Microsoft is merging its two Forza racing studios into one team, according to The Verge. Playground Games, known for Forza Horizon, and Turn 10 Studios, the developer behind Forza Motorsport, will now operate as a single studio within Xbox.
The combined studio's focus will be on the Forza Horizon series and Fable. The change is part of a broader restructuring of Xbox, though the report does not specify what other areas of the business are affected.
This consolidation brings together two teams that have historically worked on separate branches of the Forza franchise. With one studio overseeing both, Microsoft appears to be streamlining its racing game development under a unified leadership structure.