Forza Horizon 6 Takes The Arcade Racing Series To Japan In 2026

Microsoft has officially unveiled nan adjacent Forza Horizon game, confirming months of rumors that nan latest introduction successful its consistently fantabulous open-world racing bid will beryllium group successful Japan. Announced, alternatively fittingly, astatine Tokyo Game Show successful an Xbox briefing, Forza Horizon 6 has a 2026 merchandise day and will motorboat first connected Xbox and PC. A fewer years agone it would person stayed connected those platforms, but aft Forza Horizon 5 made its measurement to PS5 earlier this year, each bets are disconnected connected Microsoft exclusivity successful nan future.

As 1 of Xbox’s astir important series, it’s a spot disappointing that we didn’t get immoderate gameplay successful nan TGS teaser trailer. Instead, nan camera pans crossed what looks for illustration a workbench, pinch licence plates and trinkets from countries featured successful erstwhile entries hung connected nan wall down it. Eventually we get to Japan, and nan camera moves up to uncover Mount Fuji successful nan distance, pinch nan obligatory cherry blossom successful nan corners of nan frame.

What nan announcement lacked successful gameplay, though, it somewhat made up for pinch nan accompanying Xbox Wire post, which sheds immoderate ray connected Playground Games’ determination to take nan Land of nan Rising Sun arsenic nan location for Forza Horizon 6. According to nan game’s Art Director, Don Arceta, nan "unique culture" of Japan — from its cars, to its euphony and manner — was a driving factor, and added that pinch 5 Horizon games already nether its belt, nan workplace feels it tin build an "authentic representation" of nan state that does it justice.

Playground Games is keeping its cards adjacent to its thorax wherever real-life locations featured successful nan crippled are concerned, but unsurprisingly confirmed that Tokyo is 1 of them, arsenic good arsenic immoderate of nan country’s agrarian and upland areas. The workplace isn’t saying overmuch astir cars yet, either, but promised that Japanese car civilization will beryllium reflected. It besides confirmed that seasons will erstwhile again beryllium a large portion of nan experience.

Forza Horizon 5 came retired successful 2021 and turned Engadget’s "not overmuch of a car guy" Nathan Ingraham into a racing crippled fan pinch its incredibly elaborate Mexico setting, approachable driving and accessible open-world design.