{"id":15697,"date":"2026-10-29T17:22:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T17:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextlevelnews.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/10\/29\/forza-motorsport-director-and-turn-10-boss-dan-greenawalt-retiring-from-microsoft-after-27-years\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T17:22:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T17:22:00","slug":"forza-motorsport-director-and-turn-10-boss-dan-greenawalt-retiring-from-microsoft-after-27-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextlevelnews.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/10\/29\/forza-motorsport-director-and-turn-10-boss-dan-greenawalt-retiring-from-microsoft-after-27-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Forza Motorsport Director and Turn 10 Boss Dan Greenawalt Retiring From Microsoft After 27 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"article-page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/2026\/10\/29\/forzamotorsport-2023-blog-1696401871647-1793294503886.jpg\" \/>\n<section data-transform=\"mobile-ad-break\"><\/section>\n<p>Dan Greenawalt, a 27-year Microsoft employee who helped build Turn 10 Studios from scratch and directed eight Forza Motorsport games spanning all four Xbox console generations, is retiring from Microsoft, according to a new report.<\/p>\n<p>The Verge&#8217;s Tom Warren <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/1022023\/microsoft-exit-offer-layoffs-notepad?view_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6IlpXOHJMZkJnSUkiLCJwIjoiL3RlY2gvMTAyMjAyMy9taWNyb3NvZnQtZXhpdC1vZmZlci1sYXlvZmZzLW5vdGVwYWQiLCJleHAiOjE3OTM3MjE2NDEsImlhdCI6MTc5MzI4OTY0MX0.wCf7-pB2FKDb15SlyEUMxDHkJ2eJJl5Pp-tLwSSYoBI&amp;utm_medium=gift-link\">reports<\/a> that he&#8217;s seen an internal memo that confirms Greenawalt&#8217;s departure. \u201cDan Greenawalt has decided that this is the right time for him to retire from Microsoft,\u201d said Playground Games studio head Trevor Williams. Playground, who develops the Forza Horizon franchise, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/confirmed-microsoft-hands-halo-to-call-of-duty-developer-activision-as-part-of-huge-xbox-studios-shakeup\">merged<\/a> with Greenawalt&#8217;s Turn 10 last month as part of Xbox&#8217;s ongoing &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/xbox-reportedly-planning-significant-layoffs-budget-cuts-for-marketing-and-more\">reset<\/a>.&#8221; <\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"ignvideo\" data-slug=\"forza-motorsport-video-review\" data-loop=\"\"><\/section>\n<p>Williams added, in part, &#8220;It\u2019s hard to overstate Dan\u2019s impact over the past 27 years. From shipping Project Gotham Racing on the original Xbox in 2001 to leading the creation of Forza, founding Turn 10 Studios and appearing so many times on our E3 stage, usually making a dramatic entrance with a supercar in tow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, it looks as though 2023&#8217;s Forza Motorsport, which was meant to be a platform of sorts that would be evolved and added onto, might be the last Motorsport game for the foreseeable future, if ever, after layoffs hit Turn 10 last year and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/forza-motorsport-team-is-no-more-former-developer-claims-with-remaining-turn-10-staff-left-to-support-the-horizon-side\">reportedly<\/a> relegated the remaining team to support duty on the highly profitable Forza Horizon. 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