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HORI

HORI is an active peripheral maker with two announced products for late 2026: the Racing Wheel Apex Formula for winter and a licensed Ace Combat 8 flight stick for October. Both target PlayStation and Windows PC platforms.

Synthesized from 30 Yomimono stories · updated Aug 2

HORI's recent output centers on two racing and flight peripherals announced within a two-month window. The Racing Wheel Apex Formula, revealed on July 28, is a variation of the existing Racing Wheel Apex with a formula-style steering unit. It targets sim racing enthusiasts who want race-accurate controls without a full wheel base. The controller includes an assign function, four saveable profiles, analog-sensing pedals, and a dedicated app for customizing steering and pedal settings. It is priced at 21,980 yen and supports PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Windows PC.

The second product, a flight stick for Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve, opened product pages on June 17. It is the first officially licensed Ace Combat 8 peripheral and launches in October 2026 for 21,980 yen on PS5, PS4, and Windows PC. The stick uses a Hall sensor and adds a dedicated High-G button for instant turns, with twin-stick mode supported when using two units.

Both products share a similar price point and platform spread, suggesting a consistent strategy of offering specialized controllers for genre-specific play. The Racing Wheel Apex Formula lacks adaptive triggers, motion sensors, vibration, and other features, so games relying on those may not play comfortably. The flight stick's High-G button replicates a series-specific maneuver without complex inputs, and the wheel's formula design targets race-accurate operation.

Key facts

Racing Wheel Apex Formula release window
Winter 2026 ↗
Racing Wheel Apex Formula platforms
PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Windows PC ↗
Racing Wheel Apex Formula price
21,980 yen including tax ↗
Racing Wheel Apex Formula features
Assign function, four saveable profiles, analog-sensing pedals, dedicated app for customization ↗
Ace Combat 8 flight stick release
October 2026 ↗
Ace Combat 8 flight stick platforms
PS5, PS4, Windows PC ↗
Ace Combat 8 flight stick price
21,980 yen ↗
Ace Combat 8 flight stick features
Hall sensor, High-G button, twin-stick mode with two units ↗

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1d ago

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6d ago

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Aug 30

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Aug 30

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Aug 30

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Aug 29

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Aug 28

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Aug 27

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Aug 23

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Aug 18

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Aug 14

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Aug 13

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Aug 11

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Aug 11

Forza Horizon 6 Cultural Consultant Explains Japan Design at CEDEC 2026

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Aug 7

Romelia War Chronicle Anime Adds Four Cast Members, Sets October 2026 Premiere

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Aug 7

Forza Horizon 6 Itasha Designs Mass Taken Down as Creators Withdraw

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Aug 7

Kamen Rider Zetts Movie Director Reveals Daydream Theme and 8-Minute Chase

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Aug 6

Sunrise Channel Adds Horizon and Cross Ange to Free YouTube Streaming

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Aug 6

Forza Horizon 6 Culture Advisor Details Two Years of Japan Authenticity Work

At CEDEC 2026, culture advisor Kyoko Yamashita explained how Playground Games, a UK studio with no Japanese staff among its roughly 100-person Forza Horizon 6 team, achieved a realistic Japan. She described her role, the team's early lack of Japan knowledge, and the decision to send leads to Japan.

Aug 5

Forza Horizon 6 Cultural Advisor Details Making of Japan With Daily Life at CEDEC 2026

At CEDEC 2026, held July 22 to 24 at Pacifico Yokohama North, Kyoko Yamashita took the stage to explain her work as cultural consultant for Forza Horizon 6, developed by UK studio Playground Games. Yamashita joined Square Soft in 1997 as a marketing assistant and later became independent, working as a business consultant and interpreter. She said this was her first time serving as a cultural advisor on a game, and that she was chosen because of her long industry career, her work preventing cultural misunderstandings for companies, and her love of cars. When she joined the project in the UK, there was no Japanese staff or anyone who spoke Japanese, so she began by introducing basic facts about Japan. The team's goal was not a postcard view but a Japan with a sense of daily life, one that would feel natural even to Japanese people. To achieve this, she recommended the team visit Japan, and eight key members toured Tokyo for about a week, driving in Hakone and using taxis, trains, and the Shinkansen. The team's questions, collected in a dedicated message box, covered the four seasons, festivals, shop signs, and landmarks. Yamashita worked on the title for two and a half years.

