Studio director and co-founder of Playground Games, Gavin Raeburn, has announced that he is leaving the company.
First reported by Windows headquarters, he announced that he is retiring from the racetrack after co-founding and working at Playground for 12 years. That news comes two months after the studio released its most successful title to date in Forza Horizon 5, which at the time of its release also had the biggest launch of any Xbox Game Studios game ever.
“After 12 years working on five award-winning Forza Horizon games, Gavin Raeburn is leaving Playground Games as studio director,” said Turn 10 Studio Head and Forza Franchise Lead Alan Hartman Windows headquarters. “As a founding member of Playground Games, we thank Gav for his leadership and contribution to the Forza franchise, and we wish him all the best.”
Hartman said another Playground co-founder, Trevor Williams, will move from general manager to Studio Head effective immediately, replacing Raeburn. He also said the studio will continue to focus on updates to Forza Horizon 5 and further developing its Fable reboot, which was officially announced in 2020.
As noted by Windows headquarters, Raeburn has a long history in the racing genre, having worked on the TOCA series of Codemasters, Dirt and Grid. He left Codemasters in 2009 to develop Playground Games, which Microsoft acquired in 2018.
There’s no word on what’s next for Raeburn or whether he’ll stay in games at all.
For more information on Forza Horizon 5, see our thoughts on it in Game Informer Forza Horizon 5 Review, and then read about why it works Game Informer List of top 10 Xbox Series X games. Check out this new nail polish collaboration between Xbox and OPI, which will unlock a one-of-a-kind Forza Horizon 5 car film afterwards.
[Source: Windows Central]
Curious to see what’s next for Playground Games? What are you hoping for from the restart of Fable? Let us know in the comments below!
This article was previously published on Source link
