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Forza Horizon 2 Is Coming

Somewhat curiously, it's also being released on Xbox 360.

Forza Horizon (pictured above, as there are no screens for the sequel yet) was a breath of fresh air for the racing series.
Forza Horizon (pictured above, as there are no screens for the sequel yet) was a breath of fresh air for the racing series.

In this case, a new game announcement for E3 wasn't leaked! Microsoft revealed Forza Horizon 2 to IGN this morning, though we don't know much more than knowing the game's coming this year on Xbox One and Xbox 360.

As with the original, Forza Horizon 2 is being developed by Playground Games in the UK. The game's Xbox 360 release, however, is being handled by an external studio.

Forza Horizon 2, this time set in Southern Europe, will include an evolution of Forza Motorsport 5's controversial drivatar system, and mark the debut of a weather system.

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excited as hell for this, but someone in the comments mentioned burnout and now i'm itching for a new burnout game.

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Is the fact that a good number of "next-gen" multi-platform games are coming out on previous-generation consoles very weird to anyone else? Even games coming out next year like Mortal Kombat X?

If each console generation is a new IP, then this new generation feels much more like a sequel or spinoff than new IP.

I dunno, I'm rambling. Anyone else got a better way of putting it?

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Coming this year? WEIRD.

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I wonder if announcing all this stuff before E3 isn't so much about how packed their press conference is going to be, but more about how little confidence they have in keeping stuff from leaking.

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Something I want to play this Autumn. :O

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i played the living shit out of the first game. Cannot wait for this!

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Yeah... I could go for another Forza horizon.

Being set in southern Europe i wonder if they will do a fake Monaco? That could be cool.

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Horizon's multiplayer was incredibly limiting and bland compared to Forza 4 and Burnout Paradise. Fingers crossed that gets addressed in this game.

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Since I don't have a Xbox One, I am actually super excited this is coming to 360. I really enjoyed the original.

And would it kill someone to save announcements for E3? Unless, there is way more secret stufffff.

(Nah.)

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This is great news.

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Super stoked for this

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Is it curious that it's also coming to the 360? I expect this to be the norm for awhile and this game has probably been in the works for some time and with over 80 million 360 owners vs. 5 million (possibly 6 after dropping Kinect), I know where I'd want to sell to.

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Drivatar suuuucked. Hope it's not as overbearing as it was in F5. But yeah, I'll buy horizon 2. Same D.Js?

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Love Forza. Love weather systems. This is a must buy for me :D

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I kind of wish we'd stop getting cross-gen titles. I want an Xbox One, but can't justify it with stuff like this and Titanfall being released on 360. Those versions are still functional and seem far better than say... Modern Warfare on the Wii.

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Cool to see that it's adding a weather system. Would be nice to see that get used in the main series with Forza 6.

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The first one was such a nice game, totally borked by 30fps. What a sad, sad release that was. :(

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Loved the first. Odd that it's coming to 360 though. How much confidence does Microsoft have in its own box?

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Sweet, this could be really cool.