Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Forza Horizon 6 Players Are Using Exploits to Farm Easy Credits and Unlock Every Car

Forza Horizon 6 players are exploiting certain parts of the game so that they can quickly and easily unlock every vehicle in the game. As spotted by GamesRadar, YouTuber XMBWesley posted a guide on how to quickly rack up a bunch of credits and XP. For starters, you can use map code 121 812 769, equip the Impreza 22B-STI Version 1998 Subaru (you'll need to acquire this if you don't already have it), and then enable auto-steering and assisted braking. The game will essentially do all the work for you and ram your car into a bunch of objects. This will not only earn you credits at the end of the race, but give you skill points.

By investing the skill points back into your vehicle, you can unlock more wheel spins, bonuses, and more to help quickly earn additional credits. You can do this as much as you want, but there is also a second race that is just as lucrative. If you enter the map code 197 337 317, you can play another track with the same custom settings as the previous race. The race takes about 40 minutes to finish, so you can set your controller down and put something against the trigger to make your car accelerate while doing something else. Once you finish the race, you'll have 100,000 credits. You can do this over and over again.

Of course, this will hinder a sizable portion of Forza Horizon 6's progression if you do this. Although there are other forms of progression, earning credits and buying cars is one of the biggest parts of the game. This will also almost certainly be patched by Playground Games at some point, though it's unclear how long that might take. If you want to cheat the system, you'll want to act now, but be warned, it may ruin some of the fun for you.

So far, Forza Horizon 6 has been a massive hit for Xbox and Playground Games. Forza Horizon 6 has enjoyed high player counts since its early access launch last week and has only grown since the release of the standard edition on Tuesday. We also gave the game a 10 in our review, stating that it is a "new standard in open-world racing" and "unequivocally the best" of its genre.

Not only is the racing itself sharp, but it also has a wonderful sense of humor. Forza Horizon 6 features a cheeky reference to Pokémon, which has amused fans. Players are also decking out and modifying tiny cars like the Peel P50 to make it an unsuspecting yet absolutely absurd racing machine.

Cade Onder is a freelancer for IGN's news team. He covers all things entertainment, including gaming, film, and more. You can find him on Twitter @Cade_Onder.



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The Powerful MSI Vector 16" RTX 5070 Ti Gaming Laptop Drops to $1399 for Memorial Day

Walmart is offering an outstanding gaming laptop deal that I haven't seen since Black Friday. As part of the Walmart Memorial Day Sale, you can pick up a powerful MSI Vector HX 16" Gaming Laptop for just $1,399.00 with free shipping. This laptop features an RTX 5070 Ti GPU with 140W TGP rating for impressive gaming performance.

MSI Vector HX 16" RTX 5070 Ti Gaming Laptop for $1,399

The MSI Vector HX laptop is equipped with a 16" 1920x1200 144Hz IPS display, Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX, Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GPU, 16GB of DDR5 RAM, 1TB SSD, and weighs in at about 6 pounds. Both the RAM and SSD are user-upgradeable. The Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX is a 20-core CPU with a max turbo frequency of 5.2GHz. This is a great processor for both gaming and multi-core tasking. A 1 year warranty is included.

The GeForce RTX 5070 Ti mobile GPU can handle the most demanding games

The RTX 5070 Ti mobile GPU performs about 20%-30% better than the RTX 5070. Compared to the previous generation, it's comparable in performance to the RTX 4080 and pulls ahead of it in games that support DLSS 4.5 and multi-frame generation. It's powerful enough to run just about any game on the display's FHD+ resolution. You can run even games like Pragmata, Crimson Desert, and Forza Horizon 6 at 60+fps with minimal tweaking. Check out Notebookcheck's Forza Horizon 6 benchmark results; an RTX 5070 Ti laptop is used as one of the test machines and it hits 60fps at 1080p.

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Walmart Still Has the Lowest Price on an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 12GB Graphics Card in 2026

If you're planning out a PC build and have been hoping to get one of the new Nvidia Blackwell graphics cards at a reasonable price, this might be the best opportunity you'll get in the near future. Walmart is offering a retail boxed PNY GeForce RTX 5070 12GB graphics card for just $599 shipped. Mind you this is still $50 over MSRP, but it's the best price I can find right now for a standalone 5070 GPU and the first time I've seen this card drop below $600 this year.

