Forza Horizon 5 (PS5) News Articles
Tuesday22nd Jul 2025
News Xbox Port Forza Horizon 5 Reportedly PS5's Best-Selling New Game of 2025
Sold over three million copies, say estimates
The success of the PS5 port for Forza Horizon 5 is well documented by this point, but a new sales update for the open-world racer claims it's selling so well that it's now become the console's best-selling new game of 2025 so far. According to data from Alinea Analytics, the racing title surpassed three...
Sunday13th Jul 2025
News Xbox's Forza Horizon 5 Sold an Outrageous 2 Million Copies on PS5 in a Month
Project Latitude delivers
We always sensed the market for Forza Horizon 5 on PS5 was humongous, but even we’re a little stunned by how well it’s sold. The game – which has been consistently near the top of global sales charts ever since it deployed on Sony’s system – is said to have shifted two million copies in its first month on the...
Tuesday3rd Jun 2025
News Sony's Marketing the Massive Improvements PS5 Pro Makes to Forza Horizon 5
Trailer watched by 300k
We really are living in the strangest timeline, aren’t we? A new trailer published by PlayStation highlights the improvements its supercharged PS5 Pro hardware makes to Xbox’s flagship racer, Forza Horizon 5. It’s been watched almost 300k times already. Of course, none of this is a secret: we know the game benefits...
Tuesday27th May 2025
News Forza Horizon 5 Update Available Now, Includes Several PS5-Specific Fixes
Here are all the patch notes
Open world racer Forza Horizon 5 has recently received a fresh game update from developer Playground Games, and the PS5 version gets a handful of fixes specific to the platform. Patch 1.685.019.0 is available to download and install now on Sony's console, and is almost entirely concerned with squashing bugs. In...
Monday12th May 2025
News PS5, Xbox on Speaking Terms in New Forza Horizon 5 Car Design
Blue and green Lamborghini design out now
Lamborghini and Microsoft have unveiled a new, one-of-one design for the Lamborghini Revuelto that brings together the iconic green and blue colours used by Xbox and PlayStation. Via IGN, there will be a single real-life model of the car but the design will be made available to everyone in Forza Horizon 5...
Thursday8th May 2025
Microsoft finding big success on Sony's system
Forza Horizon 5 and PS5 always felt like a match made in heaven – especially when you consider that PlayStation is very light on arcade racers these days, and has a large captive audience in Europe where the genre tends to perform well. It’s not exactly surprising to see Alinea Analytics estimate...
Wednesday30th Apr 2025
News Xbox's Forza Horizon 5 Adds Almost One Million PS5 Players in Just a Few Days
Arcade racer looking like a massive hit on Sony's system
It looks like the PS5 release of Forza Horizon 5 has already added almost one million players to Microsoft’s mammoth arcade racing game. Quick thinkers on ResetEra took a screenshot of the game’s leaderboards around 12 hours before its Early Access release on Sony’s system late last...
Wednesday23rd Apr 2025
News PS5 Pro Offers the Best Forza Horizon 5 Experience on Consoles
So says tech experts Digital Foundry
Exactly as it did with Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Microsoft is taking full advantage of the PS5 Pro with its Xbox game ports, and Forza Horizon 5 is the latest. Digital Foundry has done its technical deep dive into the PS5 version, and it highlights how the open world racer is at its best on PS5 Pro...
Wednesday16th Apr 2025
News Forza Horizon 5 Is Getting a Massive New Mode for Its PS5 Debut
Unlock all-new cars along the way
Forza Horizon 5 will make its PS5 debut later this month, alongside a new mode named Horizon Realms, which will allow newcomers to experience all of the game’s previously released live service content at once. Effectively, this repurposes the past three years’ worth of “evolving world” content, meaning you...
Tuesday25th Mar 2025
News Xbox Is Absolutely Dominating PS5's Pre-Order Charts
It's a takeover
April is shaping up to be a big month for Xbox – and it’s mostly because of PS5. It looks like Sony stalwarts are salivating at the prospect of Forza Horizon 5 and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, because both titles have rocketed to the top of the PS Store’s pre-order charts. MachineGames’ movie spin-off occupies the...
Friday14th Mar 2025
News Don't Worry, Forza Horizon 5 Won't Require All 165 Trophies for the Platinum on PS5
Driving you crazy
Trophy tracking website TrueTrophies claims to have the scoop on the full PS5 Trophy list for Microsoft's upcoming PlayStation port, Forza Horizon 5. The open world racer is set for launch on 29th April 2025; when it arrives, it'll reportedly bring with it a total of 165 Trophies to collect, though Platinum hunters won't need all...
Thursday13th Mar 2025
News April Could Be a Colossal Month from Xbox on PS5
Almost too many games
There were rumours at the beginning of the year that April was looking like a good month for Xbox games on PS5, and that’s certainly beginning to look like the case. We already know Forza Horizon 5, the acclaimed open world racer, will make its PlayStation debut on 29th April, but there are also
Saturday8th Mar 2025
News Forza Horizon 5 Will Require a Microsoft Account to Play on PS5, Raising Preservation Problems
No disc release either
As perhaps expected, you’ll need a Microsoft account to play Forza Horizon 5 on the PS5. This has been a pretty consistent feature across all of Xbox’s multiformat ports, and doesn’t appear to be changing with the anticipated open world racer. An FAQ explains: “In addition to a PSN account you’ll need to link to a...
Saturday1st Mar 2025
The road to success
Is Forza Horizon 5’s price too high? While approximately 40% of you said so in our Push Square poll, it’s certainly not hurting pre-orders of the PS5 port, which is due out on 29th April. A quick look at the
Friday28th Feb 2025
News PS5 Fans Are Desperate for a Physical Version of Xbox Game Forza Horizon 5
Boxed car racer
Xbox has abandoned physical media faster than Sony, with many of its major titles shipping on borderline blank discs – assuming they get a retail release at all! But while most software on PS5 is purchased digitally, there’s still a big market for physical releases. Practically all of Sony’s games release on Blu-ray, and...
News Forza Horizon 5 Will Be Best on PS5 Pro as Xbox Supports Sony's New System
Improved visual fidelity and more
Forza Horizon 5 – releasing 29th April as previously announced – will play best on PS5 Pro, as Xbox Game Studios pledges full support for Sony’s supercharged system. According to a blog post on the game’s official website, the open world racer will feature two graphics options on all of Sony’s consoles:...
Thursday27th Feb 2025
News Xbox's Forza Horizon 5 Snatches April Release Date on PS5, Priced at $60
New horizons
Forza Horizon 5 now has a confirmed release date on PS5 (which is a sentence that we never even dreamed of writing just a couple of years back). The open world racer launches on the 29th April, with four days of early access for those who shell out for the $99.99 'Premium Edition'. Speaking of pricing, the standard edition's coming in...
Thursday30th Jan 2025
News Forza Horizon 5 Confirmed for PS5, Out This Spring
Another one
Microsoft has today announced a PS5 version of its premiere racing game Forza Horizon 5 will release later this year in the Spring. It'll be the most up-to-date version of the base game, with its DLC packs available to buy separately. The port is being done by Panic Button, in collaboration with main developer Playground Games. While no...
