Forza Horizon 6 Launches in May, and It Looks Like Gundam Will Be Involved

Microsoft has confirmed the merchandise day of Forza Horizon 6 during today's Xbox Developer Direct livestream — and there's lone a fewer months to spell earlier you'll beryllium getting down the instrumentality erstwhile again.

Forza Horizon 6 volition motorboat for PC and Xbox Series X/S connected May 19, with aboriginal entree from May 15 for anyone who pays for the game's Premium Edition. The game's PlayStation 5 mentation is expected to get astatine a aboriginal day — though we inactive don't cognize erstwhile exactly.

As announced past year, Forza Horizon 6 volition beryllium acceptable successful Japan — a determination that has agelong been connected the wishlist of galore Forza fans. Amusingly, the mounting was spoiled up of clip by a real-life car import institution connected to the crippled — which, if thing else, showed that the improvement unit astatine Playground Games had been engaged doing its homework.

Gameplay shown contiguous revealed that you'll initially play arsenic a rookie racer who's conscionable a tourer successful Japan. You'll besides beryllium joined by 2 adjacent friends, passionate motorsports enthusiast Jordy and experienced Japanese car builder Mei, who'll springiness you an insider’s position connected your journey.

Pick up wristbands and emergence up the ranks, and you'll soon beryllium connected your mode astir Japan — from its breathtaking agrarian mountains to the bosom of Tokyo. 550 cars volition beryllium disposable in-game astatine motorboat — the astir for immoderate caller Forza Horizon crippled — including the game's screen cars, the 2025 GR GT Prototype and the 2025 Toyota Land Cruiser.

A large caller summation is the Estate — a ample crippled of onshore successful the mountains you tin physique up from scratch, placing buildings, roads, and invitation your friends successful for a tour. The extremity of today's showing revealed the briefest tease of a hulking Gundam — though that was each we got to spot for now.

Forza x Gundam?

Playground Games creation manager Don Arceta and taste advisor Kyoko Yamashita spoke with IGN past twelvemonth to sermon the determination to yet nonstop the bid to Japan, and however Forza Horizon 6's Tokyo City volition astir apt beryllium the "most analyzable and intricate abstraction of drivable country successful a Horizon crippled yet."

Today's Xbox Developer Direct besides includes caller details connected Fable, the phantasy reboot besides being made by Forza Horizon developer Playground Games. Be definite to cheque our roundup of everything announced successful the Xbox Developer Direct to drawback up connected the afloat show.

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