Playground Games is launching the next instalment in the Forza Horizon franchise next year, and this time it’s set in Japan. While I was expecting Forza Horizon 6 to be announced during the Xbox Tokyo Game Show stream later today, the official Forza Horizon Instagram account revealed the news early in a teaser trailer this morning.
“The Horizon Festival is heading to Japan,” reads a description on the Instagram video, also confirming the 2026 release window. The teaser trailer also reveals that Forza Horizon 6 will be available on Xbox Game Pass, and as an Xbox Play Anywhere title.
The confirmation of a 2026 release window for Forza Horizon 6 means it’s a busy upcoming year for Xbox, and Playground Games in particular. Xbox chief Phil Spencer casually revealed earlier this year that the next Forza would arrive in 2026, and Forza Horizon 6 will also be joined by Gears of War: E-Day, a Halo CE remaster, and Playground Games’ Fable.
Forza Horizon 6 will debut a year after Microsoft released the previous instalment, Forza Horizon 5, on PS5. The four-year-old game topped Sony’s PlayStation store charts, and became one of the most popular PS5 games this year.
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