5 hours Ago By Garth Franklin
Panic Button, in partnership with Playground Games and Turn 10 Studios, is set to bring “Forza Horizon 5” to the PS5 this Spring – marking the latest former Xbox exclusive title to make the jump to the rival console. According to a blog post on the , the game will have all the previously released Car Packs available for purchase as well as the two expansions – Hot Wheels and Rally Adventure. News of the port comes as Xbox has been making headlines again with Xbox boss Phil Spencer speaking about the brand’s future in the wake of the well-received recent developer direct presentation.
Developers have long complained the Xbox Series S has been holding back game development as many big-budget games struggle to work on the low-powered platform which is a mandatory requirement for any game being released on Xbox. Speaking with , Spencer says that developers having to make games for Series S could be advantageous for studios wanting games to run on handheld gaming systems like the Steamdeck and ROG Ally: “In a way I think about it in almost exactly the opposite way right now. With the rise of handheld PCs and even the introduction so far of the Switch 2, as developers we’re building on more device specs, from lower powered – because they’re battery powered devices – all the way through things that plug into the wall.
I actually think we have a real advantage because we’ve been targeting S for quite a while, that our games have been built and they’re portable across many different specs. So when we look at something like a Steam Deck or ROG Ally or something, we’ve got this S version of the games, that are more tailored to the device specs of a lot of devices that frankly are getting introduced right now, and I think that helps us” He also indicated he couldn’t confirm if “Starfield” will remain an Xbox exclusive, and that the company will be porting Xbox titles to the Nintendo Switch 2..
