[Consol Games] From Forza Horizon to a franchise that redefines the genre: the new studio of one of the founders of Playground Games bets big

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With several decades of experience in driving titles, Gavin Raeburn looks to continue taking the genre to new heights of quality.

It's not a secret. At 3DJuegos we love the Forza Horizon saga. There we have the masterpiece that we awarded to its latest installment, Forza Horizon 5. With this release, its authors once again demonstrated their mastery when it comes to offering worlds in which to get lost while driving. And possibly they will do it again in future developments, but one of the founders of the studio, Gavin Raeburn, who left the company in 2022 after staying there for 12 years, will no longer be there.

But industry veterans like him don't sit still for long and Raeburn, as well as several former Playground and other UK studios, have founded Lighthouse Games.

"I'm delighted that 30 colleagues and other industry heavyweights have chosen to join me at Lighthouse Games. With Horizon, Playground and I created one of the most successful Xbox franchises of all time. We've built on their marketing and commercial successes. critical installment to installment. [...] That DNA now lives on at Lighthouse, and with it we have the clear intention of making something truly special, where we can pour all of our experience into building a genre-defining franchise."

Lighthouse Games is the second triple-A studio created by former Playground staff this year, VGC recalls. There are no more details about this video game, but based on his words, it seems clear that he will continue to bet on car culture as a base. However, before joining Playground Games, Gavin Raeburn had a long career at Codemasters, participating in different installments of DiRT, GRID and Formula 1.

 

The analysis of Forza Horizon 5
FH5 hit the stores at the end of 2021 getting a huge po[CENSORED]r clamor from the audience very soon. This is how we value it in the analysis of Forza Horizon 5 by 3DJuegos: "The definitive Forza Horizon. The most complete of the entire franchise." A new Forza is expected for this season, but this time from the original saga.

 

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