Maverick Games, the independent studio founded by former Forza Horizon creative director Mike Brown, will host a gameplay deep dive livestream for its debut title Clutch on Thursday, June 25, at 9:00 am PT.
Clutch is an open-world racing game set in Monaco and the French Riviera, following two siblings, Theo and Cass Martial, as they compete against rival drivers across both the prestigious R1K professional circuit and the underground Midnight Collective racing scene.
Maverick Games to Host Clutch Gameplay Deep Dive Livestream on June 25
In the upcoming stream, studio founder and creative director Mike Brown will be joined by Art Director Ben Penrose to deliver the first public look at live gameplay since the game’s reveal last month.
The stream will cover Clutch’s cinematic narrative and cast, the speed of its R1K pro circuit, the style-driven underground racing of the Midnight Collective, and the chaos of its race-and-chase heist sequences.
Maverick Games describes the world as a PvPvE environment, blending handcrafted missions with emergent, spontaneous gameplay events. The story sees these two worlds collide when the protagonist becomes entangled in the darker side of the racing scene after running into trouble and needing a fixer to get out of it.
Vehicles in Clutch can be customized extensively both inside and out, built on Maverick’s proprietary physics engine running on Unreal Engine 5. The studio has positioned customization as a core pillar of experience, with players able to build distinctive, one-of-one cars that reflect personal style as much as raw performance. It will be interesting to see how much customization Clutch will offer because at this point, only Need for Speed is brave enough to offer proper car customization, and currently, we do not know when the next title in the franchise will come out.
Clutch’s story was written by Jamie Brittain, co-creator of the British TV series Skins, with a voice cast that includes Jane Perry, Peter Serafinowicz, Tosin Cole, Little Simz, and Grégory Montel. Amazon Games originally backed the project, though that publishing deal fell through earlier this year following Amazon’s wider pullback from its games business. Maverick has continued development independently since, retaining the rights to the game.
Clutch Gameplay Deepdive livestream key facts:
- Who: Maverick Games – Mike Brown – Studio Founder and Creative Director, and Ben Penrose – Art Director and Studio Co-Founder
- What: First look at live gameplay of Clutch, including an introduction to the game’s cinematic narrative and its star-studded cast, the speed of the R1K pro circuit, the style of the underground street racing of the Midnight Collective and the high-speed race-and-chase chaos of heists.
- When: Thursday, June 25, at 12:00 am ET / 9:00 am PT
- Tune-in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZt0bg6EMDU
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