One of the biggest Xbox games of the year, Forza Horizon 6, is now just a week away from its May 19 release date, with Early Access to the title unlocking this week for Premium Edition owners on May 15. It's a time of widespread excitement and hype for what's expected to be one of 2026's best games, and an Xbox Game Pass hit too — but it's been marred by quite a disastrous leak of the Steam version of the title.
On Sunday, Xbox and developer Playground Games uploaded preload files for Forza Horizon 6 to Steam, but did so without encryption. This presumably led to pirates downloading and cracking the game and then leaking it early, enabling people to play the highly anticipated arcade racer early and for free on PC if they're willing to go digging for the build.
