Microsoft has confirmed that Playground Games' co-founder and lead developer, Gavin Raeburn, has resigned from his position as director after spending over a decade at the helm of the award-winning studio.
What's next for Gavin Raeburn?
Raeburn helped co-founded Playground Games back in 2009 alongside Trevor Williams and Ralph Fulton. Since then, the trio has led Playground to the creation of five award-winning games starting with 2012's Forza Horizon. Raeburn, in particular, is widely credited as one of the bright minds behind the Forza Horizon series of games, which many consider as the best racing game of all time.
Forza fans don't need to worry though. Gavin's replacement, Williams, is just as capable, and was one of the original co-founders of Playground Games.
Raeburn's departure comes as a bit of a surprise following the success of Forza Horizon 5. The game set the record for the most number of users for Xbox Game Studios. Not to mention, as Forza Horizon 4 before it, the game is scheduled to receive a constant stream of updates and new content over the next year or two.
