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[Draugoth]

Several devs from Fable and Forza Horizon have left Playground Games, finding suggests, albeit it could mean nothing unlike the Halo: Infinite situation prior to release

• Narrative Director
• Principal Level Designe
• Co-Dev Art Directo
• Script Writer
• Principal Vehicle Artist

via IdleSloth

 

[Three]

It's interesting that they have moved to Avalanche, Rocksteady and 2 to Mavrick Games. Mavrick games is a new studio. I wonder what they're working on now? mobile related or console/PC multiplatform?

 

[Jinzo Prime]

That doesn't sound quite like the 343 situation. I think Forza would be fine with new directors as long as a decent amount of senior staff stays, especially in the programming and system tools department.

 

[tusharngf]

after playing motorfest i felt like forza horizon needs bigger improvements. I hope they deliver horizon 6 with some great changes.

 

[poppabk]

after playing motorfest i felt like forza horizon needs bigger improvements. I hope they deliver horizon 6 with some great changes.

After playing motorfest I felt that the Horizon games are in a class of their own.

 

[Majima Everywhere System]

I don't think I could do narrative and script for multiple Horizon games, and your stretch project is THAT Fable.

I would bail.

 

[JerryinSoCal]

Halo losing narrative/creative leads answered why there was basically no story lol

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

didn't the founders left after the acquisition?

 

[ByWatterson]

Losing a narrative director would only matter if they were making an RPG.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Losing a narrative director would only matter if they were making an RPG.

I wonder if St. Albans House coincided a separate studio within Playground Games. It would make their narrative director a bit redundant.

 

[GinSama]

didn't the founders left after the acquisition?

A couple of years ago yes they left.
But they still released 4 and 5 before they left.

 

[SirTerry-T]

I've got some hot "insider" info for you all.
Devs chop and change studios...
All
The
Time.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

I've got some hot "insider" info for you all.
Devs chop and change studios...
All
The
Time.

MS's track record

 

[Robb]

Hopefully it's nothing, would suck to see them fall from grace. Probably MS best/most consistent studio right now.

 

[ZoolNL]

In this economic where should they go lol….

 

[Ozriel]

MS's track record

The industry's track record, you mean?

In this economic where should they go lol….

Literally the second post in this thread.

 

[Connificent]

after playing motorfest i felt like forza horizon needs bigger improvements. I hope they deliver horizon 6 with some great changes.

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[Loomy]

I don't think I could do narrative and script for multiple Horizon games, and your stretch project is THAT Fable.

I would bail.

To be fair, we know nothing about that games narrative or narrative direction.

 

[Darsxx82]

It's interesting that they have moved to Avalanche, Rocksteady and 2 to Mavrick Games. Mavrick games is a new studio. I wonder what they're working on now? mobile related or console/PC multiplatform?

Playground Games leaders form new AAA studio Maverick Games

The new Leamington Spa AAA studio to grow to 140 people

www.gamesindustry.biz

Open world game AAA for consoles and PC. There were 10 people a year ago. The plan is to reach 140. That is, to see his game there are at least 4-5 years left.

 

[Shut0wen]

That doesn't sound quite like the 343 situation. I think Forza would be fine with new directors as long as a decent amount of senior staff stays, especially in the programming and system tools department.

Tbf if you enjoyed the first 3 games then this is the best news ever

 

[tusharngf]

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if you play grand races in motorfest they are much better than fh5. I have around 200 hours in fh5 and 500 in motorfest.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

I've got some hot "insider" info for you all.
Devs chop and change studios...
All
The
Time.

Bad practices versus good practices. Guess who is doing the right thing.

Elden Ring And Armored Core 6 Were Made By Just 300 Devs

FromSoftware's development team is surprisingly small compared to the rest of the industry.

www.thegamer.com

 

[DenchDeckard]

People move studios all the time.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Losing a narrative director would only matter if they were making an RPG.

Um arent they?

 

[SportsFan581]

As long as they don't goof FH I'll be good. Sometimes people just want a change in where they work, or maybe there were options available with more upside/promotion opportunities, etc. FH4 & 5 are both very detailed worlds that are just fun to drive between events in.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

MS's track record

no

 

[ByWatterson]

Um arent they?

Yes that's the joke

 

[yurinka]

edit: nevermind

 

[yurinka]

Bad practices versus good practices. Guess who is doing the right thing.

Elden Ring And Armored Core 6 Were Made By Just 300 Devs

FromSoftware's development team is surprisingly small compared to the rest of the industry.

www.thegamer.com

The game credits of these games mention 1,645 people for Enden Ring and 1,417 people for Armored Core VI. But these are low numbers for AAA titles being released in the last couple of years.

 

[Ozriel]

Bad practices versus good practices. Guess who is doing the right thing.

Elden Ring And Armored Core 6 Were Made By Just 300 Devs

FromSoftware's development team is surprisingly small compared to the rest of the industry.

www.thegamer.com

Doesn't seem much different from what Playground is doing. One company, two teams making different genres, with lots of staff fluidly moving between both projects.

Yes that's the joke

Could easily mean their contribution has come to an end.
At this point - given how long it's been in development - it's feasible Fable is largely content complete and they're into the bug fixing and optimization phase.

 

[Heisenberg007]

Playground has been regularly losing staff for a while now.

 

[Clear]

Bad practices versus good practices. Guess who is doing the right thing.

Elden Ring And Armored Core 6 Were Made By Just 300 Devs

FromSoftware's development team is surprisingly small compared to the rest of the industry.

www.thegamer.com

Well it does depend on whether you're refining an established formula or starting out on trying something different from what you normally do.

Elden Ring was just another Souls' game they've been refining since 2006 or whenever Demon's started out. Details change but fundamentally its still basically the same game just larger and more elaborated than before.

 

[Skifi28]

Maybe their 18 month contract just expired.

 

[RoboFu]

I say good seems all that could have been responsible for this masterpiece of PR.