Amazon Backs Out of Publishing Open-World Driving Game from Ex-Forza Horizon Developers

Amazon volition nary longer people UK developer Maverick Games’ yet-to-be-titled open-world driving game, reports The Game Business.

“As portion of our strategical improvement to absorption connected projects that leverage Amazon’s unsocial strengths and scale, including the caller re-launch of Luna and our Tomb Raider franchise concern with Crystal Dynamics, we person decided to merchandise Maverick Games from their publishing statement with Amazon Game Studios,” the institution explained successful a provided statement.

“We person tremendous respect for the Maverick Games squad and the compelling narrative-led driving acquisition they’re creating. This determination allows Maverick Games the flexibility to find a publishing spouse whose strategical priorities are amended aligned with bringing their crippled to market. We’re arrogant of what we accomplished unneurotic during our concern and privation them each occurrence successful the future.”

Fortunately, this does not mean the extremity of the roadworthy for the task itself, with Maverick Games co-founder Mike Brown confirming connected societal media that improvement is continuing to advancement powerfully and plans are successful spot to stock accusation astir the crippled aboriginal this year.

Maverick Games was founded successful 2022 pursuing the departure of a fig of unit from Forza Horizon developer Playground Games. At that time, erstwhile Forza Horizon 5 originative manager Mike Brown was joined by shaper Tom Butcher, method manager Matt Craven, method creation manager Gareth Harwood, audio manager Fraser Stachan, and creation manager Ben Penrose. It was revealed successful January 2023 that the squad was moving connected a “premium open-world crippled for consoles and PC.”

Maverick Games, a caller workplace by veterans from Playground Games, is moving connected an open-world driving game.

Amazon’s concern with Maverick connected this “narrative-led open-world driving” task was unveiled successful mid-2004.

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