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"A very sad day": Turn 10 developer confirms the fate of the Forza Motorsport series after Xbox's mass layoffs

By 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:George Foster

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A former Turn 10 employee has essentially cꦰonfirmed that is no more after 's recent round of mass layoffs, as the remaining team will now act as support for .

The last few days have𓆉 been very depressing for anyone with anything to do with Xbox. Following the confirmation of mass layoffs totalling more than 9,000 e𒐪mployees earlier this week (which even includꦗed the closure of two studios), we've found out the sad fate of many different Xbox projects.

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168澳洲幸运5开奖网:So🦂me games, like Perfect Darꦉk, Everwild, and an 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:unannounced MMO from Zenimax, were cancelled, while others have fates that are currently unknown, like 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Avalanche Software's Contraband. If you thought that was bad, t🅷hen it's only going to get worse, as it turns out that Xbox has seemingly put a whole franchise on ice.

Turn 10 employee confirms the sad fate of "one of the best racing video games" around

Forza Motorsport is seemingly no more

, who is known for ♋developing the Forza Motorsport series. Forza has been one of Xbox's most💟 well-known franchises for some time now, so it was a surprise to hear that Turn 10 was hit so hard, even with Horizon racing ahead as the more popular series.

Turn 1﷽0 wasn't just hit with layoffs, though, as it looks like the whole Forza Motorsport series has essentially been she🎶lved due to the layoffs. and originally highlighted by , former Turn 10 employee Fred Russell confirmed that Xbox has "shuttered the Forza Motorsport space".

Turn 10 Studios has shuttered the Forza Motorsport space and the team is no more. A♑ very sad day for one of the best car racing video games. I loved my time ther🐼e. - Fred Russell

, Russell said thꦇat Turn 10 is "open to support the Horizon side", and that it's only the Motorsport side that's been closed down. This essentially confirms that Xbox has no interest in making Forza Motorsport games going forward, and that what's left of Turn 10 is going to act as a support studio for Horizon instead.