《極限競速：地平線》主創創立全新3A遊戲工作室

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微軟《極限競速：地平線（Forza Horizon）》系列背後的一些關鍵人才已經離開了Playground Games工作室，組建了一個名爲Maverick Games的全新3A開發工作室。

該團隊由前《極限競速：地平線》創意總監Mike Brown領導，他目前擔任新工作室的創意總監和負責人。該公司表示，目前已獲得大量種子資金，其首款遊戲將是遊戲機和PC上的全新開放世界遊戲，但公告並未確認是否是賽車遊戲。

Maverick的領導團隊還包括前Playground的首席製片人、技術總監、藝術總監、音頻總監等。Mike Brown表示：“我們的目標是讓 Maverick Games 成爲人們喜愛的工作室，我們已經在着手製作一款令人激動的超高質量遊戲。”

Another day, another new studio—this time from the talented folks behind the excellent Forza Horizon 5, which won our best open world award in 2021 (opens in new tab). Maverick Games—big Top Gun fans, clearly—announced its launch today, led by Forza Horizon 5 creative director Mike Brown.  Along with Brown, the studio's founders include several former Playground Games developers, as well as former Sumo Digital co-studio head Harinder Sangha and EA experience design director Elly Marshall.  The announcement was accompanied by a boilerplate quote from Brown, which manages to hit all the classic studio announcement cliches.  "Our goal is for Maverick Games to be a studio people will love," he says. "For players, we're already at work on an exciting ultra-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 above all—be a Maverick." Of course, mavericks are terrible team players and are probably the last thing you'd want in a highly collaborative development studio. Oh no, I've become the police chief in an '80s cop movie telling the hero they're out of control. Maverick Games, give me your gun and badge.  These loose cannons are already working on their first game: a "premium open-world game for consoles and PC." That's all we're getting for now, but the team certainly has plenty of experience when it comes to open-world romps. While Forza Horizon 5 didn't come with many surprises, it's one of the most refined and energetic open-world games around. More of the same, please.  As for their former employers, Playground Games is still supporting FH5, while another team works on the Fable reboot (opens in new tab) that I still can't quite believe is actually happening.