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Forza Horizon 6 launches on PS5 on January 26, 2027, with Premium Edition early access from January 21, crossplay and cross-save with Xbox and Steam, and PlayStation Store pre-orders open now.
Playground Games' Japan-set racer has blown past 6 million players in seven days, hitting 270,000+ concurrent on Steam and a 91 on OpenCritic. A PS5 version is still due later in 2026.
Microsoft's second Game Pass drop of the month adds 13 titles between May 20 and June 2 across Ultimate, Premium, and PC tiers. Day-one additions include Luna Abyss (May 21), Echo Generation 2 (May 27), and the Crashout Crew / Kabuto Park double on May 28. The standout finishers are Jurassic World Evolution 3 and Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster, both landing on June 2 and both available on the family-friendly Premium tier - a tonal pivot from April's action-heavy calendar.
Forza Horizon 6 launched worldwide on May 19 across Xbox Series X|S, PC, Cloud, and Game Pass. Playground Games' Japan-set racer arrives with a 92 Metacritic, 100 percent OpenCritic recommend rate, and the title of 2026's best-reviewed game already secured. The PS5 version still has no firm date beyond a fall 2026 window.
Forza Horizon 6 hit a peak of 172,093 concurrent Steam players during its $120 Premium Edition advanced access, more than doubling Forza Horizon 5's all-time peak of 81,096 before the worldwide launch even arrives on May 19.
Playground Games' launch trailer landed overnight, exactly one week before May 15 Premium Edition early access and 11 days before the May 19 wide launch. The 90-second cut sneaks in two easter eggs the Forza community has already pulled apart frame-by-frame: a Ken Block Gymkhana NINE drift recreation at 0:48, and an Initial D Mount Akina face-off between a white-and-black AE86 and an FD3S RX-7 at 0:58.
Forza Horizon 6's pre-load is live at 134.86 GB on Xbox and 146.4 GB on PC — the largest Horizon install ever — as the game claims #1 on Steam's May wishlist with 500K pre-orders booked ahead of its May 19 launch.
Forza Horizon 6 launches May 19 on Xbox Series X|S and PC, and Playground Games has used the final stretch to detail Tokyo City, the Snowy Alps, the new 540-degree steering model, the Bracelet progression system, and seamless races. Here's the full breakdown of what's confirmed two weeks out.