Benefits Will “Trickle-Down” to Xbox One and PC
Playground Games has started development on a new project and revealed some new info about their focus. According to an interview with Digital Foundry on Forza Horizon 3, they revealed that Xbox One X will be the reference platform for the new project.
Everyone knows Playground for their remarkable work on the Forza Horizon series, and as of yet, they haven’t revealed their next project. It seems, however, that the third-party studio is working for Microsoft. What’s more, the next game will utilize the mad power of the Xbox One X. In fact, it may become one of the first Xbox One exclusives built to optimally mirror the specs.
In talking about the Xbox One X, Playground said the following:
“We are obviously beginning development on a new unannounced title right now. And the development platform for that game is Xbox One X, which is great for us, and ultimately for the players in a number of ways. First of all, it’s great to develop for, it’s incredibly powerful, it has more memory than we’ve ever had. So it’s a great piece of kit to be developing your game on. And the easier and faster you can develop, the more things you can get done.”
Keeping true to Microsoft’s promise, however, the devs will not forget development for Xbox One or PC. In focusing on X, they believe the benefits will “trickle-down” to other platforms.
“I definitely think that during development, we see trickle-down benefits to other platforms we develop for, such as the Xbox One, or even PC. And I think that comes from the standardized unified test tools we are working on,”
Info thus far indicates that Playground is working on an open-world RPG. Rumors say Fable IV. Either way, there’s no denying that an open-world RPG developed by an acclaimed studio will work wonders on Microsoft’s powerful console. Stay tuned for updates on the project as they arrive.
Happy gaming.