Playground Games (Forza Horizon Developer) Open a New UK Studio With Some Serious Plans
Forza Horizon creators Playground Games have officially opened up a new 200-man studio in Leamington Spa, with plans for the newly assembled team (including some notable hires) to work on a mysterious new action RPG project.
Notable hires, working on a new game are :
1. Sean Eyestone, previously worked with DICE on Star Wars: Battlefront 2, and with Kojima Productions on Metal Gear Solid V, Now Production Director in a new crew.
2. Will Kennedy, former level and game designer for Grand Theft Auto V, Now Chief Designer in a crew.
3. Juan Fernández, Hellblade senior designer. Now The Principal Combat Designer.
Playground Games wants to diversify and not be forever labelled as ‘The Forza Developer Studio’. The new team has an experienced industry crew joined by a mixture of new low-level hires and existing Playground staff.