Located in Leamington Spa, Playground Games was founded in 2010 by a passionate group of former racing game developers from the likes of Codemasters, Bizarre Creations, and Criterion Games who wanted to utilise their experience to make a new
open world racing IP.
Releasing The Crew against the goliath that is Playground Games» superb
open world racer Forza Horizon 2 probably didn't help, either - asking players to choose between an established, reputable
racing franchise and a new unknown
IP with a silly name was never going to end well.