Turn 10 and Playground Games Are Being Merged as Bethesda Takes Obsidian Under Its Wing
Microsoft's studio reshuffle is not merely reducing headcount; it is rebuilding the organisational chart with the enthusiasm of somebody who has just discovered drag-and-drop. Playground Games and Turn 10 are being combined into a single studio organisation responsible for both Forza and Fable. Meanwhile, Bethesda's publishing remit is expanding to include Obsidian Entertainment, while King will take responsibility for Microsoft Casual Games. Obsidian is continuing its existing projects and, interestingly, is also working with Bethesda Game Studios on a new Fallout project. That final detail will inevitably generate approximately seventeen years of internet speculation before Microsoft actually explains what it means. The Playground-Turn 10 combination makes a certain amount of practical sense because the two developers have long shared the Forza universe, although Playground's forthcoming Fable means the combined organisation will hardly be a one-franchise racing factory. The wider pattern is clear: Microsoft is replacing a sprawling collection of relatively independent studios with larger publishing and operational clusters. That should theoretically simplify management and resource sharing. Whether it preserves the individual cultures that made those studios attractive acquisitions in the first place is the more interesting question. Efficiency is easy to put into PowerPoint. Making Forza, Fallout and Fable memorable remains the slightly harder part.
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