At the moment, the familiar British “Playground Games” is in the process of developing the new “Fable”, but there will be six veterans, including Mike Brown, who led the development of the “Forza Horizon” series in the studio, starts “Playground Games” It has been revealed that he has left the company and set up a new studio “Maverick Games” in Leamington Spa.
“Maverick Games” includes the aforementioned Mike Brown, who worked as a game designer for the “Forza Horizon” series, including the first generation, and served as the creative director of the latest work “Forza Horizon 5,” in as well as former Playground lead producer Tom Butcher., former technical director Matt Craven, and former technical art director Gareth Harwood, as well as veteran Harinder Sangha, who helped found Sumo Digital Leamington, and is working on developing a AAA open world game for consoles.
In addition, currently 10 developers are registered in the studio, but it is reported that the team will be expanded to 140 people in the future, and the future trends are attracting attention.
■ Founding member of “Maverick Games”
- Mike Brown: Creative Director and Head of Studio
- Harinder Sangha: COO (former Head of Joint Studio Sumo Digital Leamington)
- Tom Butcher: Executive Producer (ex-Playground Games)
- Matt Craven: CTO (元Playground Games）
- Gareth Harwood: Content Director (formerly Playground Games)
- Fraser Strachan: Sound Director (formerly Playground Games)
- Ben Penrose: Art Director (formerly Sharkmbo London, Playground Games)
- Elly Marshall: User Experience / UI Director (former Design Director at EA)
