Playground Games

Signs so far for the upcoming Fable title from Playground Games are looking good. The Fable 4 team has recently acquired a talented lead writer in the form of Anna Megill, who held a prominent role in the development of Control. While you may not recognize her name, you’re sure to recognize her work. Megill has been in game development
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According to a LinkedIn update, former Naughty Dog developer Robert Ryan joined Microsoft’s newest game studio, The Initiative, as a senior systems designer back in April. Despite being less than a year old, The Initiative is already filled with brilliant minds likeGod of War lead producer Brian Westergaard and Red Dead Redemption lead writer Christian
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While my socials have been eerily quiet on talk of Forza Horizon 4, it seems that the game is still doing amazingly well. Earlier today Forza Motorsport’s Twitter account congratulated Playground Games on hitting a milestone in the player department. It’s been one month since the Fortune Island DLC for Forza Horizon 4 launched in December 2019, and according to the below
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UPDATE (11/11/18): During yesterday’s Inside Xbox: X018 Special, Microsoft revealed that it had acquired two more studios: Obsidian Entertainment and inXile Entertainment. As such, I have updated this article to reflect that and give insight about these newly acquired studios. During Microsoft’s E3 Press Conference, the large publisher announced the acquisition of five brand new
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During Microsoft’s X018 Inside Xbox, Playground Games revealed Fortune Island, the first expansion for its critically acclaimed open-world racer, Forza Horizon 4. It will be heading to Xbox One December 13, 2018. In a video featuring Ben Thaker-Fell, Forza Horizon 4‘s Chief Game Designer, we got the first look at the “largest expansion” that has
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I do not like driving. Maybe it’s because I live in a tourist trap and there is a lot of traffic. Maybe it’s because my car has been hit on three different occasions while it was parked. Maybe the act of driving is actually terrible. For whatever reason, I have hardly enjoyed my time behind
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Playground Games has been building up a second team to work on a brand new game (which according to unconfirmed rumors could be a new Fable title). At Gamescom in Cologne, DualShockers asked Xbox Games Marketing General Manager Aaron Greenberg for a bit more color on this. “I think if you look at Playground and their pedigree
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Today Forza Horizon 4 developer Playground Games and Microsoft showcased another large batch of gameplay. This time around we get to see another seasonal change as we check out spring, and the colors are definitely different from the rest of the year. Interestingly, we learn that the team actually traveled around Britain with a color
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British developer Playground Games has made some surprising moves in the last few months. At E3, they unveiled Forza Horizon 4, revealed that they had been acquired by Microsoft, and teased that they were working on a new non-racing game. Today, GamesIndustry.biz revealed that Playground Games has hired several new staff members from studios like BioWare,
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