Amazon Walks Away from Open World Racing Game from Ex-Forza Horizon Devs 1

Amazon Game Studios is dropping its involvement with Maverick Games, a studio that's been busy making a brand new, open world racing game.

According to a report from The Game Business, the company will no longer be publishing the title, which has yet to be formally revealed.

However, that doesn't mean the game is cancelled; Maverick is still "deep in development" on the project and is now seeking a new partner.

Maverick Games is a UK-based studio established in 2022 by racing game veterans, including co-founder Mike Brown, who used to be creative director on the Forza Horizon series.

In a statement, Amazon says it has "tremendous respect" for the team, and that ending its publishing agreement "allows Maverick Games the flexibility to find a publishing partner whose strategic priorities are better aligned with bringing their game to market."

This comes following the announcement that Amazon's online game King of Meat will soon be shutting down. It seems the company is seriously reducing its focus on games — although it seems Tomb Raider is safe.

"We’re grateful to Amazon Games for their partnership and collaboration," say Brown and Maverick studio head Harinder Sangha. "Development of our debut title continues to progress as strongly as planned. We’re in active dialogue with partners who share our long-term ambition for the IP and look forward to sharing more later this year."

Hopefully it won't be too much longer before we learn more about this game, as there's definitely potential for something quite exciting here. Fingers crossed the team can find a suitable publisher in due course.

[source thegamebusiness.com]