Forza Horizon 5 is reportedly on its way to the Switch 2. The open-world racing game could be just the tip of the content iceberg that Microsoft has in store for Nintendo‘s upcoming console.
Launched in 2005, Microsoft’s Forza franchise remained exclusive to Xbox consoles for the first decade of its existence. Since 2015, new entries in the series have been released on both Xbox consoles and PC. The franchise will enter its third decade with yet another platform expansion, as Forza Horizon 5 has just been announced for the PS5 on January 30.
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The 2021 open-world racing game might not stop at the PS5, according to Extas1s, who believes that Forza Horizon 5 is also on its way to the Switch 2. The Spanish YouTuber with a long history of accurate Xbox Game Pass leaks said as much in a January 30 tweet reflecting on the announcement of the Forza Horizon 5 PS5 version. The leaker didn’t provide any more details on the matter, leaving it unclear when exactly the game might debut on the Switch 2.
Many Other Xbox Games Are Reportedly Coming to the Switch 2
The latest entry in the Forza Horizon series might not be the only Xbox title to make its way to Nintendo’s next-gen console in the foreseeable future. According to a mid-January 2025 report from Brazilian journalist Pedro “PH Brazil” Henrique Lutti Lippe, Microsoft is currently working on a lot of Switch 2 games. That list of titles might include Doom: The Dark Ages, which Extas1s previously claimed was in the works for the Switch successor. Other first-party Xbox games that have recently been rumored as coming to the Switch 2 include Diablo 4, Fallout 4, Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, and Starfield.
Forza Horizon 5 Seems Likely To Reach the PS5 Before Switch 2
Even if a Forza Horizon 5 Switch 2 port is indeed in the works, the game’s PlayStation version could beat it to the market. The latter is targeting a spring 2025 release, meaning it should be available no later than late June 2025. Meanwhile, the Switch 2 is still waiting for a release date, but seeing how Nintendo has scheduled the console’s pop-up preview events all the way to early June, the device almost certainly won’t be released before mid-2025 at the earliest.
More information on the Switch 2 launch game lineup is expected to arrive on April 2. That’s the day of the first-ever Switch 2-focused Nintendo Direct.
Nintendo Switch 2
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Nintendo
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2025
