Forza Horizon 3 Goes Gold and Welcomes Halo Warthog

Microsoft Studios today announced that Forza Horizon 3 has gone gold and will be available exclusively for the Xbox One on September 27th (and four days earlier on September 23rd for Forza Horizon 3 Ultimate Edition owners). To celebrate the news, Playground Games unveiled a unique addition to the Forza Horizon 3 vehicle lineup. For the first time in any Forza game, you can now drive the most famous ground vehicle in the Halo universe – the Warthog.

The 2554 AMG Transport Dynamics M12S Warthog CST is a civilian transport alternative to its militaristic cousin, the M12 Force Application Vehicle. What it may lack in brute force – you won’t find a turret on this version – it more than makes up for with its 720 bhp twin turbo V8, making it significantly faster than its FAV counterpart. The Warthog CST in Forza Horizon 3 is also ideally suited for the rough and tumble landscape of Australia. With the most advanced suspension in Forza Horizon 3 (with more than 70 cm of suspension travel), plus advanced dampening, you won’t find the combination of power and stability like this anywhere else in the Horizon Festival.

The M12S Warthog CST will be available at launch for Forza Horizon 3, and will be sent as a free download to everyone who has played either Halo 5: Guardians or Halo: The Master Chief Collection on Xbox One. Eligible players will receive codes to download the Warthog via an Xbox Live Message, and codes will begin to be sent out during the week of September 5th. In addition, players who have not played an Xbox One Halo game will still have the chance to earn the Warthog via a special #Forzathon event coming to Forza Horizon 3 in October.