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

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will no longer publish *** developer Maverick Games’ yet-to-be-titled open-world driving game, reports

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“As part of our strategic evolution to focus on projects that leverage

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’s unique strengths and scale, including the recent re-launch of Luna and our Tomb Raider franchise partnership with Crystal Dynamics, we have decided to release Maverick Games from their publishing agreement with

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Game Studios,” the company explained in a provided statement.

“We have tremendous respect for the Maverick Games team and the compelling narrative-led driving experience they’re creating. This decision allows Maverick Games the flexibility to find a publishing partner whose strategic priorities are better aligned with bringing their game to market. We’re proud of what we accomplished together during our partnership and wish them every success in the future.”

Fortunately, this does not mean the end of the road for the project itself, with

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that development is continuing to progress strongly and plans are in place to share information about the game later this year.

Maverick Games was founded in 2022 following the departure of a number of staff from Forza Horizon developer Playground Games. At that time, former Forza Horizon 5 creative director Mike Brown was joined by producer Tom Butcher, technical director Matt Craven, technical art director Gareth Harwood, audio director Fraser Stachan, and art director Ben Penrose.

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that the team was working on a “premium open-world game for consoles and PC.”

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’s partnership with Maverick on this “narrative-led open-world driving” project was unveiled

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