Former Forza Horizon creatives at Maverick Games are finally preparing to reveal their first project ahead of Sony's "State of Play"

Maverick Games Logo (Image credit: Maverick Games | Twitter)

For those unaware (and I’ll admit I was too), new studio Maverick Games was formed by former Playground Games creative director Mike Brown alongside other senior developers from the Forza Horizon series.

The team is currently working on its own game and has now teased on X (formerly Twitter), that a trailer reveal is coming soon ahead of Sony’s State of Play, which is set for June 2, 2026, at 2 p.m. PT / 5 p.m. ET / 10 p.m. BST, now to be clear, the team are revealing their game on the same day, not that it will be at the State of Play.

For those unfamiliar with Mike Brown, he started work at Playground Games on Forza Horizon 2 before eventually working his way up to Creative Director on Forza Horizon 5. He later left Playground Games and went on to form Maverick Games in January 2023 alongside several other senior developers from the Forza Horizon series.

So far, the studio has yet to release a game, though they were previously partnered with Amazon Games before going independent earlier this year.

Currently, Maverick Games is developing a AAA “narrative-led” open-world racing game, written by Jamie Brittain, according to VGC. It’s easy to draw parallels here, as an open-world racing game does sound quite familiar to what many have come to expect from the Forza Horizon series.

That series recently released its sixth entry, set in Japan, which has since become the highest-rated game released so far this year on Metacritic. It has also topped Xbox’s most-played charts, beating long-running giants like Call of Duty.

Honestly, with how good Forza Horizon 6 has been, I’m all for more games in a similar vein. More games in any genre or series help breed competition, which, believe it or not, is good for the industry.

With that said, and my thoughts out of the way, let me know what you think. Are you excited to see what Maverick Games reveals, or not? Let me know in the comments, and be sure to take part in our poll.

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