{"id":662655,"date":"2026-05-11T17:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T17:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/662655\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T17:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T17:18:08","slug":"pirates-are-already-playing-forza-horizon-6-days-before-its-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/662655\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates are already playing Forza Horizon 6 days before its launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As of Monday, footage from Forza Horizon 6 can be seen in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4JnnECcYpa8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">multiple<\/a> YouTube <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7-r8dX2mLrI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">videos<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=29_0nCm16c0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">livestreams<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In March, an unencrypted copy of Death Stranding 2 was similarly uploaded to Steam days before the game\u2019s PC release, leading almost immediately to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tweaktown.com\/news\/110526\/death-stranding-2-full-pc-game-leaks-two-days-before-official-release\/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">its availability on piracy sites<\/a>. But Death Stranding 2 had already been available for over a year on the PlayStation 5 when that leak happened, somewhat blunting its overall impact.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2018, the Denuvo copy protection for Hitman 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gaming\/2018\/11\/hitman-2s-denuvo-drm-cracked-days-before-the-games-release\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was broken days before the game\u2019s official launch date<\/a>, thanks to the quick work of crackers working on an early access version made available to preorder customers.<\/p>\n<p>The unprotected early upload could be a costly mistake for Microsoft, which is set to officially release Forza Horizon 6 on May 19 (or May 15 for those who pre-purchased <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-US\/games\/store\/forza-horizon-6-premium-edition\/9NDBXSJFP7DH\/0017\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the $120 Premium Edition<\/a>). A 2024 study of Denuvo protection estimated that when a cracked version of a game is available within the first week of its release, it <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gaming\/2024\/10\/the-true-cost-of-game-piracy-20-percent-of-revenue-according-to-a-new-study\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">results an average 20 percent reduction in total revenue<\/a>. While that study didn\u2019t examine the impact of pre-release cracks, the potential economic impact is likely even higher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As of Monday, footage from Forza Horizon 6 can be seen in multiple YouTube videos and livestreams. In&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,61],"class_list":["post-662655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}