Forza Creator Dan Greenawalt to Retire From Microsoft After 27 Years

Dan Greenawalt, the man who pitched Forza Motorsport to Microsoft and founded Turn 10 Studios to build it, is retiring after almost 27 years with the company.

The combined studio is simply called Playground Games, split across two sites, Playground Games Leamington Spa and Playground Games Redmond.

Another Blow to Forza Motorsport’s Future To be clear, Microsoft still has not explicitly said Forza Motorsport is finished.

A Gran Turismo Fan Who Built the Competition Greenawalt’s relationship with Gran Turismo goes back further than most people realize.

Speaking at E3 2009, a few months before Forza Motorsport 3 launched, Greenawalt told interviewers he was a GT fan first.