A new update for Forza Horizon 4 has just gone live today (March 9, 2021), and the update includes the official launch of the game on Steam! So if you’ve yet to jump into the popular racing simulator, and you’ve got a PC rig beefy enough for the job, now is the perfect time to pick
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Fable was one of my favourite standout games from the classic Xbox generation. Since its launch in 2004, the game offered players an RPG with choices that affected the protagonist in both popularity across the game’s world and the character’s physical appearance. The success from the original title led to Fable II and Fable III
Asobo Studio has done incredible work with its 2020 launch of the PC version of Microsoft Flight Simulator — due to be heading to Xbox Series X | S this year. It’s an utterly breathtaking game to experience if you’re a fan of flying planes and simulators. But its true selling point sits in its
Signs so far for the upcoming Fable title from Playground Games are looking good. The Fable 4 team has recently acquired a talented lead writer in the form of Anna Megill, who held a prominent role in the development of Control. While you may not recognize her name, you’re sure to recognize her work. Megill has been in game development
In what has become almost commonplace for some games nowadays, Playground Games has announced that Forza Horizon 3 will no longer be for sale in a little over a month. Detailed over on the official Forza Twitter account, the third entry in the Horizon series has now reached its “End of Life” phase, which means Microsoft and Playground
At long last, Microsoft revealed a few weeks back that the reboot of the Fable franchise is officially in the works at Playground Games. While the project has been rumored for years at this point, this was the first revelation directly from the publisher that fans would soon be able to return to the world
Following yesterday’s announcement from Microsoft, which officially confirmed the existence of a new Fable entry in Xbox Series X’s line-up, some rumors started to spread on the web indicating that the game will be an MMO, unlike its predecessors. While the developers at Playground Games haven’t reacted to the rumors yet, some reliable Xbox insiders
Yesterday we got a glimpse at the early in-development version of the upcoming Forza Motorsport 8 that is being developed by Turn 10 Studios. However, there was news about Forza Horizon 4 that was subtly tucked away at the bottom of a blog post. It was confirmed that Playground Games’ Forza Horizon 4 will be heading to the Xbox Series
Xbox Game Pass continues to be arguably the most attractive service in video games. Giving players and possibly even more important, developers a platform to get their games in front of more eyes at little cost for consumers. This is even more relevant for all the developers a part of Xbox Game Studios. In an
The lead animator behind Dead Island 2 left Dumbaster Studios to join Playground Games and help them with their upcoming unannounced project. Two years after Forza Horizon 4, Playground Games is now working on its next project which is going to be their first RPG title in the history of the studio. While that’s the
Phil Spencer is a busy man. Just a few days after returning from a trip to Japan, the Head of Xbox tweeted Tuesday that he received an update from Microsoft’s internal studio, The Initiative, and may have included a small tease as to what the team might be working on. The key here is that
The battle royale genre sure is a popular one. So much so, games you would never expect have implemented the mode in some interesting modes. The Forza Horizon 4 battle royale mode is the newest example of this, pinning a large group of players against each other across its open-world. Aptly named “The Eliminator,” up
According to a LinkedIn update, former Naughty Dog developer Robert Ryan joined Microsoft’s newest game studio, The Initiative, as a senior systems designer back in April. Despite being less than a year old, The Initiative is already filled with brilliant minds likeGod of War lead producer Brian Westergaard and Red Dead Redemption lead writer Christian
While my socials have been eerily quiet on talk of Forza Horizon 4, it seems that the game is still doing amazingly well. Earlier today Forza Motorsport’s Twitter account congratulated Playground Games on hitting a milestone in the player department. It’s been one month since the Fortune Island DLC for Forza Horizon 4 launched in December 2019, and according to the below
UPDATE (11/11/18): During yesterday’s Inside Xbox: X018 Special, Microsoft revealed that it had acquired two more studios: Obsidian Entertainment and inXile Entertainment. As such, I have updated this article to reflect that and give insight about these newly acquired studios. During Microsoft’s E3 Press Conference, the large publisher announced the acquisition of five brand new
During Microsoft’s X018 Inside Xbox, Playground Games revealed Fortune Island, the first expansion for its critically acclaimed open-world racer, Forza Horizon 4. It will be heading to Xbox One December 13, 2018. In a video featuring Ben Thaker-Fell, Forza Horizon 4‘s Chief Game Designer, we got the first look at the “largest expansion” that has
I do not like driving. Maybe it’s because I live in a tourist trap and there is a lot of traffic. Maybe it’s because my car has been hit on three different occasions while it was parked. Maybe the act of driving is actually terrible. For whatever reason, I have hardly enjoyed my time behind
Forza Horizon 4 is due out in just a few short weeks and ahead of its release, Microsoft and Playground Games have unveiled one of the first car packs that are slated to arrive as DLC. The first car pack coming on launch day will include the Best of Bond. That’s right, this first bundle will be
Ahead of its launch in early October, Microsoft and Playground Games today released a new demo for Forza Horizon 4. This demo is a Play Anywhere title which means it’s available for download on both PC and Xbox One, the two platforms that Forza Horizon 4 will launch for. The page to download the demo is right here
Playground Games has been building up a second team to work on a brand new game (which according to unconfirmed rumors could be a new Fable title). At Gamescom in Cologne, DualShockers asked Xbox Games Marketing General Manager Aaron Greenberg for a bit more color on this. “I think if you look at Playground and their pedigree
Today Forza Horizon 4 developer Playground Games and Microsoft showcased another large batch of gameplay. This time around we get to see another seasonal change as we check out spring, and the colors are definitely different from the rest of the year. Interestingly, we learn that the team actually traveled around Britain with a color
British developer Playground Games has made some surprising moves in the last few months. At E3, they unveiled Forza Horizon 4, revealed that they had been acquired by Microsoft, and teased that they were working on a new non-racing game. Today, GamesIndustry.biz revealed that Playground Games has hired several new staff members from studios like BioWare,
Microsoft and Playground games showcased another extensive look at the upcoming racing game Forza Horizon 4. First of all, we get to take an extensive look at the game in the winter, with all the snow and ice that you expect. On top of that, we get to see the map of the game, which
Back in 2012, Turn 10 Studios and Playground Games released an open-world version of its critically acclaimed Forza series, Forza Horizon. At the time, it boasted a big and beautiful world with driving that was more forgiving than its simulation predecessor, the Forza Motorsport series. Six years and two more games later, the developers have
Forza Horizon 3 has been available for well over a year now and while the open-world racing title isn’t the latest experience in the Forza franchise, players of the game on Xbox One X will find a new reason to jump back into the driver’s seat thanks to plenty of new visual updates for the racing