Tag: Forza Horizon
News Forza Horizon Dev Throws Shade After Being Ignored For The Game Awards 2024
Should FH5 have been nominated?
Yesterday brought us the official nominations for The Game Awards 2024, which includes 11 Xbox-owned games in all, but none of them are Forza Horizon 5 - and the game's social media team are clearly a bit annoyed by that fact! Taking to Twitter just after the the announcement, they made it clear that Forza Horizon 5...
News Xbox Dev Playground Games Opens Another Studio To Work On Fable
Now three in total!
For a while now, we've known that Xbox-owned developer Playground Games has been working on Forza Horizon and Fable simultaneously - and now the team has revealed that the Fable side of the studio is really ramping up. Spotted on LinkedIn, the Playground Games bio now states that three studios are operating at the British...
News Amazon Games Will Be Publishing New 'AAA Open-World' Title Made By Former Forza Devs
Maverick Games has secured a publisher
Back in January 2023 we heard the news that several lead developers on Forza Horizon 5 were splitting off to make their own studio, and now that studio has struck a publishing deal for its first title. Amazon Games will be partnering with the team on this project - currently known to be an "open world, AAA,...
News Forza Horizon 5 New Content Update Revealed, Here's What's Included
New European cars, dinosaurs props and more
Forza Horizon 5 is still cruising along with Playground Games regularly adding new content updates to the game. The next one arriving this week gives racers access to 12 new European cars, unlocks all classes in the Rally Adventure DLC, adds six dinosaur props in Eventlab, and much more. Here's the full...
Talking Point Is Forza The Best Racing Franchise Of All Time?
Or do you think something beats it?
Ready for October? It's almost time for the next big first-party release in the Xbox calendar, and that's Forza Motorsport! The game releases in early access on Thursday, followed by the full Xbox Game Pass launch five days later. Before we get to all the reviews and the impressions of this l
News Forza Horizon 5 Gets A Free 'EventLab 2.0' Update Next Week
Includes the brand new location EventLab Island
The Forza Horizon 5 community was already doing all sorts of amazing things with the game's EventLab creator tool, but next week it's getting a free upgrade with the rollout of EventLab 2.0 on 12th September. This new and improved version of the tool features improvements such as multi-select, custom...
News Forza Horizon 1 & 2 Are Shutting Their Servers On Xbox This August
Due to a "very small player population"
It's the end of an era for the first two Forza Horizon games! Both titles will be shutting their online servers this August, with Turn 10 Studios explaining that they each have a "very small player population" and the focus is now on "current games". This means that as of August 22nd, 2023, you'll no longer...
News Forza Horizon 5's 'High Performance' Content Update Races Onto Xbox Next Week
A new series begins
In the latest episode of Forza Monthly, Playground Games discussed the Forza Horizon 5 series update, starting next week on 25th April. As part of this, there'll be a new 'High Performance' content update, coming a few days later on 27th April. To cut to the chase, High Performance will add a "permanent race oval" to the Horizon...
Review Forza Horizon 5 Rally Adventure - A Love Letter To Rally
Eat dirt in this latest expansion
Rally has played a significant role in the automotive industry over the years, and Forza Horizon 5 is now acknowledging this important history (and the many rally games over the past few decades) in its latest ‘Rally Adventure’ expansion. Surprisingly, this isn’t the first time there’s been a rally add-on...
News Forza Horizon Veterans Working On 'Genre-Defining Franchise' With New AAA Studio
"We intend to build something truly special"
It's been announced today that Playground Games (Forza Horizon) co-founder Gavin Raeburn has assembled a "veteran team" to form a new AAA games studio called "Lighthouse Games", currently working on an unannounced IP. The team actually includes 30 former colleagues of Raeburn's, including "key founding...
News Forza Horizon 5 To Honor Rally Icon Ken Block With Tribute Video & Special In-Game Content
Calls on community's photos, clips & video
2023 didn't get off to the best start in the racing community - with the loss of the legendary rally and Hoonigan driver Ken Block in a snowmobile accident. Not only was he a huge part of car culture, but he also had an impact on many video games over the years including the Forza series. Now, in honor of...
News Forza Teams Pay Respects To Legendary Rally Driver Ken Block
"You will be missed, Ken"
It is an incredibly sad day in the motorsport community, with the news the famous American rally car driver Ken Block has died in a snowmobile accident at the age of 55. Ken's influence on motorsport stretched far and wide. Apart from a successful rally career, he founded the motor racing team Hoonigan and was also a...
Pick One What's The Best Racing Series In Xbox History?
C'mon, it's PGR!
Right, after our recent rant about Forza Horizon's current direction and the greatness of the PGR series, we started to think about some of the most popular racing series' on Xbox, past and present. Forza, as a whole, has been a platform mainstay for years now and is absolutely one of the best racers out there when you look at the...
