{
  "id": 17534129,
  "title": "Forza co-creator Dan Greenawalt is reportedly leaving Microsoft",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/forza-co-creator-dan-greenawalt-is-reportedly-leaving-microsoft",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-01T04:05:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PC Gamer",
    "slug": "pc-gamer",
    "url": "https://www.pcgamer.com/games/racing/forza-co-creator-dan-greenawalt-is-reportedly-leaving-microsoft/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Dan Greenawalt, co-creator of the popular Forza Motorsport game series and studio head of Turn 10, reportedly plans to retire after 27 years at Microsoft. This decision, as per an internal memo from Trevor Williams of Playground Games, comes at a time when Microsoft aims to merge Turn 10 and Playground Studios into one entity as part of a broader restructuring. Williams revealed that Greenawalt will continue to serve as an adviser during the transition period. Microsoft announced its plans to merge these two studios, along with Obsidian, in September, and also stated that 268 employees will be laid off as part of these changes. Turn 10 had already been transformed into a support studio for Playground's Forza Horizon following the 2023 reboot of Forza Motorsport. Former developer Fred Russell had previously noted that the Motorsport series had suffered significant cuts at Microsoft.",
  "summary": "Another nail in Motorsport's coffin.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}