The highly anticipated film of the summer, BARBIE, comes to the big screen taking audiences to the vibrant world of Barbie Land – where every day is the best day ever! Now, the Horizon Festival will celebrate by giving Forza Horizon 5 players the keys to two stunning cars featured in this bold movie adaptation.

Starting June 26, all players will receive the Barbie iconic 1956 Chevrolet Corvette EV and the Ken 2022 GMC HUMMER EV Pickup in their Forza Horizon 5 Message Center. We’re also hosting an in-game UGC contest themed around the joy, wonder and adventures of Barbie. Be it a photo, EventLab, or another type of UGC, share your BARBIE content on Twitter or Instagram before July 14, 2023, and include the hashtag #FH5BarbieMovie to be entered for a chance to win an unmissable BARBIE prize pack.


See BARBIE only in theatres from July 21 and feel the magic of Barbie Land by driving the movie’s iconic cars in Forza Horizon 5 now.


These The BARBIE Movie cars are available to claim in Forza Horizon 5 from 6:00 AM PT June 26, 2023 through 6:00 AM PT August 14, 2023. Here’s how you can get yours:

1. Once in-game open the pause menu and navigate to the "My Horizon" tab.
   
2. Open the Message Center.
   
3. Select the Gifts tab and look for a new message.
   
4. With the gift message highlighted press the "Download" button as indicated in the bottom left corner of the screen.
   
5. Enjoy driving your BARBIE cars in Mexico!

ːns_blueː Fixed the Race Track #14

ːbr_cautionː I had to remove some of the times from this track to make it fair for all players, sorry.

UI Optimization:
Added item categorization function in the shop.

Bug Fixes:
Adjusted some character stats
Adjusted the skills of the Asura
Fixed an issue where the Bamboo Forest Drunkard event didn't trigger
Fixed an error with the material quality in the Inner ring of Mountains of Beasts
Corrected the appearance of incorrect enemies in the Lingyun Pavilion
Fixed the recurring income bug
Fixed an issue where the Bronze could use the Dragon Tiger Order to change the Bow Bandit, and the Bow Bandit could be upgraded repeatedly

This patch is mainly meant to fix an instance of the stat reroll causing an error on a player’s realm.

Functionality
-Allowed deletion of quests that are currently owned by heroes.
-Introduces all compounds as default crafts.

Bugs
-Fixed an instance that caused a player’s realm to generate an error during the item’s rerolling.

1. Limit the upper limit of enhancement, and the quality can only be enhanced if it is above the artifact level
2. Increase the boss challenge, the boss only drops above the magic outfit, and comes with a strengthening level
3. The number of items on the shelves in the auction house has increased, and the number of purchases will take time to accumulate

Missed our first Tech Test? Well, you’re in luck! We will hold a second, bigger beta session on June 30th, 2023. This time, we want to give as many people as possible a chance to get a sneak peek at the game and really experience it for yourself.

We also want to use this opportunity to push our servers and see how our matchmaking holds up. To do so, we will need as many multiplayer rounds as possible, so single-player mode will be disabled during the session. Don’t worry, this is only for this beta! In the release version, single-player will be available again.

For the beta session, the game will be made available on Steam for a limited amount of time, from 7pm to 10pm (CEST). Players can apply through the Steam Playtest feature on our Store Page, you will then get an E-mail from Steam granting you access to the game. Our main means of communication before and during the upcoming beta session will be our Discord server, which is now open to anyone. You can join the Discord here.

When is the beta session?

• June 30th, 2023 (date may be subject to change)
  
• 07:00pm-10:00pm (CEST)

How does it work?

• Apply via the Steam Playtest feature on our Store Page
  
• Access will be granted through Steam via E-mail
  
• The Playtest will be set to playable at the above mentioned time

What are the goals of the beta session?

• Giving our community a chance to see and experience the new EMERGENCY
  
• Getting player feedback on tutorial, gameplay and user interface
  
• Stress test for the technical infrastructure
  
• Testing matchmaking under live conditions

Join us on Friday, June 30th to be one of the first people to play the game and don’t forget to Wishlist the game to be notified of future testing opportunities!

The servers are currently experiencing a DDOS attack and we’ve been spending a lot of time figuring out fixes together with the server providers. DDOS attacks are quite complicated to deal with and there is no quick fix, but we want you to know we are taking this very seriously.

Are you shutting down the servers for good?
No, we’re not planning on shutting down the TABG servers for good any time soon. We’re working hard to get them back up and running as normal.

Why don’t you get better DDOS protection?
As mentioned earlier there is no quick fix for DDOS issues. We’re looking into a couple of options but it seems they would require a redesign of how the networking works in TABG which in turn would mean months of work, and we want to get the servers back up and running asap.

When will you implement community servers?
Currently dealing with the DDOS attack is taking up all of the time we could spend on making community servers. We are still planning on implementing them, especially since they may help with these issues but it will take a little longer.

Will banning the DDOS attacker help?
No, we’ve banned accounts that may be associated with the attack but anti-cheat does not mean that they cannot attack the servers.

