{"id":13692,"date":"2026-06-02T02:14:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T02:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextlevelnews.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/06\/02\/maverick-games-new-open-world-driving-game-will-be-revealed-in-under-12-hours\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T02:14:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T02:14:03","slug":"maverick-games-new-open-world-driving-game-will-be-revealed-in-under-12-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextlevelnews.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/06\/02\/maverick-games-new-open-world-driving-game-will-be-revealed-in-under-12-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"Maverick Games\u2019 New Open-World Driving Game Will Be Revealed in Under 12 Hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"article-page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/2026\/06\/02\/maverick-games-unannounced-1780366327702.png\" \/>\n<section data-transform=\"mobile-ad-break\"><\/section>\n<p>Independent studio Maverick Games, founded by former Forza Horizon 5 creative director Mike Brown, will finally be revealing its new AAA open-world action-driving game on June 2, at 11am London BST (6am EDT \/ 3am PDT \/ 8pm AEST).<\/p>\n<p>The Maverick Games team has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kAlw9rQLxFw\"><u>hosting a countdown livestream over the past week<\/u><\/a> from within a modified Fiat Multipla that has been placed inside the Leamington Spa-based studio. The team has revealed a small series of screenshots to date, along with several clues relating to possible features and a potential location. <\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"slideshow\" data-slug=\"maverick-games-untitled-driving-game-first-screenshots\" data-value=\"maverick-games-untitled-driving-game-first-screenshots\" data-type=\"slug\" data-caption=\"\"><\/section>\n<p>Earlier this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/amazon-backs-out-of-publishing-open-world-driving-game-from-ex-forza-horizon-developers\"><u>Amazon backed out of the publishing deal it had with Maverick Games for its untitled racer<\/u><\/a>. Fortunately, this didn\u2019t prove to be the end of the road for the project, with <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FlawlessC0wboy\/status\/2026643576575218055\"><u>Brown quickly confirming on social media<\/u><\/a> that development was continuing to progress strongly and that the game\u2019s announcement was still coming.<\/p>\n<p>Maverick Games was founded in 2022 following the departure of a number of staff from Forza Horizon developer Playground Games. At that time, former Forza Horizon 5 creative director Mike Brown was joined by producer Tom Butcher, technical director Matt Craven, technical art director Gareth Harwood, audio director Fraser Stachan, and art director Ben Penrose. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/several-forza-horizon-developers-leave-playground-games-and-xbox-to-form-new-studio\"><u>It was revealed in January 2023<\/u><\/a> that the team was working on a \u201cpremium open-world game for consoles and PC.\u201d<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"divider\"><\/section>\n<p><em>Luke is a Senior Editor on the IGN reviews team. You can track him down on Bluesky @mrlukereilly to ask him things about stuff.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independent studio Maverick Games, founded by former Forza Horizon 5 creative director Mike Brown, will finally be revealing its new AAA open-world action-driving game on June 2, at 11am London BST (6am EDT \/ 3am PDT \/ 8pm AEST). 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