Playground Games is removing Forza Horizon 4 from online stores at the end of the year, due to “licensing and agreements” with the game’s partners.
On December 15, Forza Horizon 4 will be removed from digital storefronts on PC and Xbox. This includes Xbox Game Pass.
The upcoming delisting means that the new Series and Festival playlists that began earlier this week, which will run until August 22, will be the last. After this time, players will no longer be able to access the playlist screen except to view the Festival playlist history.
“While there will be no more Festival Playlists after Series 77 (August 22), you will still be able to see the Forza Events screen, which will include a selection of daily and weekly challenges,” Playground Games said in a statement. BlogCompleting these challenges and Forzathon live events will earn players Forzathon Points, which can be exchanged for Backstage Passes.
Forza Horizon 4’s DLC has already been removed, meaning that from now on this content will only be available through the purchase of the Deluxe or Ultimate edition of the game.
“Players who already own the game and its content will be able to download it and play as normal, including its offline, online, and multiplayer features,” Playground said. “Physical copies of the game can be purchased later. [15th December] It will also work and be able to use the online facilities.”
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Ahead of December’s digital delisting, Playground will be selling Forza Horizon 4 at a cheaper price – although pricing has yet to be confirmed.
Playground also said that anyone who played the original game and later purchased the DLC through Xbox’s Game Pass subscription service would be awarded a “token” for the game that they could redeem.
It says, “If you have an active, fully-paid (not discounted) Xbox Game Pass subscription on 6/25, you will be eligible to receive Game Tokens if you have purchased any additional content for Forza Horizon 4 through your Xbox Message Center,” and adds that these codes will begin being distributed in the coming days.
“Thank you so much for enjoying the content updates we’ve brought to the game,” the Forza team said. “Don’t forget to take full advantage of the time the Festival Playlist has left and when the game is delisted, you’ll still be able to play it like you always have.”
Former Eurogamer editor-in-chief Oli Welsh called the game “another brilliant, endlessly entertaining automotive playground” in our blog. Forza Horizon 4 review 2018,
