Maverick Games reveals its open-world driving game on June 2

Maverick Games — the independent studio founded in 2022 by former Forza Horizon 5 creative director Mike Brown — is revealing its AAA open-world action-driving game on June 2 at 11am BST. After months of teases and screenshots, the full announcement is finally here.

The studio spent the past week running a countdown livestream from inside a modified Fiat Multipla parked in its Leamington Spa office, dropping a handful of screenshots and clues about possible features and locations along the way. Earlier this year Amazon pulled out of its publishing deal with Maverick Games, but Brown moved quickly to reassure fans on social media that development was in good shape and the reveal was still coming.

Maverick Games was built from the ground up by Playground Games veterans. Brown brought along producer Tom Butcher, technical director Matt Craven, technical art director Gareth Harwood, audio director Fraser Stachan, and art director Ben Penrose. Back in January 2023 the studio confirmed it was building a premium open-world game for consoles and PC — and June 2 is when we finally find out what that actually looks like.