Aug 5

Xbox 360 Games to Hit Next-Gen Xbox, PC in 2027-2028 Rollout

Microsoft plans to make Xbox 360 titles playable on its next-generation console, codenamed Project Helix, as well as on Xbox PC and handheld devices, according to a document The Verge says it confirmed. The rollout is expected to happen in stages from 2027 to 2028. Developers can choose whether to enable backward compatibility for their titles and decide pricing and Game Pass availability. The document also outlines a Disc to Digital system for Xbox One and Xbox Series S, where inserting a physical disc into a compatible console grants a digital license tied to the disc and user account. That license carries across compatible Xbox devices, but if the disc is sold or transferred, the original owner loses access. The Disc to Digital beta was scheduled for July 2026, with general availability in August, but the beta has been delayed, so the August date is uncertain. In July 2026, Microsoft began backward compatibility for original Xbox titles on PC and PC-based handhelds like the ROG XBOX Ally, starting with four titles including Blinx: The Time Sweeper. The full PC backward compatibility release is planned for October 2026.

Aug 4

Yuji Horii Advises Switch Board Game Karma x Cross, Out August 6

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Aug 4

My Hero Academia Creator Kohei Horikoshi Returns With Horror One-Shot

Kohei Horikoshi, the creator of My Hero Academia, is returning to Weekly Shonen Jump with a new one-shot manga titled Warawanaide yo, Shijima-san (Don't Laugh at Me, Shijima). The 61-page story is described as a "boy-meets-girl horror" manga and will appear in the magazine's combined 37th and 38th issue, which goes on sale in Japan on August 10. Shueisha released a color illustration of the story's protagonists alongside the announcement. The one-shot marks Horikoshi's first manga published in Weekly Shonen Jump since My Hero Academia concluded in August 2024 after a decade-long serialization. During the final arc of My Hero Academia, Horikoshi wrote that he had "a small desire to draw a horror manga," and after the series' final volume shipped in December 2024, he stated he planned to start a new manga "as soon as I possibly can." The same issue of Weekly Shonen Jump will also include a feature celebrating the 50th anniversary of Osamu Akimoto's KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops, with horror novelist Settsu supervising a special article and an illustrated card drawn by Akimoto as a bonus.

Aug 2

HORI Racing Wheel Apex Formula Announced for 2026 Winter

HORI announced on July 28 that it will release the Racing Wheel Apex Formula for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Windows PC in winter 2026. The steering controller is a variation of the existing Racing Wheel Apex, with a formula-style steering unit designed for racing cars. The button layout allows operation while gripping the wheel, and the steering unit can adjust fine vehicle settings like a real race car. The controller includes an assign function for remapping buttons, four saveable profiles, and analog-sensing foot pedals for precise accelerator and braking input. A dedicated app enables customization of steering and pedal settings, including button mapping, maximum steering angle, dead zone, and linearity. The price is 21,980 yen including tax. The steering unit measures about 29 cm in diameter, has a rotation angle of about 270 degrees, and weighs about 1.4 kg. The product supports XInput games on Windows 11 and connects via USB Type-A. It lacks adaptive triggers, motion sensors, vibration, touchpad, microphone, speaker, light bar, and headphone jack, so games relying on those features may not play comfortably.

Jul 17

CUTIE STREET Members to Guest Star as Pikachu Idol Group in Pokémon Horizons

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Jul 17

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Jul 12

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Jul 9

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Jul 7

GeForce NOW Runs Forza Horizon 6 With No Perceptible Lag

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Jul 7

Sana Horiki Makes DVD Debut After Graduating from Idol Group SEIEN

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Jul 6

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Jun 30

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Jun 27

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Jun 20

Forza Horizon 6 Weekly Challenge Has Players Recreating Back to the Future Train Scene

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Jun 19

Hell Mode Season 2 Adds Yui Horie, Ending Song by ChoQMay

The staff for Hell Mode season 2 announced Yui Horie as the voice of Maria, a summoned beast resembling a French doll, and ChoQMay as the performer of the ending theme song "Firetail." The season premieres July 3 on Tokyo MX and other channels.

Jun 17

HORI Reveals Flight Stick for Ace Combat 8, October Release Set

HORI opened product pages for a flight stick compatible with Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve on June 17. The peripheral launches in October 2026 for 21,980 yen on PS5, PS4, and Windows PC. It uses a Hall sensor, a High-G button for instant turns, and supports twin-stick mode with two units.

