LIVE: Everything Announced at Xbox Developer Direct 2026

Microsoft is kicking 2026 disconnected with a caller Xbox Developer Direct showcase, which volition diagnostic immoderate of the biggest games it has coming retired this year.

Confirmed to look astatine the showcase is Playground’s Fable reboot, the UK studio’s different game, Forza Horizon 6, arsenic good arsenic Beast of Reincarnation, an enactment crippled from Pokemon developer Game Freak.

Could determination beryllium much to Xbox Developer Direct? Find retired close present with IGN. The enactment starts astatine 10am Pacific / 1pm Eastern / 6pm UK today, January 22.

Forza Horizon 6

Xbox Developer Direct 2026 kicked disconnected with a look astatine Forza Horizon 6 from the developers astatine UK workplace Playground Games. As we know, the crippled is acceptable successful Japan, wherever you commencement retired arsenic a tourist. Your archetypal extremity is to articulation the Horizon festival and advancement your vocation from there, unlocking caller areas arsenic you go.

Japan is the Horizon series' largest map, Playground said. The workplace worked with consultants to marque definite its practice of Japan was authentic arsenic possible. The developers themselves visited Japan to get plentifulness of notation material. Based connected the video shown during the Direct, Forza Horizon 6 looks awesome indeed. There are hundreds of cars, with a amended balanced roster and caller cosmetic tyre wear.

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