Forza Motorsport is a racing video game developed by Turn 10 Studios and published by Microsoft for the Xbox gaming system. It was shipped to stores on May 3, 2005. The word Forza is Italian for force or strength. The game is the first installment in the Forza Motorsport series, followed by the Xbox 360 games, Forza Motorsport 2, Forza Motorsport 3 and Forza Motorsport 4 which is currently under development and will be compatible with Kinect and the regular controller.