R for Revenge

The new standard in open-world racing is here, and it’s a gundamn masterpiece.

Riding a well-worn track.

Forza Horizon 6 does not reinvent the wheel. It doesn't need to. The latest open-world racing behemoth from Playground Games instead rethinks and reworks the five titles that came before, trimming the fat and reintroducing the best bits to make Forza Horizon 6 the cleanest, buzziest, and most engrossing experience it can be, all galvanised by a stunning Japanese backdrop, and flavoured by decades of well-researched Japanese car culture. I think Horizon 6 is the highlight in a pantheon of already great racing experiences, and shows Playground Games as a developer at its peak. This is the best r

Microsoft has announced the next set of additions to the Xbox Game Pass library, and there are nine games on the way in the first half of June. The list of titles includes games new to Game Pass and games joining different tiers. The new additions for June include the day-one new releases Solarpunk (June 8), Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions (June 11), and Junkster (June 16). Also in June, the adventure game from the publisher of Firewatch, Herdling, comes to Game Pass Premium on June 4, joining Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. Total Chaos, the first-person survival-horror game, also comes

ZA/UM's espionage RPG doesn't quite sell its spy story.