Forza Motorsport developer Flip 10 Studios has confirmed the top of latest content material improvement for the sport, following layoffs on the firm this summer season.
Launched in 2023, the newest and (for now) last entry within the Forza Motorsport sequence was launched as a reboot of Xbox’s veteran sim racing franchise, with years of latest content material anticipated. But the sport launched to a combined response, and round half of Flip 10 Studios’ workers had been made redundant in July. (The studio stays open, with help for the extra widespread Forza Horizon model now a key focus.)
Phrase that Forza Motorsport is not going to obtain any additional huge updates is unsurprising, then, although a recent statement in a weblog put up from the studio has now laid it out in black and white.
“As our group shifts its focus towards delivering the very best expertise with Forza Horizon 6 in 2026, we don’t plan to introduce new vehicles, tracks, options, or common bug fixes for Forza Motorsport,” Flip 10 Studios wrote.
“Nevertheless, we’ll proceed supporting the sport by holding on-line servers lively, internet hosting particular occasions and competitions, and reintroducing beforehand launched Featured Excursions and reward vehicles on a month-to-month foundation, till all content material is offered so that you can take pleasure in anytime.”
Flip 10 is now a co-development associate for Forza Horizon 6, which is primarily being made at British studio Playground Video games. The newest entry within the sequence will probably be set in Japan, and launch in some unspecified time in the future in 2026.
Microsoft has not formally detailed its cuts to Flip 10 Studios this summer season, however one former worker acknowledged on the time that round “120 folks” had been “gone from FM facet” of the studio. “Flip 10 Studios has shuttered the Forza Motorsport house and the group is not any extra,” wrote a second former worker amid the layoffs. “A really unhappy day for among the finest automotive racing video video games. I beloved my time there.”
The primary Forza Motorsport from Flip 10 Studios launched for the unique Xbox in 2005, and established the racing franchise as considered one of Microsoft’s key gaming manufacturers, in addition to a severe rival to PlayStation’s Gran Turismo. Seven Forza Motorsport sequels launched since, throughout each Xbox console technology.
Is Forza Motorsport gone for good? In October, Xbox gaming boss Phil Spencer supplied this remark to Famitsu on the franchise’s standing, which appears to recommend that whereas not totally scrapped, it is at the least at the moment parked with the engine off.
“As for Forza Motorsport, we typically should shift our focus to video games that will probably be launched earlier,” Spencer stated. “And I additionally perceive that many individuals reacted when the dimensions of Flip 10 Studios was diminished. So far as we’re involved, there are various video games that we want to help rigorously, and typically we give the event group a bit of extra time in order that they don’t proceed to be in a state of pressure.”
“Forza Motorsport is brimming with new options throughout the board, from its muscular new multiplayer to its much-improved dealing with, however its new RPG-inspired improve system looks like a step down,” IGN wrote in our Forza Motorsport evaluate, handing the sport an 8/10.
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