Horizon - Timeline

Wednesday22nd Jan 2025

  • News Horizon MMO May Have Survived NCSOFT's Cull After All

    Not dead yet

    Over a year ago, Sony announced a strategic partnership with Korean publisher NCSOFT, with the speculated goal being to create a multiformat MMO based on the Horizon franchise. At the time, CEO Jim Ryan said: “Partnering with NCSOFT advances our strategy to expand beyond console and broaden PlayStation’s reach to a wider audience...

Wednesday8th Jan 2025

  • News Horizon Hatred Simmers Once More As Sony Announces Movie Adaptation

    Here we go again

    Another Horizon adjacent announcement, another intense round of scrutiny as rowdy social media users accuse Sony of attempting to “force” the Guerrilla franchise on fans. During its CES 2025 press conference this week, PS Productions bigwig Asad Qizilbash confirmed his department is working with Columbia Pictures to bring Aloy...

Tuesday7th Jan 2025

Friday20th Dec 2024

  • News Reminder That Horizon Forbidden West Is Simply Stunning on PS5 Pro

    Remains a technical marvel

    Since the PS5 Pro came out, we've somehow spent even more time gaming, checking out how the additional horsepower has improved past games and the new features it allows. Sony also wants to remind you of how awesome its pricey new upgrade is, releasing a trailer showing off 2022's Horizon Forbidden West enhanced on the PS5...

Thursday21st Nov 2024

  • Poll What Review Score Would You Give LEGO Horizon Adventures?

    Hey ho LEGO

    It's been out for a full week now on PS5 (and Nintendo Switch!), and so we want to know what you think of LEGO Horizon Adventures. When this block-based excursion was first announced, opinions were divided. On one side of the coin, Horizon seemed like a great fit for LEGO in general, with its carefully constructed robot dinosaurs just...

Monday18th Nov 2024

Thursday14th Nov 2024

  • News Guerrilla's Next Horizon Game May Launch Sometime in 2025 on PS5

    Horizon online game seemingly coming soon

    The Horizon franchise has had a very busy year in 2024, with the arrival of Forbidden West on PC in March, Zero Dawn Remastered in October, and LEGO Horizon Adventures having just launched today, 14th November. This momentum looks set to continue into 2025, if a recent job listing is to be believed. On...

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Wednesday30th Oct 2024

  • Video Horizon Zero Dawn's PS5 Remaster Is a Massive Upgrade

    Spot the difference

    Horizon Zero Dawn was one of the best looking games on the PS4, and it runs fairly flawlessly at 60fps on the PS5 in backwards compatibility. Many felt developer Nixxes was wasting its time remastering the game natively for Sony’s new-gen console, then. The truth, however, is that it’s done an extraordinary job – as these...

Thursday24th Oct 2024

  • News Layoffs Reported at Horizon MMO Developer NCSoft

    Aloy's mobile adventure likely impacted

    South Korean developer NCSoft has cut an unspecified number of jobs, with unannounced projects and support functions being cancelled or otherwise reduced due to its "deteriorating" financial situation. The company, which just released the MMO Throne and Liberty on PS5, struck a deal with Sony a couple of years...

Wednesday23rd Oct 2024

  • News Horizon Zero Dawn PS5 Is an Absolutely Insane Upgrade

    Update: Digital Foundry deep dive reveals even more

    Update: Just as these Horizon Zero Dawn comparisons emerged on Reddit, tech experts Digital Foundry have published an exhaustive 20-minute deep dive into the remaster. A lot of the content is as you’d expect: this is an absolutely tremendous upgrade from Nixxes, which significantly transforms the...

Tuesday22nd Oct 2024

  • News LEGO Pitched the Brilliant LEGO Horizon Adventures to Sony

    Not the other way around

    There’s a strange, recurring sentiment within the PlayStation community that Horizon is getting too many games – but it’s LEGO who came up with the idea of LEGO Horizon Adventures. You may recall Guerrilla and the Danish brick manufacturer collaborating on an awesome Tallneck set a few years ago; this sparked an idea...

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Wednesday18th Sep 2024

  • News Horizon Zero Dawn's PS5, PC Remaster Is Very Much the Real Deal

    This will go down well

    There had been rumours of a remaster of Guerrilla’s 2017 open world adventure Horizon Zero Dawn for quite some time, but following the unexpected announcement of LEGO Horizon Adventures earlier this year, some speculated that insiders may have got their wires crossed. Actually, it turns out the PS4 re-release is real, as...

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...

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Wednesday1st May 2024

  • News PS4 Classic Horizon Zero Dawn Set to Leave PS Plus Extra

    Gone from 21st May

    The PS Store listing for Horizon Zero Dawn has been updated to state it's leaving PS Plus Extra on 21st May 2024. As a first-party title published by Sony and internally developed at Guerrilla Games, the move comes as a surprise as it was thought all the titles Sony holds the rights to would remain on the service in perpetuity...

Sunday24th Mar 2024

  • News Horizon Forbidden West Off to a Sturdy Enough Start on PC

    Sixth biggest Sony release on PC thus far

    There’s an argument that the novelty of Sony’s delayed single player PC ports has worn off, but Horizon Forbidden West is bucking that trend. The open world sequel, converted by Nixxes, has opened to a respectable peak of 35,168 concurrent users on Steam, making it the sixth biggest PS Studios launch on...

Wednesday6th Mar 2024

  • News Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition Demands a Futuristic PC

    Burning motherboards

    Horizon Forbidden West is coming to PC in the form of the Complete Edition on 21st March, where an entirely new audience of players can experience one of PlayStation's modern classics in even greater fidelity. Sony has released a trailer detailing some of the features, and some of Nixxes additions, which already has us...

Monday4th Mar 2024

  • News Guerrilla's Online PS5 Horizon Game Survives Sony Cull

    Still in active development

    Critics of Sony’s live service initiative are having their suspicions affirmed lately, as the platform holder struggles to get its projects off the ground. While the excellent Helldivers 2 has launched to great success, Naughty Dog’s standalone adaptation of The Last of Us has been unceremoniously scrapped, while...

Tuesday9th Jan 2024

  • News Horizon Forbidden West on PC Getting Gorgeous DLSS 3 Support

    Ridiculously good looking

    As Sony's strategic vision increasingly grows to encompass PC players, it should come as no surprise that studios like Guerrilla would want to leverage the latest tech to make their games look and run as well as mechanically possible. The already gorgeous Horizon Forbidden West is getting a Complete Edition (due out in...

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Sunday10th Sep 2023

  • News Looks Like One of PS5's Best Games Is Getting a Complete Edition

    A new Horizon

    When it comes to the best PS5 games, Guerrilla’s sprawling open world Horizon Forbidden West is right up there – especially when you factor in its excellent Burning Shores DLC. And it looks like Sony is plotting a re-release of the game for its new-gen console, which will include the expansion out of the box. A rating in

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