- FH6 nonetheless on monitor for a 2026 PS5 launch
- Story confirmed in Playground Video games’ newest dev weblog
Playground Video games’ newest Forza Horizon 6 dev blog revealed an entire host of latest UK-themed automobiles because of the sport’s upcoming British Automotive replace.
Vehicles included within the newest Pageant Playlist embrace the Bentley Continental GT Pace, 2019 Ginetta G40 Junior and 2006 Vauxhall Astra VXR, with a brand new mode, Drift Assault, additionally turning into a everlasting fixture of the Japan-set open-world driving recreation.
Nevertheless, the dev weblog additionally confirmed some big information for PlayStation 5 homeowners: FH6 continues to be on monitor for a 2026 launch on Sony’s console.
“In the event you’re planning your journey to Uncover Japan on PlayStation 5, keep tuned! 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,” stated an official assertion.
Upon its PC and Xbox launch, FH6 was slated to receive a PS5 port, but at an unspecified, later date in 2026. Nevertheless, doubt surrounded this after new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma declared in a June interview with Bloomberg that ‘in order to be a platform, you must have exclusive content and services’.
A subsequent lack of updates on the matter solely served to extend hypothesis that the FH6 port was shelved, however at this time’s announcement quelled these fears. With the discharge of Grand Theft Auto VI set to dominate the gaming universe in November, focus now switches to FH6’s PS5 launch window.
Releasing the sport earlier than GTA VI most likely makes essentially the most sense by way of maximising gross sales, which may imply an announcement is imminent, maybe even earlier than the Tokyo Video games Present, Seventeenth-Twenty first September.