It was Xbox’s big surprise for Tokyo Game Show 2025, although it was leaked just hours before its official announcement: yes, Forza Horizon 6 is already in development, and best of all, it will arrive in 2026.
For now, we’ve only seen a small teaser that confirms its configuration in Japan. From Playground Games they promise that the game will be faithful to the land of the rising sun, and all thanks to the experience gained with Forza Horizon 5’s Hot Wheels DLC.
Forza Horizon 6 is in development for Xbox Series X|S and PCand the only certainty is that it will arrive before GTA VI, at least following the roadmap drawn up by Microsoft and the British studio.
Furthermore, Xbox also plans to launch Fable next year, and as it is another game created by Playground Games, it is possible that the RPG will be released in the second half of the year, and Forza Horizon 6 will arrive earlier.
In the absence of official confirmation, a well-known insider who usually hits the nail on the head suggests that The sixth installment of the saga will arrive in the first half of next year.
That is, Microsoft and Playground Forza Horizon 6 is planned to hit stores in the first half of 2026from January to June.
Forza Horizon 6 will arrive before June 30, 2026
According to insider Nate the Hate, Forza Horizon 6 will be available in the first half of the year, between the months of January and Juneawaiting confirmation from Microsoft.
Frankly, this doesn’t surprise us, as Forza Horizon 5 was released in November 2021, just a few months after it was announced, so the same will likely happen with the sixth installment.
”The first half of 2026 was the objective and remains so”, says Nate the Hate on Twitter/X.
Obviously, refers to the fact that Playground Games never feared GTA VIsince the intention was to launch the game in the first half of the year, and the Rockstar title would arrive in May.
Now, after the postponement of GTA 6 until November, Forza Horizon 6 has a free path to reach Xbox Series X|S and PC before June 30, 2026. Will we have a date at The Game Awards 2025? Or perhaps at the Developer Direct scheduled for January?
Here we must also talk about Fablesthe other game in development by Playground Games, which may have problems not matching GTA VI.
It will also be necessary to see if Forza Horizon 6 and Fable do not coincide with other first-party Xbox releases such as Halo: Campaign Evolved and Gears of War: E-Day, with State of Decay 3 in the pipeline (although that could go until 2027).
Forza Horizon 6 will hit stores now First day of Game Pass (Ultimate and PC Game Pass only) before June 30, 2026, available first on Xbox Series X|S and Windows. It will later arrive on PS5, but we don’t know if it will be in 2026 or 2027.