About
Playground Games is an award winning, AAA game development studio, established in 2010.
Bringing together some of the most talented and culturally diverse developers from the UK and abroad our mission is to create genre-defining video games for a global audience.
We are incredibly proud to be the creator and developer of the critically acclaimed and award-winning Forza Horizon series.
Today, Playground Games has three world-class studios in Leamington Spa. In our original HQ, we continue to grow and support the huge, vibrant Horizon community. In our two studios on the other side of town, we are excited to be developing Fable, a new beginning for the legendary franchise.
At Playground Games, we believe that diversity and inclusion fuels creativity.
We are dedicated to creating a safe, comfortable, and welcoming working environment.
We strive to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices of our team members. It drives our innovation and connects us closer to our players.
We are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion across age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
We recognise the importance of self-development, career progression, well-being and retention of our colleagues. We celebrate difference and welcome everyone to join us and to be themselves at work.
Initiatives to support women’s recruitment, retention and progression in STEM:
At Playground Games we recognise the importance of self-development, career progression, well-being and retention of our female and under-represented colleagues.
Gender Parity, Equity and Inclusion is incredibly important to our culture and way of working and we strive to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of our team members. This culture not only connects us closer to our players, so that we can design and create the best games for our diverse audience, it connects us closer to our employees so we can celebrate their great work and build their careers within gaming.
Playground Games invests in initiatives so we can support Women at Playground Games and Women looking to enter or career switch within STEM industries. These include:
- WISE Membership
- Inclusive Employers Membership
- Code First Girls Sponsorship
- Under-represented internship intiatives
- Four Employee Resource Groups (Women@PG, PRIDE@PG, People of Colour@PG, MIND@PG)
- Disability confident committed
- MHFAider Training
- D&I Training
- Neurodiversity Training
- Imposter Syndrome Training
- Menstruation & Menopause Awareness
- Awards and Recognition
- CIPD Level 7 – Leadership Training for Women
- Enhanced Maternity Pay & Parental Leave
- Flexible Working
- Reasonable Adjustments
- Duvet Days
- Mentorship/coaching (coming soon)
Why we joined WISE.
“We are incredibly proud to be the first gaming studio to become a member of WISE. We joined WISE to encourage women into the gaming industry so they can explore the amazing roles our entertainment field has to offer. Only with a diverse workforce can we truly be creative and innovative.”
Trevor Williams – Head of Studio
