In an interview with
Kiziko, Shane Kim (boss over at Microsoft Game Studios) gave a fairly big hint that the next iteration of the Project Gotham series, developed up till now by Bizarre Creations would be developed by Forza creators, Turn 10.
Kikizo: One thing I am hoping that you can speak to, since I am a fan of Gotham - obviously the IP stays with you but Bizarre has moved on now, what do you think the future of that franchise might be?
Kim: That's a great question, you know, we have a great internal racing studio in Turn 10, the creators of Forza Motorsport. And our goal is to roll the studio so that they can do more creative execution within the racing space. So you can imagine a future where they would develop a new version of Project Gotham Racing. We don't have anything concrete there, and I do think that after four versions of PGR, it's really important for us to take a fresh creative approach to it and to really think about what we want the next version of PGR to be if we do that.
What could this mean for the franchise? Well for a series so routed in providing a tight arcade experience and Forza 2 displaying some of the most incredible driving physics ever seen it's hard to see what could go wrong. Between this and Forza 3, racing fans could have a lot to look forward to on the 360.
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