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Forza Horizon 6 takes the arcade racing series to Japan in 2026

They could have showed us some gameplay though.

Microsoft has officially unveiled the next Forza Horizon game, confirming months of rumors that the latest entry in its consistently excellent open-world racing series will be set in Japan. What the announcement lacked in gameplay, though, it somewhat made up for with the accompanying Xbox Wire post, which sheds some light on Playground Games’ decision to choose the Land of the Rising Sun as the location for Forza Horizon 6. Forza Horizon 5 came out in 2021 and turned Engadget’s "not much of a car guy" Nathan Ingraham into a racing game fan with its incredibly detailed Mexico setting, approachable driving and accessible open-world design.

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