Forza Developer Reassures Fans That Motorsport, Horizon 5 Will Continue to Receive Support After Staff Cuts

The official Forza Motorsport account has issued a statement to the community regarding the ongoing support for both Motorsport and Forza Horizon 5, saying that developers Turn 10 and Playground Games will "continue to support" their existing titles.

Dear Forza Community, we know many of you have questions about what’s next for the Forza franchise, and we appreciate the support of our incredible community. We wanted to assure players that Turn 10 and Playground Games will continue to support Forza Motorsport and Forza Horizon… pic.twitter.com/0PPLgo44aP— Forza Motorsport (@ForzaMotorsport) August 7, 2025

If it seems like a bit of a no-brainer that a studio would support its own, most recent games, it unfortunately wasn't. This statement comes exactly a month after reports that Turn 10 was gutted during a massive layoff across Microsoft. Initial rumors suggested around 50% of Turn 10 staff were cut at the time, but later reports indicated that even more were impacted, potentially all or most of the studio. One former employee said that the studio was still open to supporting Horizon, but that the Motorsport side had been fully closed down.

Xbox has yet to make any kind of statement one way or the other as to what happened to Turn 10, what's going on at Playground, or who exactly of those studios is the one posting on Twitter/X saying it will continue to support both games. Notably too, the post doesn't say anything about future game development. Forza Motorsport is currently just two years old, but Forza Horizon 5 came out in 2021 and fans are feeling about due for another entry. It's unclear whether or not they'll get one, whether Motorsport will ever see another entry, or if the two Forza teams have been whittled down to mere support on existing games until they can't any longer.

This post also comes alongside updates to a few other Xbox-supported games. We learned today that Xbox canceled Avalanche Studios-developed Contraband, but we also learned that Hideo Kojima's OD is still being worked on. Everwild and Perfect Dark were both revealed to be canceled one month ago, during the layoffs.

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