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As well as the obvious racing game experience of the Playground devs (along with other devs who’ve worked onopen-world gameslikeSea of ThievesandCyberpunk 2077), the untitled driving game is mixing in an element that Brown and team feel reckon will set it apart: a closer focus on its story and characters, with what Brown describes as a “human connection”.
“Lots of great driving games have amazing gameplay, amazing content,”saidBrown. “But to really cross that bridge, to become a game that people genuinely love, then there needs to be that human connection where you’re actually rooting for these characters, falling in love with these characters.
“That, I think, is a place where our game will be able to really differentiate itself from the other titles in the genre. There’s nothing about this genre that prevents it from having amazing characters and amazing stories - it’s just not really been explored yet.”
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Maverick is now up to more than 60 devs from the ten or so that founded it back in 2022, and hasinked a fresh dealwith Amazon Games to publish their debut “AAA” racing game across PC and consoles - making it Amazon’s latest game after the likes of MMOsNew WorldandLost Ark, withCrystal Dynamics’ next Tomb Raider gameanda Lord of the Rings MMOalso in the works. Brown, for his part, claims that Amazon have backed the team’s efforts to “foster an environment of creativity and risk-taking”.
