Forza Horizon 6 gained’t be on PlayStation 5 at launch.
The newly introduced driving recreation which can see the sequence head to Japan, was introduced this week.
Whereas no gameplay was proven from the racer, it’s deliberate for launch on Xbox and PC subsequent yr. The sport can even come to PS5, nevertheless, it’s now been confirmed that it gained’t be on the identical time that Xbox and PC gamers get to play.
A be aware on the backside of the Xbox Wire put up reads: “Forza Horizon 6 will launch first on Xbox consoles and PC in 2026. With the thrill for this franchise on different platforms, Playground Video games and Flip 10 Studios are additionally working collectively to carry Forza Horizon 6 to PlayStation 5 post-launch.”
This has come as a shock to some gamers as a result of Microsoft‘s latest cross-platform coverage. Doom: The Darkish Ages confirmed up on PS5 concurrently the opposite variations. The Outer Worlds 2 can be deliberate for a day-and-date launch on Xbox and PlayStation.
Following its launch in November 2021, Microsoft claimed Forza Horizon 5 had loved the largest launch in Xbox historical past on the time, with greater than 10 million gamers in its first week.
Earlier this yr, the sport was launched on PlayStation 5, the place it shortly turned a large hit for Microsoft.
Forza Horizon 6 is due in 2026.
The sport will characteristic each rural and concrete components of Japan, in line with artwork director Don Arc period chatting with the official Xbox Wire weblog.
“Whereas we’re not saying an excessive amount of when it comes to element proper now, we’re excited to indicate followers the true breadth of magnificence – each pure and concrete environments – that Japan has to supply,” he stated.
“From the neon lights and towering buildings of Tokyo Metropolis – one in every of our most detailed and layered environments so far – to the serenity and pure fantastic thing about Japan’s rural and mountain areas, we expect gamers shall be blown away by the open world of Japan that we have now constructed.
“And whereas we’re not essentially making an attempt to recreate Japan and its environments like for like, our objective has at all times been to seize the nation’s distinctive cultural essence and current it again in probably the most Horizon method attainable.”
VGC’s Forza Horizon 5 overview known as the racer “the primary important recreation of the technology”.
“Forza Horizon 5 is the most effective recreation within the sequence and the most effective Xbox Sequence X/S recreation so far,” we wrote. “Its flawless racing and wealth of actions are backed up by a stunning setting and a implausible new development system which inspires gamers to deal with the options they get pleasure from most. Totally important.”
