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Brendan Lowry

Forza Horizon 6 races past Call of Duty's player count on Xbox — I knew the game was blowing up, but I'm still surprised it's beating the titanic FPS

An official screenshot of a high-speed race through Japan in Forza Horizon 6.

To say that Forza Horizon 6 has been a success for Microsoft and Xbox thus far would honestly be an understatement; it enjoyed a massive Early Access launch ahead of its full release, and once the game did come out for all across Xbox Series X|S, Windows PC, and Xbox Game Pass, it blew up on Steam within minutes and quickly accrued over 6 million players across all platforms.

A week later, it's lost a touch of its launch momentum on Steam, where its concurrent player count has dropped a bit (but only by a small amount, mind you). Across Xbox Series X|S and Xbox on PC, however, the open-world arcade racer has actually accelerated some, and has surpassed even Call of Duty in terms of current popularity.

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