Dan Greenawalt, the Turn 10 co-founder and one of the creators of the Forza series, is leaving Xbox after almost 27 years at Microsoft.

This analysis lays out what outlets have reported, what remains unconfirmed, and what the exit could mean for Forza Motorsport, Forza Horizon and Xbox’s broader platform strategy.

Notebookcheck and Mezha both count eight Forza Motorsport games under Greenawalt’s studio, and Mezha says they spanned four Xbox console generations.

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He stays on as an adviser to Playground Games studio head Trevor Williams and new COO Michel Bastien, per the reports.