PNY GeForce RTX 5070 12GB OC Graphics Card for $599

The GeForce RTX 5070 GPU is an excellent choice for 1080p or 1440p gaming. Compared to the previous generation GPUs, the RTX 5070 offers a slight performance improvement over the RTX 4070 Super, which was and still is an excellent GPU. The fps gain is greater in games that support DLSS 4.5 with multi-frame generation. Read our RTX 5070 review for our hands-on impressions. This PNY model features a slim 2.4-slot triple-fan cooling system and a slight overclock.

Amazon has it for a bit more, but it includes a free game

Amazon's lowest price currently for an RTX 5070 card is the PNY Epic-X model for $630.70. Yes that's about $30 higher, but Amazon is also participating in the Nvidia promotion where you get the 007 First Light game for free (in the form of a download code) when it comes out on May 27. Walmart is not a participating retailer.

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Tuesday, May 19, 2026

How to Watch Warhammer Skulls 2026

Warhammer Skulls is the ultimate showcase of Warhammer video games, and it’s back this week for its 10th anniversary. There are a bunch of Warhammer games from several different developers that are either on the horizon or are getting post-launch support, so there’s a lot to get updates on. As has become tradition, the show will be full of world premieres, exclusive reveals, and update announcements, and you can watch it all live.

Showcase Date, Time, and Where to Watch

Warhammer Skulls will start on Thursday, May 21 at 5 p.m. BST, which means 12 p.m. Eastern / 11 a.m. Central / 9 a.m. Pacific, and you can see the times for other cities around the world in the graphic at the bottom of this page. The show will run for about 50 minutes, and IGN will livestream it across all our channels. You can watch the full event in any of these places:

IGN.com (our homepage)

IGN’s Facebook

IGN’s Twitter

IGN’s Twitch

IGN’s YouTube

If you can’t watch the show live, don’t worry. We’ll post the full video to our YouTube page, just like we did for last year’s show.

What to Expect from This Year’s Showcase

The announcement of this year’s Warhammer Skulls also teased updates for a handful of games: Space Marine 2, Darktide, Total War: Warhammer III, Boltgun 2, Warhammer Survivors, Dark Heresy, and Rogue Trader.

These games run the gamut of genres, developers, and release dates. Space Marine 2, Darktide, Total War: Warhammer III, and Rogue Trader have all gotten extensive post-release support. Their involvement in the show likely means significant updates are on the way for each of them, so we’ll just have to stay tuned to see what those updates are.

Boltgun 2, Warhammer Survivors, and Dark Heresy are each scheduled to be released this year, so there’s bound to be new trailers and details revealed. And maybe we’ll get announcements of a demo or two. These are just the games that were specifically teased as being involved in the show, but there are bound to be some surprise reveals and announcements we can’t see coming. Tune in Thursday to see it all for yourself.



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Monday, May 18, 2026

First F1 25: 2026 Season DLC Details Coming This Week

EA has confirmed the first details for F1 25’s 2026 Season Pack update will be made available this Wednesday, May 20. The reveal trailer for the upcoming DLC will be released at 4pm UK time, May 20 (11am EDT/8am PDT, and 1am AEST on May 21).

For the time being, EA has revealed the “cover” athletes for the update: seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton, former F3 and F2 champion Gabriel Bortoleto, and veteran driver Valtteri Bottas, winner of 10 F1 Grands Prix and current owner of the greatest F1 moustache this side of Nigel Mansell.

The presence of Bortoleto and Bottas would be no accident, since they represent the two new teams on the 2026 grid: Audi and Cadillac.

EA confirmed in late 2025 that there would be no standalone F1 game released alongside the real-life 2026 season, revealing that the 2026 Formula One World Championship would be coming as a paid expansion for the existing F1 25 instead.

The content update is set to reflect all the sport’s 2026 changes, with new cars, new drivers, and the new regulations. How the new cars are handled within the 2026 season DLC will be interesting considering how critical many current F1 drivers have been of their new characteristics. Two-time F1 champ Fernando Alonso has dubbed modern F1 a “battery world championship”, 2025 champ Lando Norris has lamented F1 has gone from “the best cars ever made in Formula 1 and the nicest to drive to probably the worst”, and four-time champ Max Verstappen has quipped that he’s swapped the simulator for his Nintendo Switch, joking that he’s now practicing with Mario Kart instead.

