Forza Horizon developer Playground Video games’ co-founder and former studio head Gavin Raeburn has revealed his new AAA studio Lighthouse Video games.
Raeburn and “a staff of world class builders” are at the moment engaged on an unannounced new IP, however shared no particulars as to what this will probably be or if it’s even within the racing style.
As the previous government producer on a number of Grime and GRID video games, nonetheless, and the studio head of Playground because it produced 5 Forza Horizon video games, it’s maybe doubtless that Lighthouse is engaged on a brand new racing recreation.
Raeburn is joined by 30 former colleagues together with “key founding members” of Playground Video games and different industry-leading expertise, once more alluding to the creation of one thing new within the racing recreation style.
“I’m delighted that 30 former colleagues and different {industry} heavyweights have chosen to affix me at Lighthouse,” Raeburn stated.
“With Horizon, Playground and I created one of the crucial profitable Xbox franchises of all time. We delivered vital industrial success 12 months after 12 months, to large vital acclaim, following the success from my time at Codemasters main Grime, Grid and F1.
“That DNA is now at Lighthouse, and with it, we intend to construct one thing actually particular utilizing all our expertise to create a brand new genre-defining franchise.”
It’ll be some time earlier than we discover out what that franchise is, after all, provided that Lighthouse Video games as a studio has solely been introduced in the present day, and certain years longer earlier than the sport is launched.
Raeburn’s pedigree speaks for itself and he wasn’t incorrect concerning the success of Forza Horizon. IGN has awarded each single recreation within the franchise not less than a 9/10 in our evaluations, with the most recent Forza Horizon 5 reaching a brand new stage and incomes masterpiece standing.
Playground has deviated from the Forza Horizon collection for the primary time in its historical past although, because it’s now engaged on the Fable reboot coming to Xbox Collection X and S.
It’s unclear if this pivot has something to do with racing veteran Raeburn’s departure, although he’s a part of the second group of builders to depart Playground in virtually as many months. Forza Horizon 5 inventive director Mike Brown left to kind Maverick Video games in January, taking a number of high expertise with him.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer and performing UK information editor. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.
