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Playground Games Bans Leakers of Forza Horizon 6 Build

5/12/2026

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Playground Games announced on May 11, 2026 that it will impose franchise-wide and hardware bans on anyone who accessed the 155 GB leaked PC build of Forza Horizon 6.
The build appeared on SteamDB on May 7, 2026, before early access on May 15, 2026.
The studio said the leak was not caused by a pre-load encryption failure.
A UK social-media account warned bans could reach 8,000 years and that hardware bans survive new accounts.

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Playground Games announced on May 11, 2026 that it will impose franchise-wide and hardware bans on anyone who accessed the 155 GB leaked PC build of Forza Horizon 6.
The build appeared on SteamDB on May 7, 2026, before early access on May 15, 2026.
The studio said the leak was not caused by a pre-load encryption failure.
A UK social-media account warned bans could reach 8,000 years and that hardware bans survive new accounts.