world title that is set to launch on consoles and PC.

Maverick is headquartered in Leamington Spa in the UK (also the location of Playground Games). He reportedly secured seed funding while he works on his new game and actively recruits for new roles.

Founding members of the studio, including Mike Brown, formerly of Playground Games, as head of the studio; Harinder Sangha, Sumo Digital Leamington as COO; and Playground's Matt Craven as CTO. Current studio staff include members of Playground, Sharkmob London and EA.

Brown said in a statement, "Our goal is for Maverick Games to be a studio people will love. For gamers, we're already working on an exciting, high-quality title, and for developers, we're building a home. where everyone is encouraged to take risks, be curious, be creative, be innovative, be themselves, and most of all - be a maverick.

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