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September 28, 2018September 29, 2018

FORZA HORIZON 4 [Review]: Winter (and Spring, Summer, Autumn) is Coming…

Welcome to New Horizon. I've been trying to figure out a good time to review Forza Horizon 4, the follow-up to my 2016 Game of the Year. Well, last night -- around the time that Ultimate Edition owners gained early access to the game -- a noticeably rare achievement chimed upon hitting level 20, having …

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June 12, 2018June 12, 2018

FORZA HORIZON 4 / ORI AND THE WILL OF THE WISPS [E3 2018]: For All Seasons.

As revealed at the Xbox E3 2018 press conference, Forza Horizon 4 will showcase seasons. Recent Forza installments from Turn 10 and Playground Games -- to which the Horizon publisher was recently acquired by Microsoft -- had pouring rain and sandy winds; now we're getting into extreme weather conditions that affect the drive throughout the …

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June 8, 2018June 8, 2018

E3ODUS [E3 2018 Preview]: Forza Horizon 4 / The Crew 2.

FORZA HORIZON 4 (Playground Games/Microsoft - Xbox One, PC - TBA 2018) - Cars. While racing games have clear-cut niche audiences there's no doubt that when executed as well as a Forza game has over the past several years, the genre can and should be taken very seriously. I'm not much of a real life …

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October 4, 2017

FORZA MOTORSPORT 7 [Review]: It’s Good to Be King.

Oh, I can do this all day. "I Won't Back Down"; "Runnin' Down A Dream"; "Learning To Fly"; "Yer So Bad"... any one of those sweet tunes from the recently deceased Tom Petty can be used to describe the greatness of Microsoft's Forza racing franchise ("You Got Lucky"? "Walls"? "Breakdown"? "Even The Losers"? Err, not …

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June 16, 2017June 17, 2017

FORZA MOTORSPORT 7 / CRACKDOWN 3 / STATE OF DECAY 2 [E3 2017]: Xbox One X!

While Microsoft's #E32017 presser didn't exactly blow me away (a $499 price tag for the Xbox One X will do that), it wasn't hard to like what the company had present on the floor and behind closed doors. Lines for Sea of Thieves were as ambitious as Rare's open-sea pirate adventure; Cuphead, with its new September …

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September 29, 2016September 29, 2016

FORZA HORIZON 3 [Race-Off Review]: Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi!

GEEK - The Champ. Is. HEEEEERE! I feel like I've painted myself into a proverbial corner. Even before it was officially announced, when the GHG congregation was discussing who would potentially be covering and reviewing upcoming "big games", I immediately chose Forza Horizon 3. It took me a whole second to decide. Forza Horizon is …

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