Forza Horizon 4 will be delisted later this year
Xbox is delisting Forza Horizon 4 later this year, six years after its release.
The open-world racing game, which was originally released in October 2018, will be delisted from the Microsoft Store and Steam on December 15, 2024 due to the expiry of licensing agreements (most likely mainly related to car brands or in-game music).
The game’s DLC is being delisted today, meaning the only way new players can get the game’s two expansions (Fortune Island and Lego Speed Champions) is by purchasing the Ultimate Edition of the game.
Players who own the game and its additional content after it’s delisted on December 15 will still have it in their library, meaning they’ll still be able to download and play it as normal.
All the game’s offline, online and multiplayer features will remain active after it’s delisted, and physical copies played after December 15 will still work as normally too.
The game will be getting discounted leading up to its delisting. It’s currently 80% off on Steam, meaning the Standard Edition is $11.99 / £10.99 and the Ultimate Edition is $19.99 / £16.99.
It will also be discounted on the Xbox store starting from July 14, but it’s not yet known if this too will be an 80% discount.
The game’s delisting means it will no longer be available as part of Xbox Game Pass.
However, any Game Pass subscriber who purchased DLC content for the game will still be able to play it – those who still have an an active, full-paid Game Pass subscription will get a game token in the coming days, sent to them through the Xbox Message Center, which can be redeemed for continued access to the game.
Forza Horizon 4 is set in a fictionalised open-world version of the UK, including versions of Edinburgh, the Highlands, the Lake District, Ambleside and the Cotswolds.
It was followed by Forza Horizon 5, which was released in 2021 and was instead set in a fictionalised version of Mexico.
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