The next full game in the series is planned for 2027, and will be “reimagined into a more expansive experience with new ways to play for fans around the world.”

IGN’s F1 25 review noted there remain “several areas where it hovers frustratingly short of its full potential,” including its fascination with clothing and emotes over classic F1 cars and content – but that it’s “comfortably the strongest the series has been since the fan favourite F1 2020.”

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Forza Horizon 6 Features a Cheeky Pokémon Easter Egg

Forza Horizon 6 managed to slip in a sly reference to Pokémon.

Xbox and Playground Games' beloved racing franchise has returned, and it's arguably better than ever. Forza Horizon 6 takes the series to Japan, a long-requested setting amongst fans. Not only is Japan a beautiful location for any game, but it has a very strong and thriving car culture. After years of fleshing out the franchise, Playground finally felt comfortable in taking on the setting and making the biggest Forza game yet.

As a result, Forza embraces Japan in all kinds of different ways. Of course, there's an emphasis on drifting in the game, there are cherry blossom trees that are so culturally significant they can't be destroyed, and there are all kinds of references to Japanese culture. One of the game's most notable events even sees the player racing a giant mech through the streets of Japan. It's outrageous, but right in line with the tone of Forza. Perhaps one of the most notable Japanese references is a nod to Pokémon, Nintendo's beloved video game franchise.

While listening to the in-game radio, you may hear the radio hosts suggest that players take some pictures while exploring Japan. They then use the term, "Snap 'em all," a play on Pokémon's legendary tagline, "Gotta catch 'em all."

The radio hosts then note that it's, "like that Japanese collecting game we're not allowed to name for legal reasons." It's a fun reference that has been amusing fans, especially since Nintendo is a very litigious company that will act against anyone who infringes on Pokémon's rights.

In related news, Pokémon turns 30 this year, and there's been no shortage of ways to celebrate. Target recently teamed up with Kellanova to produce a limited-edition line of Pokémon Pop-Tarts. As you might imagine, they have been the target of scalpers, who have been snatching up stock and reselling them for four or five times their normal retail price.

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Amazon Has Dropped Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Switch 2 Preorders in Price To Match Argos — Still With Free MTG Card

Out on 3 June, the Nintendo Switch 2 port of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has had preorders for its physical copies (though Game-Key Cards) drop at retailers like Amazon and Argos. Although the epic follow-up to the Final Fantasy 7 Remake has been out on PS5 and PC since early 2024 and 2025 respectively, but is finally coming to the Switch 2 and Xbox Series X|S next month.

Among various preorder bonuses for the Switch 2 preorder, however, (including a reversible alternate box art inlay) is a very unique and limited in-box pre-order bonus: a Zack Fair Magic: The Gathering card.

This borderless version of the card, with variant art done by Tetsuya Nomura himself, has specifically been spotted among FF7 Rebirth’s Switch 2 pre-orders on Amazon UK and Argos — both for £43.99, after Amazon cut its initial £49.99 price.

On the other hand, Argos’ listing also comes with added in-game pre-order bonuses along with the Zack Fair card: a Posh Chocobo Summon Materia, a Shinra Bangle Mk. II item, and Midgar Bangle Mk. II item. However, Amazon doesn’t seem to have those listed in its promo art — only the Zack Fair card and reversible inlay.

If you can’t wait to start playing on Switch 2, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s demo is available on the Nintendo eShop, where your save data will carry over to the full game. Plus, if you have save data from the FF7 Remake Intergrade’s main story, you’ll also unlock free Leviathan Summoning Materia.

If you also have save data for Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade’s INTERmission DLC, you’ll additionally earn the Summoning Materia for Ramuh.

Will you be checking out Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth on Switch 2 or Xbox? Or are you waiting for news on Part 3? Let us know!

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Forza Horizon 6 Players Are Using Exploits to Farm Easy Credits and Unlock Every Car

Forza Horizon 6 players are exploiting certain parts of the game so that they can quickly and easily unlock every vehicle in the game. As s...