Examiner
With the release of Forza Horizon just a few weeks away on October 23rd, Microsoft, Playground Games, and Turn 10 have announced an array of events scheduled to take place to celebrate the launch of the game.
EscapeTheGrid
The action begins with #EscapeTheGrid, a full throttled four day road trip starting on October 23rd, with 10 supercars competing in a series of challenges from France to the UK. The convoy will begin their journey at the Paris Forza Horizon Gymkhana competition, and end at Top Gear Live event in Birmingham on October 26th, where the winning car will be announced and six of the vehicles will be put on display in the supercar gallery.
Furthermore, there will be daily competitions on Xbox.com and @XboxUK to win prizes, and fans can submit questions to the Playground Games development team, as well as interact with and follow the cars by using #EscapeTheGrid hashtag on Twitter. You can also vote for your favorite car on the XboxUK Facebook page. To learn more, visit www.xbox.com/forzahorizon starting on October 8th.
Forza Horizon Festival
Bringing the game’s setting to life, the Forza Horizon Festival takes car lovers and music fans on the ultimate virtual road trip. At various locations around the UK (Manchester, London, Newcastle and Birmingham), branded billboards with QR codes will give fans the opportunity to be in with the chance of winning free music downloads and tickets to the Forza Horizon Festival – an exclusive gig at London’s Fabric nightclub, featuring DJ Fresh, Ms. Dynamite, and Skepta on October 25th– the eve of the game’s UK launch.
For those who miss out on winning tickets to the Festival, all of the ear-thumping action will be hosted exclusively on Last.fm at http://originals.last.fm and via the Last.fm app on Xbox LIVE immediately following the gig.
Top Gear Live
Car lovers and show fans missing Clarkson, Hammond, May and The Stig, can also get behind of wheel of Forza Horizon at Top Gear Live, taking place at Birmingham’s NEC from October 25th - 28th. Featuring a combined indoor track and arena, plus an exhibition, a cavalcade of the world’s great supercars will be on show, including a 50 years of James Bond tribute featuring Aston Martins.
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