Maverick Video games introduced itself to the world in January final 12 months as a brand new unbiased AAA title by former Playground Video games veterans who labored on the Forza Horizon franchise. It was confirmed on the time that the studio was engaged on an open world racer, and the developer has now taken one other main step ahead with the challenge.
Amazon Video games has introduced that it has signed on because the writer for Maverick Video games’ debut title, which Amazon describes as a “a narrative-led open world driving sport”. The sport, although presently unannounced, is confirmed to be in improvement for PS5, Xbox Sequence X/S, and PC.
“We based Maverick Video games with a transparent imaginative and prescient: to construct a developer-first studio that may foster an surroundings of creativity and risk-taking,” stated Maverick Video games studio head and artistic director Mike Brown. “This strategy empowers our workforce to supply essentially the most distinctive work of their careers. And in the end, which means we’re making a sport that our gamers are going to fall in love with. As we bought to know the workforce at Amazon Video games it shortly grew to become clear that we had a shared ethos — a dedication to giving builders the area to essentially innovate in service of crafting experiences that gamers will discover really particular. With out giving an excessive amount of away, I’ll share that the workforce right here is buzzing with pleasure about our sport and we are able to’t wait to share it with the world.”
“In our ongoing world seek for gifted improvement groups who’re constructing compelling titles that gamers will love, Maverick Video games stood out as a studio that may ship on all fronts,” stated Amazon Video games VP Christoph Hartmann. “Mike and his workforce are the overall package deal — confirmed sport builders who’re masters at their craft and aren’t content material with the established order. Their imaginative and prescient for this sport is contemporary and modern, and we’re wanting ahead to working alongside them to deliver it to gamers all over the world.”
How lengthy it’ll be earlier than we hear extra about Maverick’s title, or what launch window the studio and Amazon are presently focusing on for the sport, stays to be seen.
The open world racer joins Amazon’s rising portfolio of video games, which, along with current and ongoing titles like New World and Misplaced Ark, additionally consists of different main upcoming video games, like Crystal Dynamics’ subsequent Tomb Raider title.
