Microsoft may have delayed the Forza Motorsport release date, it’s been claimed.
Xboxannounced last June that the gamewould be released in the spring of 2023and said separately it was scheduled forrelease in the first half of the year.
But during Wednesday’s Xbox andBethesdaDeveloper_Direct showcase,the latest update on the gameonly confirmed that it was still targeting a 2023 release, leading to speculation that it may have slipped.
Following the show, Giant Bomb reporter Jeff Grubbsaidhe’d been told the game had been delayed until the second half of the year.
“What I’m hearing—I’m feeling pretty good about this after asking around a couple of times after hearing about it the first time earlier today—it does seem like Forza is going to slip later into the year and probably won’t be the first half of the year,” he said on Thursday.
Grubb added: “The timeframe I’m hearing for Forza is like Q3, and maybe even a little bit later than that.”
VGC has contactedMicrosoftto ask if the game is still scheduled for release in the first half of 2023, as announced last year.
During Wednesday’s Xbox showcase, Microsoft confirmed aMinecraft Legends release dateof April 18 and aRedfall release dateof May 2.
Last year, Bethesda delayedStarfield‘s release from November 2022 to“the first half of 2023”. The game was absent from this week’s presentation as Microsoft has said it’splanning to hold a standalone eventat a later date to “dedicate the proper amount of time for a deep dive” into the sci-fi RPG.
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Meanwhile, a newly updated Forza Motorsportsupport pageconfirms that theXbox Series X/SandPCgame will also be playable onXbox Oneas a cloud version.
“Forza Motorsport has been built from the ground up to leverage the full power and performance of Xbox Series X/S consoles and deliver our most beautiful, technically advanced game yet,” it reads.
“While there will not be a native Xbox One version of the game, Xbox One players can stream Forza Motorsport throughXbox Cloud Gaming(Beta) included in Xbox Game Pass Ultimate.”
