Feature Articles
Monday8th Jul 2024
Feature Serving Up Aloy of Food with the Official Horizon Cookbook
Making a meal of it
There's a surprising number of cookbooks based on popular video games. Drawing inspiration from some of the biggest and best series in the medium, these instructional tomes extend their world-building into reality. These 4D experiences can transport your tastebuds to the frosty Norse landscapes of God of War, Stardew Valley's...
Thursday17th Oct 2019
Feature How We Think Horizon: Zero Dawn 2 Will Champion PS5's Biggest New Features
Guerrilla's sequel primed to be the face of PS5
We're in an exciting time for PlayStation. While Sony itself is behaving rather reclusively about its next-gen machine, details about PS5 are starting to emerge. Wired recently revealed a few morsels of information, detailing some of the new bells and whistles that will take
Saturday30th Dec 2017
Game of the Year 2017 #3 - Horizon: Zero Dawn
Thunderjaw dropping
It still seems crazy to think that the studio responsible for the Killzone series, a PlayStation mainstay for well over a decade, would make such a creative leap. From a dingy first-person shooter series of fluctuating quality to a vast, vibrant open world RPG, rarely do we see studios of Guerrilla’s size and reputation stray...
Thursday7th Dec 2017
Site News Push Square Forum Votes Horizon: Zero Dawn as Game of the Year
Aloy to the world
While the world anticipates Geoff Keighley’s The Game Awards 2017 this evening, the Push Square forum members have already spoken, declaring Horizon: Zero Dawn to be their Game of the Year. After 250 posts as part of a typically epic thread coordinated by themcnoisy with assistance from KratosMD,
Friday25th Aug 2017
Soapbox Why PS4's Big 2017 Titles Handle Female Leads the Right Way
Sammy's gabbing on about girl power
I don’t care whether your game stars a lady or a Lombax: I just love good characters. It just so happens that two of my favourite characters in 2017 have been females – and they’ve both been at the beating heart of two of the PlayStation 4’s biggest exclusives. I’m, of course, referring to Aloy from...
Thursday9th Mar 2017
Push Share Photographing the Post-Apocalypse in Horizon: Zero Dawn
Say cheese
Push Share's been on hiatus for well over a year, but we simply had to bring it back for Horizon: Zero Dawn. We've been so hooked on photographing Guerrilla Games' gorgeous open world adventure that we've pulled together some of our best pictures for your viewing pleasure. Sammy Barker, Editor: Graham Banas, Reviewer: John...
Friday3rd Mar 2017
Soapbox Why We Need Horizon: Zero Dawn DLC
Sammy reckons Guerrilla's RPG is ripe for expansion
Well, this is awkward, isn't it? As gaming enthusiasts we collectively rail on companies for Season Passes and day one downloadable content – and rightly so. But if you'll indulge me for just a few minutes, I'm going to be a complete and utter hypocrite, because I kinda want Horizon: Zero Dawn...
Wednesday1st Mar 2017
Talking Point Are You Enjoying Horizon: Zero Dawn on PS4?
Totally Oseram
Even we're willing to admit that the build-up to Horizon: Zero Dawn has been intense. Sony sent us some branded biscuits today to celebrate the launch – that's a sign of how hard it's promoting the PlayStation 4 exclusive game. We're not going to lie, they were pretty tasty, too – but we digress. The release's now readily...
Site News Follow Our Horizon: Zero Dawn Hub Page
Everything in one place
Hooked on Horizon: Zero Dawn? Want to get all of our updates on the game in one place? Well, we've just created a hub page for Guerrilla Games' role-playing franchise that will keep you abreast of all of the developments in the fledgling series. You can find the page through here; simply click 'Follow' and it will be added to...
Friday24th Feb 2017
Poll Are You Buying Horizon: Zero Dawn?
Brave new world
The reviews are out, the scores are in, and the launch trailer is here; it's almost time to get your sweaty hands on Horizon: Zero Dawn - or is it? Guerrilla Games' open world epic is out next week on PlayStation 4, and it's safe to say that there's a lot of excitement in the air. As such, we're here once again to ask you lot what...
Wednesday22nd Feb 2017
Soapbox Horizon: Zero Dawn Has Me Even More Hyped for Death Stranding
Mads world
Do you remember last year when Metal Gear man Hideo Kojima toured the world with PlayStation 4 architect Mark Cerny searching for an engine to run Death Stranding on? The auteur's voyage spanned America and Europe, stopping at every single one of Sony's first-party studios, including Naughty Dog, Sucker Punch, and Media Molecule. But...
