February2023
Talking Point Are You Happy With The Forza Horizon 5 Expansion 2 Setting?
Many rally returns
Playground Games finally revealed Forza Horizon 5 Expansion 2 yesterday in the form of 'Rally Adventure', an all-new DLC pack arriving next month. The expansion takes clear inspiration from Forza Horizon 1's own rally add-on, bringing a more down-to-earth DLC to Forza Horizon 5. The question is, what do we all make of the...
News Forza Horizon 5 'Rally Adventure' Expansion Leaps Onto Xbox This March
The Horizon Festival is expanding!
Developer Playground Games has revealed that Forza Horizon 5's second major expansion is based on all things off-roading. The 'Rally Adventure' expansion pack launches March 29th on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC. The new DLC harkens back to the early days of Forza Horizon. The first game in the series featured...
January2023
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 Horizon 5 Devs Split Off To Form New AAA Studio
"The game will be open world, it will be AAA, it will be premium"
Here's some big industry news for a random Tuesday morning in January! A chunk of the Playground Games team that developed Forza Horizon over the last few years have left the studio, forming a new "AAA" team called Maverick Games. Forza Horizon 5 creative director Mike Brown is...
Soapbox Forza Horizon 5 Expansion 2 Should Take Notes From 'Fortune Island'
The FH4 add-on remains a series highlight
Forza Horizon 5 has been an enjoyable ride so far, with Playground Games delivering a thrilling rendition of open world Mexican racing followed by a major DLC pack in the form of Hot Wheels 2.0. While our reviewer very much enjoyed their time with the series' second Hot Wheels outing, the community is now...
News Microsoft Reveals New Forza Horizon 5 Xbox Series X Bundle
Complete with the game and every add-on
More than a year after the open world racer's official launch, Microsoft has revealed a brand new Forza Horizon 5 bundle featuring an Xbox Series X console, the game, and every single DLC pack planned by Playground Games. The bundle will begin rolling out this week in the US, Canada, and "select" Asian...
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...
November2022
News Xbox's Matt Booty 'Encouraged' By Internal Showings Of Fable Reboot
"High craft, high quality, high attention to detail"
Fable is coming back to Xbox in the near future, this time with Forza Horizon developer Playground Games at the helm. Due to the team's development history, questions have often been asked by fans about whether the dev can make a successful transition from racing game to RPG. Well, in a new...
News Forza Horizon 5 Dev Provides Update On Expansion 2 & In-Game Ray Tracing
Shiny
During today's 'Forza Monthly' livestream, developer Playground Games has provided an update on some pretty big Forza Horizon 5 features. The first of which is Expansion 2 news; that being that FH5's second major DLC isn't coming until next year. Thankfully, we'll get an update on the expansion in the new year, where we should learn about...
News Deus Ex & Tomb Raider Developer Reportedly Working With Xbox On Fable
Shared playground
Fable has been deep in development by Forza Horizon dev Playground Games for some time now, and it seems Xbox has decided to draft in some extra help. According to a new report from Bloomberg, Deus Ex developer Eidos Montreal is assisting on Fable's development. Reporter Jason Schreier then followed up on Twitter, add
October2022
News Forza Horizon 5 Anniversary Update Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Blast from the past
Late last week, we broke down the key new features included in Forza Horizon 5's big anniversary update, which kicks off a month-long celebration of the Forza Horizon series. The gist of it is that developer Playground is bringing a bunch of classic content to FH5 — including cars, events, tunes and more — that debuted in...
News Forza Horizon 5's Anniversary Update Is Loaded With Classic Content
Horizon origins
On the eve of the series' 10th birthday, Forza Horizon 5 is getting a massive free anniversary update to celebrate a decade of open world racing for the Forza franchise. There's a lot packed in here, from brand-new cars and Forza Horizon throwbacks, to a new Horizon story and some classic FH radio tunes. Here's a look at the...
