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How to watch the Xbox Developer Direct 2026 showcase: When it starts and everything you need to know

Microsoft's Xbox Developer Direct showcase has become a January staple, and we just got the date for 2026's presentation. Here's when it starts, and how to watch.

Windows Central

What to expect from Xbox in 2026: Fable, Gears of War, and several huge anniversaries that Microsoft should celebrate

Opinion | After setting a low bar in 2025, Microsoft needs to aim higher

GamesRadar

Everything we expect from Xbox in 2026, including Halo on PlayStation and the return of Fable

Xbox’s 2026 is likely to be a major year, if not for the current generation, then for the next. Here are our predictions for what Microsoft's gaming arm will be up to next year.

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Forza Horizon 6 Car Wishlist: The Vehicles We Want

Playground games, pretty please.

Operation Sports

9 Sports And Racing Games To Be Excited For In 2026 (That Are Not FC, 2K, Or Madden)

Get your seatbelts ready.

Operation Sports

Amid The Game Awards hubbub, Xbox quietly announces a January Developer Direct featuring the Fable and Forza Horizon 6 studio

Playground Games is on a roll

GamesRadar

Insider Claims Forza Horizon 6 Is Releasing Sooner Than Announced

A quicker turnaround than expected?

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'The team wanted to present more than a postcard or a backdrop': Forza Horizon 6 devs credit road trips and Hot Wheels DLC for upcoming racer

The Forza Horizon 5 Hot Wheels DLC was the practice run for Horizon 6.

PC Gamer

Forza Horizon 6: Everything you need to know about the new Forza Horizon game set in Japan

Forza Horizon 6 is officially here, so you can hit the roads of Japan now

GamesRadar

Forza Horizon 6 has been announced – here’s what you need to know

The Horizon festival will take to the streets of Japan in 2026

The Independent UK

A Forza Horizon 6 FAQ reveals plans for a 'post-launch' PS5 release, but offers nothing in the way of price or pre-order info

Microsoft confirms Forza Horizon 6 will come to PS5 'post-launch' but remains cagey about the game's boxart vehicle.

TechRadar

Forza Horizon 6 is the first game in the series set in Japan because Playground Games wanted to "do the country justice," and its Hot Wheels DLC helped that happen

If you squint, there's basically no difference

GamesRadar

Forza Horizon 6 Is Here. And It's Finally Going to Japan

The Forza Horizon franchise is finally going to Japan. Forza Horizon 6 will launch on the Xbox Series X/S console and PCs sometime next year, bringing the lifestyle racing game to the much-requested country.

Motor1

"Forza Horizon 6" set in Japan for 2026 as full reveals still to come

Playground Games has confirmed 'Forza Horizon 6' is set in Japan, launching in 2026 on Xbox Series X|S and PC with Game Pass at launch

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Windows Central

Forza Horizon 6 finally gives fans what they want — could this be the best open-world racing game of all time?

During Tokyo Game Show 2025, Xbox and Playground Games unveiled Forza Horizon 6, officially confirming Japan as a setting. Here are my thoughts and more.

International Business Times UK

Forza Horizon 6: Release Window, Teaser and All the Details We Know So Far

Forza Horizon 6 has been revealed earlier than expected. From release window to teaser, here's everything you need to know.

TechRadar

It may have leaked early, but Forza Horizon 6's first trailer confirms Japan setting and a 2026 release

Playground Games has officially announced that the next entry in its Forza Horizon series will be set in Japan, and it's launching in 2026 for Xbox and PC.

GamesRadar

Forza Horizon 6 devs worked "closely" with a cultural consultant to ensure they were being "authentic and respectful" with the racing game's Japan setting

Playground Games knows the Japan setting is "something that the fans have been wishing for" from the start of the series

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Forza Horizon 6 is officially taking us to Japan in Playground Games' "biggest map yet": "We can only do Japan once and we want to do it right"

Interview | Forza Horizon 6 is coming in 2026, and we sat down with Playground Games to talk about its Japan setting

Operation Sports

10 Best EventLab Community Tracks In Forza Horizon 5

Dominate these EventLab Tracks!

Operation Sports

Forza Horizon 6 Likely Heading to Japan, Reveal Reportedly Set for Tokyo Game Show

Speculation and leaked details continue to point toward Forza Horizon 6 heading to Japan. Things started picking up steam after a now-deleted Instagram post from Australian car importer Cult Classic revealed Playground Games scanning Japanese Kei cars, which are rarely found outside the country.

Windows Central

Forza Horizon 6 could be heading to Japan — and the reveal may be sooner than you think

Playground Games and Xbox Game Studios are almost certainly working on Forza Horizon 6, and Windows Central has seen evidence an announcement is planned this year.

Operation Sports

Forza Motorsport Update: Turn 10 Confirms Ongoing Support for Motorsport and Horizon 5

It's not much, but it's something.

Windows Central

Xbox Breaks Silence — Forza Motorsport at Least Living Long Enough to Bring Back Time-Limited Content

Turn 10 Studios has finally published an update on Forza Motorsport (2023) following the mass Xbox layoffs, and the game is still alive... for now.

TechRadar

Okay, so where the heck is Fable?

All we've heard about Fable so far this year is that it's delayed until 2026. Surely we're due more of an update...

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