Tuesday21st Feb 2017
Soapbox Photo Mode Is a Big Part of Horizon: Zero Dawn's Fun
Paparazzi
Oh God, that headline's going to read like a red rag to trolls, isn't it? If you're here to derail the comments, then get that snark out of your system and check back for the rest of the article. Horizon: Zero Dawn is an amazing game, but there is a portion of the experience that's not really been mentioned yet: Photo Mode. Let me be...
Round Up Horizon: Zero Dawn PS4 Reviews Reveal Sony's Next Big Thing
Guerrilla goodness
The jury was very much still out on Horizon: Zero Dawn until just a few days ago, but Guerrilla Games' open world role-playing release looks poised to become Sony's next big franchise. Reviews have been generally very positive, with only a couple of outliers raining on protagonist Aloy's robo-dino parade. GamesIndustry.biz have...
Monday20th Feb 2017
Video Raise Your Bow at Six Minutes of Horizon: Zero Dawn PS4 Gameplay
Quench your thirst
Horizon: Zero Dawn, then – what a brilliant debut! We have a joke at the office about releases being 'Sammy Games™', which usually means they're a bit girly and have a strange vibe. Going into it, this author didn't expect Guerrilla's latest and greatest to be one of those, but it absolutely is. It pulls together ideas from so...
Tuesday31st Jan 2017
Video There's One Thing That Still Worries Us About Horizon: Zero Dawn
"Can't you see I need time to think?"
Ahhh man, Horizon: Zero Dawn looks great, doesn't it? We've always had a soft spot for Guerrilla Games ever since the original Killzone days, and it's great to see the studio branch out and try something bold and ambitious. But we're worried because the studio's never managed to write a great story in its entire...
Friday13th Jan 2017
Video Seven Horizon: Zero Dawn Facts You May Not Know
Diving deeper into Guerrilla's anticipated exclusive
Horizon: Zero Dawn's coming soon – well, unless Sony decides to move the date, as we suggested it should earlier – and we figured that we'd school you on some of the lesser-known details regarding the release. What's the link between protagonist Aloy and H.G. Wells, for example? Which other...
Talking Point Should Sony Move Horizon: Zero Dawn's PS4 Launch Away from the Nintendo Switch?
Decisions, decisions
There are two certainties in life: the first is that we'll all die, and the other is that you can't compete with a console launch. While many paragraphs will be written about last night's Nintendo Switch presentation, the folks at Guerrilla Games will probably be too bummed to read them – after all, its big new intellectual...
Tuesday27th Sep 2016
Hands On Could Horizon: Zero Dawn Be Sony's Next Big Blockbuster?
Aloy, saveloy
The best thing about PlayStation is that it's reinvented itself time and time again. Sony's original console was defined by Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon, but a contractual blunder meant that both series went multiformat. Sony had to reinvent itself, and we saw the introduction of Jak & Daxter and Sly Cooper. Now on its...
Saturday24th Sep 2016
First Impressions PS4 Pro Represents a Sizeable Step Forward
A new Horizon
Looking at Guerrilla's eye-wateringly pretty dinosaur destroying role-playing game Horizon: Zero Dawn on the PlayStation 4 Pro initially reveals the game that you have in your imagination; it's only when the upgraded version is observed back-to-back with its standard PS4 release that the stark contrast comes into alarming focus...
Friday17th Jun 2016
E3 2016 Game of the Show - Horizon: Zero Dawn (PS4)
Aloy joy
It feels like an eternity, but just 12 months ago we wrote an article in which we named Horizon: Zero Dawn our E3 2015 Game of the Show. After almost stealing the Paris Games Week poll a few months later, we're once again charged with the same task: Guerrilla Games' ambitious open world role-playing release is our E3 2016 Game of the Show...
Sunday21st Jun 2015
Feature Push Square's E3 2015 Game of the Show - Horizon: Zero Dawn
Bring me the Horizon
There hasn't been this much buzz surrounding Guerrilla Games for a while. The first-party firm last truly dropped jaws with its infamous Killzone 2 demo at E3 2005, a clip that turned out to be staged. A decade later, the Dutch developer has learned a lesson or two – it always shows gameplay where possible for a start...
