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Xbox Developer Direct 2026 Reaction

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Other Games, Leisure, Games, Video Games

4.2522 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Join Danny Peña and Riana Manuel-Peña in this special episode of Gamertag Radio as they dive into the highlights of the Xbox Developer Direct 2026. Celebrate the 25th anniversary of Xbox with reaction on Forza Horizon 6's stunning Japanese setting, the innovative gameplay of Beast of Reincarnation, Kiln announcement and the much anticipated reboot of Fable. All this and more on GTR!

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0:00.0

Ladies and Jim's gentlemen.

0:02.8

This is Gamer Tag Radio.

0:06.2

Our welcome to a brand new episode here on Gamer Tag Radio.

0:09.8

This is a special episode, by the wake,

0:11.0

and we just finished wrapping up watching the Xbox Developer Direct,

0:16.4

2026, the first one of the year, of course,

0:19.2

and it's a great way to start the conversation about also the 25th anniversary of Xbox, which is happening later this year.

0:27.1

So we're going to be talking about everything, our feedback, the thoughts, everything.

0:32.4

And for today's episode, we have Rihanna Manuel Pena. What's up, Rhee?

0:36.9

Hello out there. I'm happy to join. Really exciting stuff today and even a little surprise, which was fun.

0:43.4

Yeah, yeah. So let's go with, let's go with the first, first game that they showed. And we also predicted there was going to be Force of Horizon 6.

0:52.2

Oh yeah. We nailed the order. Yeah, yeah.

1:00.4

And it happened in your thoughts because for me, I'm a huge Force of Horizon 6 fan.

1:02.6

Actually, Horizon fan. And, you know, I played all the games from the beginning.

1:06.5

But this one looks very different because we've been requesting Japan for the longest, longest time.

1:12.5

And now we're going to go there and actually play in Japan. Lots of things you do there. But man,

1:18.1

graphically, it looks so beautiful. So, so beautiful. Definitely. I think some of the things that stood

1:25.4

out to me, first off, shout out to not only Playground, who are leading the charge on this, but also Turn 10, who's still in the mix on Forza, Horizon 6.

1:34.5

Some of the things that I really, really loved seeing today were the soundscapes that they're adding to the game.

1:42.7

And they gave some examples in the video. If you haven't got a chance to watch it, definitely go up and check out the live reaction that Danny has on his channel. But the echo that you hear when you drive like under a bridge or, you know, the sound of the waterfall falling in the distance as you're driving past it,

2:01.2

all of it is really, really good.

2:03.3

And that level of immersion is something that the Forces Series,

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