Xbox has confirmed that Forza Horizon 6 will nonetheless be coming to PlayStation 5 later this 12 months.
When the sport was initially introduced final 12 months, Xbox confirmed that it might be coming to Xbox Collection X/S and PC at launch, with a PS5 launch coming “post-launch”.
Since then, nonetheless, Xbox has undergone main adjustments in each administration and technique, ditching its obvious plan to make all future releases multi-platform and as a substitute deciding exclusivity on a game-by-game foundation.
This led some to fret that the PS5 model of Forza Horizon 6 to be both scrapped or delayed, although Xbox dedicated on the time to all beforehand introduced multiplatform releases continuing as deliberate.
Now, as developer Playground Video games prepares its subsequent main replace for the sport, it has been reiterated that it’s going to nonetheless be coming to PlayStation 5 consoles earlier than the 12 months’s finish.
“When you’re planning your journey to Uncover Japan on PlayStation 5, keep tuned,” a press release on the sport’s official web site reads. “Forza Horizon 6 will likely be releasing on PS5 later this 12 months, and you may add the sport to your Wishlist on the PlayStation Retailer to be notified of availability.”
The sport’s subsequent main replace, which has a British Automotive theme, launches on Thursday, September 10 and can add a brand new everlasting race sort, Drift Assault, that are just like Drift Zones however characteristic particular factors on the observe to float alongside for further factors.
The discharge of Forza Horizon 6 on PS5 will likely be an necessary one for Microsoft, provided that Forza Horizon 5 – which got here to PS5 greater than 4 years after its authentic Xbox launch – reportedly offered greater than 5 million copies on Sony‘s console alone.
VGC’s Forza Horizon 6 overview known as it “an important racing sport”, and mentioned developer Playground Video games had outdone itself.
“Forza Horizon 5 was already an distinctive racing sport, however Forza Horizon 6 takes the whole lot up a notch to ship an much more partaking, entertaining and all-encompassing expertise,” we mentioned.
“There’s an absolute wealth of racing, exploring and gathering to do right here, and that’s earlier than the inevitable live-service updates begin including much more content material. Few video games are as important as this.”
