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Absolute Carnage: Separation Anxiety #1 (2019)
pencil & ink by Brian Level
color by Jordan Boyd

One of the most impressive things about the Forza Motorsports series is its lasting quality. The games designed for the original Xbox and Xbox 360 still feel wonderful to play. Modern entries in the series like Forza Motorsports 7 or Forza Horizon 3 feel remarkable. No other racing series matches the gameplay, visuals, and overall experience of this Microsoft Game Studios series. That’s why the upcoming Forza Street mobile game might just convince console gamers to get behind the wheel on-the-go. Here’s what we know about this soon-to-release title.

New Forza Street Mobile Game Brings Celebrated Series to iOS, Android

Image Credit: Turn 10 and Microsoft

Forza Street released on PC in 2018 as a free experience for fans of the mainline series. While the game is nowhere near the quality or substance of the Forza Motorsports and Forza Horizon series, it’s still quite good. That’s because developer Turn 10 is remarkably effective in creating fun racing games, no matter the setting or style. The original Forza Motorsports series earned a massive following and many doubted whether a festival-style game like Forza Horizon could work. The latter features events all over a map that take place as if a racing festival was taking place. It turned out to be just as great if not more fun and diverse than the Motorsports games. The move to mobile isn’t necessarily seamless, as any developer can tell you. I usually hesitate to see what these sorts of games play like, but footage and previews look impressive.  

When Does Forza Street Release?

Image Credit: Turn 10 and Microsoft

The Forza Street mobile game releases May 5th. The game is going to be free-to-play on iOS and Android, with microtransactions available for in-game items. You can preregister for the game on the Android store. Anyone who logs in between May 5 and June 5 is going to receive the Founder’s Incentive. The reward includes in-game currency and the 2017 Ford GT. It’s obvious that this won’t be the genre-defining experience other Forza games become. Still, a quality mobile racer is hard to find. If you are itching for a console game from Microsoft, don’t forget to shop the Xbox spring sale highlights!

Do you plan on trying out the Forza Street mobile game? Let us know in the comments! This might be perfect to send to a Forza fan you know too, so be sure to post on social media! Thanks for reading Comic Years for all things gaming, comics, and pop culture!

Featured Image Credit: Turn 10 and Microsoft

Forza Street Mobile Game Brings Microsoft Racing Series to Phones
Taylor Bauer

Thor v6 #1 - “The Black Winter” (2020) finished art
pencil & ink by Nic Klein
color by Matthew Wilson

X-Men, X-Factor and New Mutants.  Eight artists.  Shadow King.  Wolverine meeting Gambit and…Not getting along.

What a better way to launch a big X-space epic?

The teams of mutants are staring at a globe together, identifying known threats.  This is kind of a way to let readers know that Marvel hasn’t forgotten all the plot threads Chris Claremont has been dangling.

Cable wants to go to war and fight everything.  Storm and Cyclops want to stay closer to Professor X’s original vision.

For the rest of the jam-packed issue, we get check-ins on the various character developments, including looking for Rogue who has gone missing in the Savage Land with Magneto.  Issue #174 is devoted to her adventures there, and it features a May/December romance…

Eeeeewwwwww.  Throughout these issues, Rogue, Magneto and SHIELD fight Zaladane (and the mutates Magneto created way back in the 1960s) in the Savage Land.

During it, I think we learn that Shadow King has taken control of the Hellfire Club—but it’s not entirely clear.

Anyhow, during all this, Lila Cheney brings a whole bunch of the mutants out into space.

Guido!

Issue #275 is a tri-fold covered, extra-giant issue.

Did I mention that most of the team is now wearing a variant of the X-Factor costume, and that it’s yellow.  Yellow!

The team fights Deathbird, frees Professor X from the clutches of a band of skrulls, and help restore Lilandra as Queen of the Shi’ar.  Lots and lots of “big” fights.

Once they free Xavier, he learns of the Shadow King threat and figures as Earth’s greatest telepath, his services are needed back home.  He’s been gone for almost a decade of comics, so that’s kind of a big deal.

Creators: Chris Claremont (scripts), Jim Lee (some plotting throughout), Whilce Portacio, Klaus Janson, John Byrne, Rick Leonardi, Marc Silvestri, Michael Golden, Larry Stroman (art on #273 only), Jim Lee (art throughout).
Grade: C+

For the complete history of the MU, year by year, go here.
And see my Ratings of Runs on comics here.

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