Jun 16

My Hero Academia 10th Anniversary Video Traces Deku's Journey to 'You Say Run'

A special video titled 'PLUS ULTRA MOVIE "You Can Be a Hero"' has been released for the My Hero Academia anime's 10th anniversary. The video traces Izuku Midoriya's journey from his childhood encounter with All Might to becoming the greatest hero, set to the iconic track 'You Say Run.' New animation cuts were created for the project.

Jun 15

Forza Horizon 6 Cultural Advisor Describes Two and a Half Years of Japanese Culture Work

Playground Games' cultural advisor Yasuko Yamashita, a 25-year industry veteran who worked on Final Fantasy VII, spent two and a half years supervising Japanese culture for Forza Horizon 6. In an Xbox Wire Japan interview, she described teaching the team about seasonal details like cherry blossom petal behavior, kawaii culture, and stamp collecting, which became the Collection Journal feature.

Jun 15

Mobile Suit Gundam: Last Horizon Volume 7 Releases June 18

The seventh volume of the Mobile Suit Gundam: Last Horizon manga, written by Hiroyuki Yoshino and illustrated by Kenichi Terada, goes on sale June 18, 2026, in print and Kindle formats. The Kindle version is 40 yen cheaper and will be auto-delivered on release day. Pre-orders are open on Amazon.

Jun 12

Gold Mining Simulator 2 Demo Launches on Steam

Code Horizon and PlayWay released a demo for Gold Mining Simulator 2 on June 11, 2026. The game is a sequel to the 2017 original Gold Mining Simulator. Players use heavy machinery such as excavators, pickup trucks, and the AUH-20C washing plant to mine gold in the Alaskan wilderness. The demo includes a narrated quest line and interactions with local NPCs. Unlike the previous single-player-only title, the full game will support multiplayer. The demo is single-player only. It is available on PC via Steam and supports Japanese. Mining operations require resources and machinery can break down, so players must manage supplies and perform maintenance. The demo allows players to experience the evolved physics-based excavation mechanics and realistic heavy machinery.

Jun 11

Forza Horizon Veterans Unveil Cinematic Open-World Driving Game Clutch

Maverick Games, the independent studio founded by former Forza Horizon creative director Mike Brown, revealed Clutch at Summer Game Fest 2026. The game blends a narrative-driven story with an open world inspired by the French Riviera, featuring day and night cycles that shift between professional racing and underground street races. It follows the Marcial siblings and is built on Unreal Engine 5 with a custom physics system.

Jun 11

Japan Acer Launches Four Predator Gaming Laptops With RTX 50 Series

Japan Acer announced four new Predator gaming laptops on June 11, all equipped with Intel Core Ultra processors and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 series Laptop GPUs. The lineup includes two Predator Helios 18 AI models and two Predator Helios Neo 16S AI models, each including a three-month PC Game Pass subscription.

Jun 11

Forza Horizon 6 Save Deletion Bug Prompts Official Investigation

Microsoft and Playground Games are investigating a bug in Forza Horizon 6 that deletes player save data or resets progress. The issue was reported by multiple players on Reddit. On June 11, the Xbox Support account acknowledged the problem and said the investigation is ongoing. The support team urged affected players to submit a support ticket on the same day the issue occurred, and warned against starting new play sessions or creating new save data before the team responds. As preventive measures, the team recommends disabling the Quick Resume feature on Xbox Series X|S, always exiting the game through the menu, and waiting for the save icon to disappear before closing the game or turning off the device. The support team is working with the Xbox team on a platform update to fix the bug. Forza Horizon 6 launched with early access on May 15 and fully released on May 19. It surpassed 6 million players by May 22. A PS5 release is planned for late 2026. Separately, the game's "Welcome to Japan" spring season Festival Playlist started late on June 11, offering reward cars including the 1996 Toyota Starlet Glanza V and the 1974 Toyota Corolla SR5.

Jun 9

Forza Horizon 6 Players Use Bouncing SUV Setup to Reach Hidden Bonus Boards

A tuning setup for the TRD 4Runner in Forza Horizon 6 makes the SUV bounce and spin through the air, defying physics. Players are using it to reach high-up bonus boards that are normally hard to access. The setup can be downloaded with a share code, though it requires specific difficulty settings to work.