Previous rumors about an upcoming PS5 version of Forza Horizon 5 are flaring up again. Is there an announcement coming?
Microsoft's new multiplatform strategy announced this year turned a lot of things upside down, with the first Xbox exclusive games also coming to the competing platforms PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch. In the future, Microsoft wants to continue in this direction and the next affected title could be the open-world racer Forza Horizon 5.
There were already rumors in the summer in the run-up to gamescom that the racing game could next make the jump to Sony's PlayStation 5. There was no announcement at that time, but that doesn't mean that the topic is off the table. The speculation is now flaring up again.
Forza Horizon 5 has a port already made to reach PS5, but its launch was stopped (not canceled) this past summer. Of course, they consider that it is a game that can work quite well, it will arrive, I don't know when, but it will arrive.
— eXtas1s 🎮 News & Rumors (@eXtas1stv) November 27, 2024
The previously reliable and usually well-informed leaker eXtas1stv now claims in a new post via social media: “Forza Horizon 5 has already been ported to the PS5.” The insider thus suggests that a PS5 implementation of the game is apparently well advanced and could be announced at any time.
The Xbox team therefore assesses Forza Horizon 5 as a game that could perform quite well on the PlayStation 5 and thus generate new sales for Microsoft. eXtas1stv doesn't currently know a possible release date, although he assures that the game will come to PS5.
So far the whole story is still a rumor, but it's worth keeping an eye on. The information mentioned above in the run-up to gamescom in the summer also came from the same leaker, who seems to be a little more into the Forza Horizon matter. Of course we will keep you updated!
Forza Horizon 5 is getting a new game mode, Hide and Seek, in which five players go on the hunt for another. The mode is scheduled to come into play on September 10th.
