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Top Gear arrives to Forza Horizon 4

Forza Horizon 4 and BBC's beloved car show Top Gear have partnered up to bring a special crossover event to Playground Games' racer. Players will be able to dress up as The Stig and presenter Chris Harris will lend his voice for the story.

Semir OmerovicJULY 3

Forza Horizon 4 getting Lego makeover in June

Microsoft and Playground Games have announced a peculiar expansion that bring a Lego makeover to their hit racer Forza Horizon 4. Dubbed Lego Speed Championship, it brings Lego vehicles, tracks, Brick challenges, achievements and more.

JUNE 10

Forza Horizon 4 gets new cars and events

Forza Horizon 4's Autumn season has arrived and it brings three new seasonal events - Community, Street Scene and Playground Games Championships. On top of that, there are two new cars, Fortune Island events and daily and weekly challenges.

Semir OmerovicFEBRUARY 22

Forza Horizon 4 hits 7 million players

Forza Horizon 4 has been repeatedly shifting into higher gears since it launched and the beginning of 2019 has brought another great news for Playground Games and Microsoft's racing game, as it managed to hit 7 million players so far.

JANUARY 21

Forza Horizon 4 Fortune Island DLC is live

Fortune Island is a first big expansion for Microsoft's Forza Horizon 4. The update is now available on both PC and Xbox One and it brings one new area which is separate from the main game. The update also brings ten new cars to the stable.

Semir OmerovicDECEMBER 15

Forza Horizon 4 sold 481,566 in first week

Not that it wasn't obvious that Microsoft and Playground Games have quite the driving title in Forza Horizon 4 but the sales numbers are quite impressive for a game that's available via the former's subscription service Game Pass.

NOVEMBER 25

Forza Horizon 4's expansion is Fortune Island

During the Xbox fan event XO18, Playground Games announced Forza Horizon 4's first expansion to be Fortune Island, which takes you to the northern reaches of the British Isles and supposedly has the most extreme terrain in a Horizon game.

NOVEMBER 12

Forza Horizon 4 adding Route Creator and more

Playground Games' hit racing simulator Forza Horizon 4 is getting ready for the first big content drop on 25 October 2018, when it will be getting the highly anticipated Route Creator, a new Horizon story, Halloween Party content and more.

OCTOBER 22

Forza Horizon 4 hits 2m players in week one

Playground Games have announced that the response to their UK themed racing title Forza Horizon 4, has been overwhelming, with the game hitting 2 million players in the first week and becoming the highest rated Xbox exclusive in this gen.

OCTOBER 10

Forza Horizon 4 review roundup, UK just rocks

Forza Horizon 4 has launched and the reviews are in - can Playground Games' latest take on the franchise top their earlier Aussie flavoured racer? The answer is yes it can and then some. Heck, UK doesn't look this pretty in real life.

SEPTEMBER 26

Playground Games hires new devs for RPG

Playground Games have opened the gates of their new office space to over 200 new employees. The new hires include GTA V, Metal Gear Solid and Hellblade developers. The expanded team will be working on a new unnamed open-world action RPG.

SEPTEMBER 21

Forza Horizon 4 features 10 Bond classics

It's no secret that James Bond made many a car popular, if not iconic and Microsoft and Playground Games' latest trailer for Forza Horizon 4 milks that for all it's worth, introducing 10 iconic Bondmobiles that will be featured in the game.

SEPTEMBER 19

FH4's choice of UK imbued it with personality

Forza Horizon 4's chief creative officer Ralph Fulton said in a recent interview that the choice of location imbued the game with tone and personality and as we all know personality goes a long way. When talking about UK, perhaps doubly so.

SEPTEMBER 14

UPDATED: FH4 getting a demo in a few hours

According to Microsoft's Store, Playground Studios' racing gem Forza Horizon 4 is getting a demo today, 12 September 2018, and while the PlayStation 4 crowd is busy with Spider-man, Xbox One fans will have to settle for a partial exclusive.

SEPTEMBER 12

Forza Horizon 4 gets a funny trailer

Even if you're not a fan of racing games or are busy waiting for Spider-Man to land, i.e. PS4 fanboy, Forza Horizon will still help pass the time as Playground Games delivered quite a chuckle-worthy announcement for its racing game.

SEPTEMBER 6

Forza Horizon 4 downloads a bit too early

It appears that a glitch in the Matrix has caused the upcoming Microsoft exlusive Forza Horizon 4 to download to users' computers a bit early and even though it's not enough to play the game, there's sure plenty of data mining material.

JUNE 25