At long last, fans of the "Forza Horizon" series will get their wish. They will take on their open-world racing to Japan in 2026.
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Developer Playground Games announced the news during Xbox's Tokyo Game Show broadcast, which served as a fitting location for the reveal. Playground Games didn't provide any gameplay footage but released a short teaser trailer confirming that Japan will serve as the festival site in "Forza Horizon 6."
This teaser featured some nods to past festival locations in the fun-focused racing series. This included a license plate for Colorado, the location for the first game in the "Forza Horizon" series. The teaser then referenced the second, third, fourth, and fifth games in the series with license plates from France, New South Wales (Australia), Great Britain, and Mexico.
The trailer also included some little items to further reference the locations from past games. It showed a plastic T-Rex wearing a sombrero, a coffee mug for a diner, a stuffed Koala toy, the iconic AEC Routemaster bus from London, and the Horizon mascot.
The announcement did not provide any details about the cars or locations that will appear in this game. However, Mt. Fuji closed out the trailer.
Playground Games announced that "Forza Horizon 6" will launch first on Xbox Series X/S consoles and PC in 2026. It will land on Xbox Game Pass on day one. It will head to PS5 at some point post-launch.
For those unfamiliar with the "Horizon" series, here is a quick explanation. Unlike the simulation-focused "Forza Motorsport" series from developer Turn 10 — which lost half of its staff in recent Microsoft layoffs — the "Horizon" series provides gamers with seemingly endless amounts of freedom.
Each game in this series takes place around a festival. Drivers from around the world head to a specific location and then compete against each other in a wide variety of challenges. Sometimes, they race off-road machines through the jungles. Other times, they race against planes while driving a supercar. Some "Horizon" challenges put gamers behind the wheel of limited edition vehicles so they can be stunt drivers.
Of course, the "Forza Horizon" series does not solely revolve around challenges. Gamers can simply pick one of the hundreds of available cars and just go for a cruise while listening to music, hitting jumps, and performing drifts. They don't have to stick to the roads; they can just blast through the country side while plowing over small trees, fences, and other small obstacles.
