{"id":2183727,"date":"2026-10-07T13:22:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T10:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2183727"},"modified":"2026-10-07T13:22:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T10:22:49","slug":"forza-horizon-6-has-been-delayed-on-ps5-a-new-report-suggests-not-long-after-developer-playground-insisted-it-hadnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2183727","title":{"rendered":"Forza Horizon 6 has been delayed on PS5, a new report suggests, not long after developer Playground insisted it hadn&#8217;t"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul 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class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/sherif-saed\">Sherif Saed<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Senior Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\n<p>Published on   <time datetime=\"2026-10-07T13:22:49+00:00\" data-auto-time-zone=\"true\" data-year=\"numeric\" data-month=\"short\" data-day=\"numeric\" data-hour=\"numeric\" data-minute=\"numeric\">Oct. 7, 2026, 1:22 p.m.<\/time>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"header_actions\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"b99982ec-ce0c-4c4d-8150-6eb3628f1e8f\" data-name=\"Forza Horizon 6\" 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PlayStation 5 has apparently been delayed to 2027, according to new information. Yes, this is not the first time we&#8217;ve heard that &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/forza-horizon-6-ps5-delay-reports\">The Verge&#8217;s Tom Warren and IGN said as much in late August<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Forza Horizon 6 studio Playground Games countered those claims days later, however, saying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/forza-horizon-6-ps5-on-track-2026\">the open-world driving game has not been pushed back<\/a>, while opening wishlisting for it on the PlayStation Store.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Dealabs&#8217; reliable leaker billbil-kun has added their voice to the noise, going further by revealing a specific, 26th January release date. They also speculated that an official announcement is coming this week alongside the opening of pre-orders.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve done our own investigation, and our research has paid off. Yes, we&#8217;ve managed to obtain the exact release date of Forza Horizon 6 on PS5,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealabs.com\/magazine\/forza-horizon-6-sur-ps5-on-vous-devoile-la-date-de-sortie-exacte-61746\">wrote French insider billbil-kun<\/a> (via machine translation).<\/p>\n<p>According to billbil-kun, the game is priced \u00a359.99 in the UK and \u20ac69.99 in the rest of Europe. A physical version &#8211; with a disc &#8211; will also be available at retail. Incidentally, billbil-kun wasn&#8217;t able to verify whether a Premium Edition is being offered on PS5.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>On PC and Xbox, the Premium Edition includes an expansion pass, car pass and various other in-game bonuses. If purchased ahead of launch, the Premium Edition also grants up to four days of early access. It&#8217;s possible Xbox is planning to release a digital-only Premium Edition on PS5, which wouldn&#8217;t be visible to billbil-kun&#8217;s typically retail-based sources.<\/p>\n<p>Just yesterday, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WeArePlayground\/status\/2107471535825166622\">Playground Games issued a statement on X<\/a> apologising for a general lack of communication about Forza Horizon 6 and assuring players it was listening to feedback. The developer also promised to look into changing the way it communicates with players going forward.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, it&#8217;s always possible the decision to delay Horizon 6 to January was made after Playground announced it was on track for a 2026 release, even though it&#8217;s been almost exactly one month since.<\/p>\n<p>Forza Horizon 6 has been one of the best-selling games this year so far. It <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/playstation-xbox-top-20-most-played-games\">continues to attract players each week<\/a>, and is estimated to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/forza-horizon-6-biggest-steam-new-release-11-billion-gbp\">the highest-grossing new release on Steam in 2026 so far<\/a>. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/forza-horizon-6-review\">the Eurogamer Forza Horizon 6 review<\/a>, Dom Peppiatt said the game has reached the zenith of the Horizon off-shoot spirit despite not really reinventing the wheel.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\" data-autopogo>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/forza-horizon-6\">Forza Horizon 6<\/a>&#8216;s highly-anticipated release on PlayStation 5 has apparently been delayed to 2027, according to new information. Yes, this is not the first time we&#8217;ve heard that &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/forza-horizon-6-ps5-delay-reports\">The Verge&#8217;s Tom Warren and IGN said as much in late August<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Forza Horizon 6 studio Playground Games countered those claims days later, however, saying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/forza-horizon-6-ps5-on-track-2026\">the open-world driving game has not been pushed back<\/a>, while opening wishlisting for it on the PlayStation Store.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Dealabs&#8217; reliable leaker billbil-kun has added their voice to the noise, going further by revealing a specific, 26th January release date. They also speculated that an official announcement is coming this week alongside the opening of pre-orders.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve done our own investigation, and our research has paid off. Yes, we&#8217;ve managed to obtain the exact release date of Forza Horizon 6 on PS5,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealabs.com\/magazine\/forza-horizon-6-sur-ps5-on-vous-devoile-la-date-de-sortie-exacte-61746\">wrote French insider billbil-kun<\/a> (via machine translation).<\/p>\n<p>According to billbil-kun, the game is priced \u00a359.99 in the UK and \u20ac69.99 in the rest of Europe. A physical version &#8211; with a disc &#8211; will also be available at retail. Incidentally, billbil-kun wasn&#8217;t able to verify whether a Premium Edition is being offered on PS5.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>On PC and Xbox, the Premium Edition includes an expansion pass, car pass and various other in-game bonuses. If purchased ahead of launch, the Premium Edition also grants up to four days of early access. It&#8217;s possible Xbox is planning to release a digital-only Premium Edition on PS5, which wouldn&#8217;t be visible to billbil-kun&#8217;s typically retail-based sources.<\/p>\n<p>Just yesterday, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WeArePlayground\/status\/2107471535825166622\">Playground Games issued a statement on X<\/a> apologising for a general lack of communication about Forza Horizon 6 and assuring players it was listening to feedback. The developer also promised to look into changing the way it communicates with players going forward.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, it&#8217;s always possible the decision to delay Horizon 6 to January was made after Playground announced it was on track for a 2026 release, even though it&#8217;s been almost exactly one month since.<\/p>\n<p>Forza Horizon 6 has been one of the best-selling games this year so far. It <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/playstation-xbox-top-20-most-played-games\">continues to attract players each week<\/a>, and is estimated to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/forza-horizon-6-biggest-steam-new-release-11-billion-gbp\">the highest-grossing new release on Steam in 2026 so far<\/a>. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/forza-horizon-6-review\">the Eurogamer Forza Horizon 6 review<\/a>, Dom Peppiatt said the game has reached the zenith of the Horizon off-shoot spirit despite not really reinventing the wheel.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Forza Horizon 6 Forza Horizon 6 has been delayed on PS5, a new report suggests, not long after developer Playground insisted it hadn&#8217;t Backfire. Image credit: Playground Games, Xbox Game Studios. 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