September2022
News Forza Dev Confirms Horizon 4 Won't Be Delisted Anytime Soon
"No need to worry"
A Forza series community manager has squashed concerns over Forza Horizon 4 potentially being delisted in the coming months. In a Forza forum thread discussing Horizon 4's 'end of life' status, community manager T10ManteoMax (as their forum name goes) had this to say about the future of Playground's fourth Forza Horizon game:...
News Xbox's Matt Booty Is 'Excited' To Show The New Fable Game
But can't until Playground Games is ready...
One upcoming first-party Xbox title that's got many people excited is the new Fable game by the Forza Horizon developer Playground Games. There have been some minor development updates over the past few months, but what's the latest? In a special storytime session at this year's PAX, Head of Xbox Game...
August2022
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...
News Forza Horizon 5: Hot Wheels Hits 1 Million Players In Under 2 Weeks
Speedy progress
Last month, Forza Horizon 5's first expansion in the form of Hot Wheels finally arrived, marking Forza's second crossover with the iconic franchise. In a little under two weeks since that launch, the DLC has already surpassed one million players worldwide, which is quite a feat! The stat comes from the DLC's in-game 'Hall of Fame'...
July2022
News Forza Horizon 5 Series 10 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Download it now
Playground Games' Hot Wheels expansion for Forza Horizon 5 is now live and it means Series 10 of the game is available as well. Included in this latest update are a bunch of new features as well as some major game fixes. We've got the full rundown courtesy of Forza support's social channel and the official web page: Forza Horizon...
News Forza Horizon 5: Hot Wheels Launches Today, Discounted For Xbox Game Pass Members
Expansion 1 is upon us
As Dusk Falls has been getting a lot of attention in the run up to its launch later today, July 19th, but we shouldn't forget that Forza Horizon 5's first expansion is also dropping on this way-too-hot British Tuesday in mid-July... Yep, Forza Horizon 5: Hot Wheels goes live later today, bringing a whole new...
News Forza Horizon 5 Hot Wheels: Full List Of Xbox Achievements Revealed
Achievements for the base game & expansion
Ahead of the July 19th release of the Hot Wheels expansion for Forza Horizon 5, Playground Games has revealed the Xbox and Steam exclusive achievements coming in the Series 10 Update. All up, there'll be a total of 28 achievements to unlock for a total Gamerscore of 500. Here's the list, courtesy of the...
News Control Writer Becomes Fable's New Narrative Lead
"Some exciting news to end the week"
There's been a lot of movement within the walls of Playground Games, and the latest development comes from Anna Megill - a writer known for games like Control and Dishonored, who joined Playground Games as a lead writer in 2020. In a new update, Megill has now taken charge as the narrative lead of the new Fable...
News Forza Horizon 5: Hot Wheels Is Now Live For Pre-Order
It releases in just over two weeks!
We're getting pretty darn close to Forza Horizon 5's first expansion, as the series returns to the Hot Wheels well later this month. Ahead of DLC 1's July 19th launch, the Xbox Store page is now live with a little more info about the add-on, and the ability to place a pre-order. Here's the new developer...
June2022
News Major Forza Horizon 5 Update Adds Co-Op To Horizon Stories, New Hot Wheels Content
Series 9 is here
A pretty big Forza Horizon 5 update just dropped yesterday, June 21st (roughly 16GB on our end) ahead of the Hot Wheels DLC launch next month. While this sizeable patch could well contain some of that Hot Wheels expansion content tucked in there, it also brings a bunch of new features to the main game, for the here and now...
News Forza Horizon 5: Hot Wheels Extended Gameplay Revealed
Gotta go fast
Playground Games has treated us to some more footage of Forza Horizon 5's Hot Wheels expansion, showcasing the DLC's diverse biomes and expansive track layouts. This might be a bit of a repeat of the Forza Horizon 3 DLC of the same name, but that doesn't mean it looks any less fun. The brief demo also touched on the nature of the Hot...
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...