What
a
strange
timeline
we
live
in,
my
friends.
According
to
several
sources,
the
next
Xbox
exclusive
game
to
make
the
trip
over
to
PlayStation
to
join
the
likes
of
Hi-Fi
Rush
and
Sea
of
Thieves
will
be
announced
next
week.

Word
comes
by
way
of
the
extremely
reliable
Shinobi602.
Replying
to
a
user
on
ResetEra
who
pondered
when
the
next
round
of
ported
games
are
coming,

Shinobi
replied
with:
“What
are
you
doing
next
week?”

Shinobi
would
go
on
to
say
that
“[I
don’t
know]
about
multiple
[games].
But
a
big
one
at
least,
”
when
replying
to
someone
who
guessed
Killer
Instinct
would
be
one
of
“multiple”
games.

Of
course,
Gamescom
2024
will
be
taking
place
next
week,
so
the
timing
would
certainly
seem
right
for
something
big.

Speculation
began
swirling
about
what
the
game
could
be,
with
a
number
of
people
throwing
out
Forza
Horizon
5.
Notable
Game
Pass
leaker
eXtas1s
quoute
tweeted
an
image
of
Shinobi’s
words
and
added
a
gif
that
reads
“feliz
cinco
de
mayo.”
This
Mexican
reference
helped
fuel
the
idea
that
Horizon
5
would
be
the
game
announced
since
it’s
set
in
Mexico.

Since
eXtas1s’s
tweet
garnered
so
much
attention,
he
discussed
the
subject
further.
He
clarified
that
yes,
Forza
Horizon
5
is
coming
to
PlayStation
and
it
won’t
be
“too
long.”
He
went
on
to
say
“The
announcement?
It
doesn’t
matter
if
it
happens
this
week,
next
week
or
the
other,
but
it
is
coming
to
PS5
in
the
next
few
months
as
confirmed
in
my
GIF
and
as
many
colleagues
have
already
corroborated.”

His
comments
have
been
translated
to
English,
so
please
keep
in
mind
it
may
not
be
100%
accurate.

It’s
also
worth
remembering
that
while

eXtas1s
is
incredibly
reliable
when
it
comes
to
all
things
Game
Pass,
outside
of
that
specific
subject
he
tends
to
miss
as
often
as
he
hits.

However,
Jez
Corden
of
Windows
Central
states
that
“My
sources
indicate
that
Forza
will
not
be
announced
for
PlayStation
next
week.”
He
goes
on
to
say
that
he
cannot
confirm
“what
game,
if
any,
will
be
announced
as
a
port
next
week.”

Meanwhile,
Mike
Straw
of
Insider
Gaming
has
said
that
they
have
also
heard
Forza
Horizon
5
is
one
of
the
game’s
planned
for
a
PlayStation
port,
but
can’t
confirm
when
it
will
happen.

There
has
also
been
a
previous
leak
which
came
from
Amazon.co.uk
which
briefly
listed
Forza
Horizon
5
for
PlayStation
5
with
a
release
date
of
September
27,
2024.
It
also
showed
five
other
formats,
including
the
Nintendo
Switch.
This
could
easily
be
the
result
of
an
unreliable
search
engine
and
a
mistake
by
Amazon,
though.

Given
the
mixed
signals
coming
from
these
insiders,
it
seem
like
there’s
a
small
chance
Forza
Horizon
5
will
be
coming
to
Sony’s
machine
quite
soon,
but
that
Horizon
5
is
not
next
week’s
big
announcement.
So
what
could
it
be?
Personally,
I
wouldn’t
be
surprised
if
it
was
the
upcoming
Indiana
Jones
game
in
order
to
maximise
the
money
Xbox
can
grab
from
the
license.

Putting
Forza
Horizon
5
onto
a
PlayStation
would
be
a
massive
step
for
Xbox,
as
the
Forza
brand
is
a
cornerstone
of
Xbox
in
much
the
same
way
that
Gears
of
War
is.
To
see
the
Forza
name
on
a
Sony
console
would
almost
feel
a
defeat
for
Xbox,
a
form
of
capitulation.