Delisted Open-World Racing Game Restores Online Features

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Summary

  • Forza Horizon 3's online services continue despite the game being delisted in 2020.

  • A community manager confirmed that the servers were restarted after players reported some unavailable features, confirming Playground Games' commitment to maintaining online services.

  • Forza Horizon 5 recently set a new milestone, amassing over 40 million players since its launch in 2021.

Forza Horizon 3s online services have been given a new lease of life recently, despite the game being removed, and fans are happy that Playground Games has committed to maintaining these features. Shortly after being delisted, online services for the original Forza Horizon games and Forza Horizon 2 was permanently terminated, and society believed Forza Horizon 3s multiplayer would follow. Fortunately, a savior from Playground's team recently reassured fans that the online features were alive and kicking.

The Forza franchise got a racing start in 2005 with the original Forza Motorsportfollowed by the first Forza Horizon game that debuted in 2012. The latest title in Forza franchise Forza Horizon 5 stirred up some controversy regarding The Game Awards 2024, after the racing game was left out of the Best Ongoing Game category. The fifth main entry has provided more post-launch content than any other game in the series and a host of notable updates, including the Hide and Seek multiplayer mode.

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Posted on Reddit by JoaoPaulo3k, a screenshot of another post asking “Is this the end of Forza 3?” was posted in Forza subreddit. The player was unable to access certain features and the community was worried about the termination of online services. Fortunately, Playground's senior community manager was named a “saint” for responding to racers' concerns and assuring players that the servers had restarted. Forza Horizon 3 entered its “End of Life” status in 2020, which meant that the base game and its DLC would no longer be available for purchase from the Microsoft Store.

Forza Horizon 3's online services persist despite the game's removal

Forza fans also faced a heavy blow last year, then Forza Horizon 4 was delisted in December 2024, despite being a huge success and amassing over 24 million players since its launch in 2018. However, it's heartening to see Playground responding to online questions and public concerns about Forza Horizon 3 so fast, and the community manager also highlighted a positive response in terms of traffic after the servers were restarted.

Three years after the debut, Forza Horizon 5 reached a new milestone last year by hosting an influx of over 40 million players since its arrival in 2021. The open-world racer has now become one of Xbox's most successful games in history, and fans are already looking forward to the next title, which will probably to be called Forza Horizon 6. The playerbase has been asking for a Japan setting for a long time, and it's entirely possible that Playground is quietly planning the successor while completing the expected Fable title.

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