Focus Entertainment Publishing announced a partnership with Maverick Games for racing game CLUTCH, slated for Spring 2027

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On Aug 24, 2026, Focus Entertainment Publishing, a subsidiary of Pullup Entertainment, announced a publishing partnership with Maverick Games, an independent developer, for the racing game CLUTCH. The release said CLUTCH was scheduled for release in Spring 2027 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. It described the agreement as strengthening Focus Entertainment's portfolio with its first entry into the open-world racing space.1^,2^,3^,4

The release described CLUTCH as putting players inside the double life of racing outsiders: professional motorsport at the highest level by day, a dangerous underground racing world by night. It said the game would pair an original story by Jamie Brittain, co-creator of Skins, with deep vehicle customisation.5^,6

The release described Maverick Games as an independent studio based in Royal Leamington Spa, UK, founded in 2022 by Mike Brown, former creative director of Forza Horizon 5. Vincent Chataignier, deputy chief executive officer of Focus Entertainment Publishing, said Brown and his team were regarded as among the defining creative voices in the racing genre, and that CLUTCH embodied exactly the creative ambition Focus wanted to champion. Brown, the studio's founder and chief executive, said Maverick was founded to build the open-world racing experience its team had dreamed about for years, and that Focus shared the studio's creative bar and its ambition for CLUTCH.7^,8^,9

The AMF, France's financial markets regulator, lists the release, which carries Pullup's name, as inside information: news a listed company must publish as soon as it can because it may move its share price. The release described Pullup as running two publishing divisions, Focus Entertainment Publishing and Dotemu, and four development studios, Dovetail Games, Deck13, Blackmill Games and Carpool Studio, plus an audiovisual structure.10^,11^,12

We hold the text of this one release, in English, on 2 pages. The text we hold does not state financial terms for the agreement, such as a fee or the length of the partnership, and we hold no document that it refers to, such as a presentation.13^,14