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09-27-2016, 12:30 PM
How 'Forza Horizon 3' got Australia to look so damn good
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What does it take to turn Australia into a video game? Something in the ballpark of "12 terabytes" of photos, according to Playground Games senior game designer Mike Brown.
Launching Tuesday, Xbox's Forza Horizon 3 is the racing ******' largest world so far and perhaps its most visually ambitious. The game puts the player in charge of the car-loving Horizon Festival, allowing them to explore the continent in more than 350 different vehicles.
SEE ALSO: Riot Games addresses the many issues of 'League of Legends' esports (http://mashable.com/2016/09/22/league-of-legends-esports-issues/)
The game has previously been set in the U.S. and western Europe, but Brown told Mashable Australia was always top of the short list as a potential setting. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/27/forza-horizon-3-australia-good/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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What does it take to turn Australia into a video game? Something in the ballpark of "12 terabytes" of photos, according to Playground Games senior game designer Mike Brown.
Launching Tuesday, Xbox's Forza Horizon 3 is the racing ******' largest world so far and perhaps its most visually ambitious. The game puts the player in charge of the car-loving Horizon Festival, allowing them to explore the continent in more than 350 different vehicles.
SEE ALSO: Riot Games addresses the many issues of 'League of Legends' esports (http://mashable.com/2016/09/22/league-of-legends-esports-issues/)
The game has previously been set in the U.S. and western Europe, but Brown told Mashable Australia was always top of the short list as a potential setting. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/27/forza-horizon-3-australia-good/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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