Why is someone doing this?
We don’t know, it feels really shitty to bring down the servers like this when the community is quite small, to begin with. It’s heartbreaking and we don’t really understand why one would like to ruin things for thousands of people.

Before we go we want to say a big thank you to the community members that have been helping us with information, it’s really great to see you all rally to help get the game back online.

We would also like to thank you for being patient as we’re looking into these issues, we hope to have it sorted soon.

Greetings fellow Xon,

We have been inspired by the hot weather and have come up with a new Aspect: The Burning Ember.

The Burning Ember.

Ember is the fifth aspect, bringing a more aggressive playstyle to the table. With the ability to burn instead of harvesting, they are faster but more wasteful than other aspects. Many of their powers are very strong but carry inherent risks.

The starting miracles of The Ember are:

• Desert: Wish-granting Ifrit.
  
• Mountains: Tough, burning, Cherufe.
  
• Swamp: Sculptors Hut, capable of turning follower souls into Claymen, eternal workers.
  
• Forest: Eternal Pyre, which burns wood to generate essence.
  
• Plains: Smokestack, a building that produces gold and sparks from wood.
  
• Priest: Brahmin, can mark houses with The Burning Mark causing them to produce new followers faster.

We have also been looking into some other features of the game. With The Ember, a bunch of other features, fixes, and balance changes will be introduced.

Feature: Game Modes

All games will no longer be played in tutorial mode. Four new game modes are now available:

• Standard: A no-frills standard timed game.
  
• Domination: Only affiliated lands give points, and the game ends immediately if a player reaches 12 lands.
  
• Worship: Only followers give points.
  
• Freeplay: Unlimited essence and no calamities. Great for experimenting.

Features, Fixes and Changes

We have made several adjustments and additions to the game alongside The Ember aspect:

• AI has now been completely removed as it was never intended to be a feature and would have required too much work to become adequate.
  
• Fixed some of the issues with the new pause system.
  
• Gate Watcher (or Laser Giant, as Wilbur calls it): A new unit for Moon of the plains.
  
• Secondary aspect now only provides a passive effect.
  
• Follower/aspect miracles have been moved to the primary aspect.
  
• Leaf Secondary has been changed. This was boring - Leaf now spontaneously manifests trees and bushes in all lands.
  
• Brighter suns to prevent discoloration of certain actors.
  
• Essence now spawns in the center of its land.
  
• Follower bowl now shows the correct follower aspect.
  
• Added a borderless full-screen button.
  
• Buttons now react on mouse up instead of down to prevent accidental card picks.
  
• Essence gain per 10 seconds is now shown on the essence bar.
  
• Shrines now cost 1 stone and 3 gold.
  
• Manifesting anything now costs 15 essence, up from 5 essence.
  
• Swamp passive has changed and now generates Sparks, which can be claimed to gain 3 essence.
  
• Pox no longer works on magical creatures.
  
• Dreams and Sparks are auto clicked by hovering mouse over them.
  
• Priests have lower threat rating and soldiers have higher threat rating.
  
• Priest damage bonus versus magical creatures has been further increased.
  
• Priest upgrade miracles are now prioritized when gaining new miracles.
  
• Skull priest, Bokor, Turns dead followers into zombies.
  
• Coin priest, Hand of Midas, turns the blood of hostile creatures into gold.
  
• Temples are now built with Tree, Stone, Gold, Gold.
  
• Gilding Stone can now be destroyed manually.
  
• Most miracle effect descriptions are now shown in the tool tip.
  
• Blessing of the Leaf can now target soldiers as well.
  
• Base Essence regen increased from 1 to 3 per 10 seconds.
  
• Sending a Vessel now has a flat cost of 10 Essence.
  
• Golden Calf cost has been reduced from 25 essence to 15 essence.
  
• Awaken Land cost has been reduced from 70 essence to 30 essence.
  
• Bog Lord cost has been reduced from 30 essence to 15 essence.
  
• Moon Blood cost has been reduced from 15 essence to 1 essence.
  
• Golden Legion cost has been reduced from 5 essence to 1 essence.
  
• Dream Lord cost has been reduced from 10 essence to 5 essence.
  
• Druid cost has been reduced from 15 essence to 5 essence.
  
• Zombies last slightly longer (120 seconds up from 100 seconds).
  
• Lantern spirit sleep rate reduced.
  
• Oasis no longer spends precious essence.
  
• Faster graveyards for the Skull aspect.

With Next Fest coming to a close, we want to thank everyone who has taken the time to check out Norland. The feedback and overall positivity has been overwhelming, and flattering.

With that being said, we've decided to extend the demo duration another two weeks until July 10! Not only that, we are lifting the in-game day cap from 15 days to 20 days.

We look forward to the next couple weeks as we get more feedback, and we're even more excited for the future.

I'm planning to take the game permanently off of Steam in the near future. As a last chance to give the game a try I am putting it on sale at 90% off for the upcoming Steam Summer sale.