{"id":86662,"date":"2016-03-01T17:00:32","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T15:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=86662"},"modified":"2016-03-01T17:06:34","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T15:06:34","slug":"forza-motorsport-6-apex-free-and-for-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/86662-forza-motorsport-6-apex-free-and-for-pc","title":{"rendered":"Forza Motorsport 6: Apex, free and for PC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Seattle Times accidentally broke embargo for <em>Forza Motorsport 6: Apex<\/em>, but that works out for us just fine.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/webcache.googleusercontent.com\/search?q=cache:http:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/business\/microsoft\/microsoft-recommits-to-pc-as-place-for-new-video-games\/\" target=\"_blank\">a piece by The Seattle times<\/a>, which has since been pulled, Microsoft is set to launch yet another formerly Xbox One exclusive title on PC.<\/p>\n<p><em>Forza 6: Apex <\/em>is a stripped down, free version of Turn 10 Studios\u2019 <em>Forza Motorsport 6 <\/em>for Windows 10 users.<\/p>\n<p>Positioned as a demonstration of what Windows 10 can do for PC gaming, as of yet there\u2019s no confirmation of what will and won\u2019t be included in the PC release.<\/p>\n<p>We imagine that Microsoft and Turn 10 are going to offer players who enjoy <em>Forza Motorsport 6: Apex<\/em> the option to purchase additional tracks and cars. After all, they\u2019re pretty dedicated to the freemium business model everywhere else.<\/p>\n<p>Like with <em><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/86141-quantum-break-for-pc-the-highest-recommended-specifications-weve-ever-seen.html\" target=\"_blank\">Quantum Break<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/86512-gears-of-war-ultimate-edition-requires-both-windows-10-as-well-as-directx-12.html\" target=\"_blank\">Gears of War: Ultimate Edition<\/a><\/em>, we\u2019re willing to bet that <em>Apex<\/em> will require DirectX 12 as well as the prerequisite Windows 10.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s probably also only going to be available on the Windows Store, which is somewhat annoying given <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/86630-microsoft-plans-to-improve-windows-store-because-its-terrible-at-the-moment.html\" target=\"_blank\">the current issues and inadequacies the store suffers from<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>PC gaming news<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/86634-htc-vive-to-cost-more-than-799-when-it-eventually-launches-locally.html\">HTC Vive to cost more than $799 when it eventually launches locally<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/86466-new-monstrously-powerful-msi-gt80s-laptops-arrives-on-south-african-shores.html\">New monstrously powerful MSI GT80S laptops arrive on South African shores<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/columns\/86269-there-are-reasons-to-be-upset-over-quantum-break-but-not-good-ones.html\">There are reasons to be upset over Quantum Break, but not good ones<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/86127-valves-gabe-newell-is-actually-oprah.html\">Valve\u2019s Gabe Newell is actually Oprah<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s supposed to be a demonstration of what Windows 10 can do for PC gaming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":86664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[12079,17412,91,15397,2608,13009,17398],"class_list":["post-86662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc","tag-directx-12","tag-forza-motorsport-6-apex","tag-microsoft","tag-pc","tag-turn-10-studios","tag-windows-10","tag-windows-store"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86662"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86666,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86662\/revisions\/86666"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}