Playground Games Opens Third Studio - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 August 2024 / 1,970 Views
Playground Games, the UK-based developer, has opened up a third studio, according to the LinkedIn page for the developer.
"Today, Playground has three world-class studios in Leamington Spa," reads the About tab. "In our original HQ, we continue to support and grow the huge, vibrant Horizon community. In our new studios on the other side of town, we are excited to be developing Fable, a new beginning for the legendary franchise."
The first two studios for Playground Games are based in Leamington Spa, while it isn't known where the the new third studio is located.
Playground Games is currently developing Fable for the Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Xbox Game Pass. It will launch in 2025.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Good to see there are places that's still hiring
Not everywhere workers are getting fired
Could be good. We will see. I don't play the Horizon titles but they have their quality, Fable hope it does well. I get the general design of Horizon but not enough to comment on it.
Turn 10 to me have disappointed since 2013, just misstep after misstep of some design decisions I don't find fun in the games from 5 to 7 and 2023 as well just doesn't look fun, or play fun.
Just cars isn't enough, the modes in prior games even 5 to 7 were better of variety and use cases for the characters not just 'wow races'......... Even if 1 & 2's region mode is done to a good degree in Ride 4, the game that wants to be Forza with bikes and succeeds, or the Ride 2 to Forza Motorsport 6 cutscenes were weird.
The variety of a guided experience in Forza Motorsport 3 & 4 or the event list to just pick ANYTHING. Something later games want to push progression but in the least fun way possible. So the fact 3 & 4 have progression that works and openness shows it's possible.
So many things can be done with cars as characters on all fours can. Yet pushing brands and making generic games instead. That and reusing assets and obvious details people notice because fans aren't stupid when it comes to reflections or car models especially GT5 & 6 premium and standard cars.
I hope Playground expand with more possibilities.
It's nice to see that Playground is expanding. Hopefully they can keep the quality just as high outside of racing games.
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