Following the first video last October, the Women of Xbox UK group has once again brought together women from across Xbox to discuss their experiences in the games industry. Celebrating International Women’s Day and reflecting this year’s theme of #ChooseToChallenge, this edition of Women of Xbox UK features Louise O’Connor (Everwild Executive Producer, Rare) in…
Read moreWe’re happy to report that yet again the annual Playground Games BBQ saw sunshine and smiles! This year the BBQ was held at Primrose Hill Farm in Arlescote, just under half an hour away from our Leamington Spa studio. The farm is located on the Oxfordshire and Warwickshire border and is formed of a…
READ MOREBlood, sweat, mud and a lot of money raised for SpecialEffect! A week ago, on June 4th, twenty of the Playground team completed the Wolf Run on the Stanford Hall Estate in Leicestershire. The Wolf Run is a ten-kilometer course through dense woodland, along intricate trails, wading through rivers and swimming across lakes. This is…
READ MOREOne of the most prestigious awards within the video game industry, and hosted annually in Los Angeles, and this year we were nominated for the Best Sports / Racing Award. The awards took place last night and we are thrilled to have won, beating stiff competition from FIFA 17, NBA 2K17, Pro Evolution Soccer 2017…
READ MOREWith the imminent release of Forza Horizon 3 it seems fitting we run a competition to win a copy of Forza Horizon 3. Tweet us a caption for the below screenshot from Forza Horizon 3 The best caption, judged by the Playground design team, wins a digital code for Forza Horizon 3…
READ MOREFollowing the runaway success of PokemonGo, Xbox UK mocked up what some of the upcoming Xbox releases might look like in ‘GO’ form. Intrigued, we encouraged adopting the #ForzaGo hashtag on Twitter. The aim is simple – see an amazing car, take a photo, and tweet it with a #ForzaGo hashtag. There have been some…
READ MOREIn June we announced Forza Horizon 3 at E3, to critical and popular acclaim. We left Los Angeles with 39 awards, including the coveted Game Critics Award for Best Racing Game of E3. Our team are currently hard at work ensuring that our third title will also be our best yet, and we can’t wait…
READ MOREE3 was crazy! Forza Horizon 3 was the second game shown on stage at the Xbox Briefing, right after a little game called Gears of War 4… Our Creative Director, Ralph Fulton, took to the stage and announced Forza Horizon 3 to the world following months of speculation from fans and press. That kick-started an…
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