Soapbox Forza Horizon Is Spinning Its Wheels, So Let's Bring Back The Best Racer On Xbox
New projects, please
I was pretty excited to see Forza Horizon return late last year, with an outing to the wide open world of Mexico. On paper, it seemed like a great locale for the series to move to after a more familiar entry set in Great Britain, with Forza Horizon 4. Well, after nine months of play and a rehashed expansion, I think I'm ready to...
Pick One Which Is Your Favourite Forza Horizon Expansion To Date?
Is it Hot Wheels or something else?
It's time for another round of Pick One! This week, to celebrate the release of Forza Horizon 5: Hot Wheels, we're going back and taking a look at the history of Forza Horizon expansions over the past decade. There have been some amazing expansions, but which is your favourite? Remember, you can only pick one!...
News Project Gotham Racing's Failed Reboot Helped Create Forza Horizon
Project pain
Alright, we're absolutely huge PGR fans here at Pure Xbox (maybe some more than others!) so you can only imagine our collective sigh when this morning, we heard that a Project Gotham Racing reboot attempt failed at Xbox, back in the 360 era. Bummer! In a new interview with GQ Magazine, the outlet sat down with multiple members of the...
News Forza Horizon Briefly Returns To The Xbox Store
And it's now gone again!
There are a lot of great entries in the Forza Horizon series, but one that's not exactly readily available anymore is the original 2012 Xbox 360 game. According to multiple reports, it resurfaced on the Xbox store this weekend and was available for purchase for a brief amount of time before being pulled: This open-world...
News Forza Fans Won't Give Up On Japan As The Next Horizon Location
Is this the place?
It's been a few short months since Forza Horizon 5 launched, and debate is already raging on various platforms as to where the next game should be set. Fans are bringing up all sorts of requests, including Chile, Germany and even somewhere in Africa. However, you guessed it, Japan is right up there as a top request. In a Reddit...
News Playground Games Co-Founder Gavin Raeburn Is Leaving The Company
After 12 years and five Forza Horizon games
It has been revealed that Gavin Raeburn, co-founder at Playground Games, is leaving the company after 12 years. As announced via Windows Central, Microsoft highlighted that Raeburn is stepping away from his position as Studio Head at the Forza Horizon and Fable studio, with fellow co-founder Trevor...
Pick One Which Is Your Favourite Forza Horizon Game So Far?
Is it the latest one?
It's time for another round of Pick One! This week, considering that Forza Horizon 5 has been available with Xbox Game Pass for a little while now, we're interested to know your favourite Forza Horizon game so far. The series began all the way back in 2012 with the first Forza Horizon for Xbox 360, before making the jump to...
News Forza Horizon 4 Appears To Be Done With New Cars And Features
Season 38 will recycle older content
With Forza Horizon 5 festival kicking off in Mexico this November, it seems the latest update for Forza Horizon 4 will be the last one to include new cars and features. Here's what Playground's senior producer, Tom Butcher had to say about the future of the game: “With Forza Horizon 5’s release being our...
Video Forza Team Shares 2020 Year In Review
Racing towards the new year
It's been a year like no other, but despite this, Microsoft's long-running Forza series has continued moving forward. The mainline series is now 15 years old, Forza Horizon 4 accidentally gave away free wheelspins, Forza Horizon 3
Rumour Could Forza Horizon 5 Arrive In 2021 Before The Next Motorsport?
Possibly, according to one insider
It's rumour time! We saw a tease of the next Forza Motorsport game at the Xbox Games Showcase back in July, but according to one insider, there's a chance we might get the next Forza Horizon game first. This comes from reliable insider Jeff Grubb on the Xbox Empire podcast, who was asked whether he knows of any...
Pick One Which Is Your Favourite Forza Horizon Game?
Remember, you can only pick one!
It's time for another round of Pick One! This week, due to Forza Horizon 3 being officially delisted on Xbox this weekend, we're looking back at the series' history on Xbox 360, Xbox One and PC. There have been four games in the Forza Horizon series to date, kicking us off all the way back in 2012, with the latest...
News SmartGlass Comes To Forza Horizon
Tablet-tastic.
Microsoft and Turn 10 have released the official SmartGlass app for Forza Horizon today. Dubbed the "Forza Horizon SmartGlass Experience", the app comes as a free download for Windows 8 PCs and provides gamers with a tablet-based interactive map of the game's take on Colorado. Players can view the entire map and zoom in using pinch...
News Forza Horizon VIP Membership Package Detailed
Koenigsegg, Lamborghini, Pagani - Oh My!
Turn 10 Studios has confirmed details of Forza Horizon's VIP Membership programme. The VIP package is included with the Limited Collector's Edition of the game, which has an RRP of £59.99 in the UK, as opposed to the standard edition's £49.99 price tag. We would assume that the VIP Membership will be able...
