There have been many rumours circulating about the Horizon franchise. Apparently, Guerrilla has partnered with another studio to make a mobile spin-off, and of course there's the scuttlebutt about a potential Horizon Zero Dawn PS5 remaster. One rumour that's persisted for a while, though, is an online multiplayer spin on the series. Well, it's not a rumour anymore — Guerrilla has now directly mentioned it.
In a big recruitment drive for the Amsterdam studio, the social media post talks up an "Online Project set in Horizon's universe":
"Featuring a new cast of characters and a unique stylised look, friends will be able to explore the majestic wilds of Horizon together," the post continues. A whole bunch of open positions follow across various fields.
So, there we go. A Horizon online multiplayer game is in the works, and Guerrilla is staffing up for it as we speak. We're certainly intrigued — some PvE action where you team up to take down the game's huge machines sounds great to us, and we wonder what the game's "stylised" visuals will look like. Anyway, whatever it is, it's probably a ways off.
Are you excited about the idea of a Horizon multiplayer title? Tell us in the comments section below.
[source twitter.com]
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I am interested to see how this turns out. Hopefully after this Killzone can live again.
See, when I hear "stylized," I think something like Okami.
When they say it, they're probably thinking of something more akin to the Fortnite artstyle.
We'll see how it turns out.
And hear I thought HZ had a pretty great style already. The blending of nature and machine is just... chef's kiss imo.
It won't happen, but I think the Breath of the Wild artstyle would suit Horizon pretty well.
I'm normally not a multiplayer guy, but I definitely have some friends who will be ecstatic by this news and would gladly play with them.
Can't wait for this!
This is something I'd genuinely be interested in playing, whenever it drops.
I got into Horizon super late, but the experience has been phenomenal. The world is fun to explore, and fighting robot wildlife is a blast. Doing the same but with some friends would be awesome.
I hope this is separate from the long rumored mp game they're working on. Was really hoping for a new killzone,, probably the best mp game I've ever played.
Gross, no. This series is so good and its visual style is so beautiful, just make a third and wrap it up without all this jank.
Need more info but for now, polite pass.
Too much horizon. Great series but just so much.
If for consoles, in interested. If for mobile, I'm not interested.
I'm a simple guy.
It's like 2010 all over again, every game needs a multiplayer mode! Does it come in brown?
@Ralizah Of course it means Fortnite/GTA style. Unless they're
aping that "What if Horizon were on PS1" video
Multiplayer with ‘stylised’ art? Isn’t that just the crap Resi spin-off that was supposed to launch with Village?
Very interested to see what this will be like! Just wonder about the "stylised" visuals too. I hope it doesn't end up looking like Fortnite but instead give it a nice style that it can look similar to the main games but slightly different.
It's good to see they are staffing up to make this, but I'd like to see them having a team that would work on Killzone. Maybe they need to grow the studio more to make room for that game too.
@Americansamurai1 this isn't going to be ready in at least 3 years so hopefully they will just rest the main series and put their dedication in this new game.
God please let this be something more rpg than shooter lol.
@GymratAmarillo I think it will be sooner, they been working on this since 2019.
Calling it now, this dies on its ass unless it launches day and date on ps4, ps5 and PC whilst being free to play with cross play.
No thanks I'll stick with single player story driven horizon thank you very much
Is the thumbnail from genshin ? Really annoys me that they added her as a character but only for a certain amount of time & now you can't get her
@Americansamurai1 good to know they are putting a lot of work on it and it's not just an add but just reading the position list, they have a lot of work to do, the infrastructure behind the project has to be the most important part in an online game and they are still hiring for that so I think the earliest would be 2024.
@GymratAmarillo early 2024 make sense.
@Would_you_kindly It is from Genshin! I wouldn't worry about missing out on Aloy too much she's the worst DPS in the game (for characters who are meant to be DPS) and always at the bottom of most tier lists along with poor ol' Amber.
If you want a Cryo based bow character as a DPS Ganyu kicks ass and is one of the strongest characters in the game, though she's a banner 5-star. Diona is great for heals and buffing support. A cryo-based Bennett-lite if you will.
I haven't used Aloy since the month I got her and now I just regret using all that resin to upgrade her. Never has a character needed constellations more, and she's unique in that she has none.
@Americansamurai1 my friend there have been 2 games in the last 5 years, how is that too much?
Idk about this one, new internal team whilst the OG teams work on new SP Horizon and other projects. This game is going to feel more like Fortnite than anything Horizon. Might be a good thing, something new I guess
@theMEGAniggle actually scratch that, hunting big ass robots with friends is a win for me, I'm all in
@theMEGAniggle zero dawn, expansion, forbidden West, expansion, vr game, zero dawn remaster, tv series, online game, rumored mobile online game. Yes a lot of horizon on the horizon no pun intended lol
@themightyant I want a lot of characters all female though I don't bother with the male ones lol
Please, let guerilla focus on something else (killzone pls). New enemy for third game is hades 2.0… from space xD. I can’t imagine what Guerilla can come up with for the third game to make it interesting…
@Would_you_kindly Meanwhile i'm holding out for Alhaitham & Dainsleif. lol
@Sanquine Please, let Guerrilla focus on something else - Agreed
Killzone pls - No!
@Americansamurai1 yeah on the horizon for sure 🤣, just meant currently
@Sanquine honestly at this point I feel like almost every studio is forced to complete a trilogy before they can move on to another project or new IP
@themightyant IDK, Killzone was supposed to be the "Halo killer" that never came close to fulfilling its promise. It might not find it difficult to finally complete the mission now. Wake Sev when you need him, or something like that...
@Ralizah I imagine the hoyoverse style. Something along the lines of Genshin or Xenoblade Chronicles 3.
@NEStalgia
Pretty much every shooter in the 2000's with even a smidgen of scifi influence was being dubbed a "Halo Killer" so Killzone really wasn't unique in even that regard.
@PegasusActual93 good point, but kz was always expected great things of since it was the direct console rival.
It's a shame, shadow fall was the best kz in gameplay and really moved forward in design but also got kind of thematically bland, and then halo killed itself and guerilla moved to hzd.
@NEStalgia Killzone was never a bad game, but it was never a great game either. Second one was vastly overrated and really doesn't stand the test of time. It's clunky at best, and that was apparently the best the series got.
Yes Shadow Fall was by far the best gameplay, and was a precursor to what wizards they are in the graphics department, but as you said it was pretty uninspired in so many other ways.
What I really want is a new IP, but failing that more Horizon over Killzone for me. A third game that is a finale would be perfect. But I think they have 2 teams now, so perhaps both?
@themightyant yeah kz2 was.... I played as far as the train and half way through it was just like "omg I can't stand another wave of these guys" and never finished it. It was ok. Ish. I think the love of that one came from the e3 early footage that showed an incredibly advanced game that would have been amazing if it actually existed. It was all prerendered target renders. Definitely very overrated.
Shadow fall really upped the gameplay. It actually was very fun to play. Shooting felt good, the scanner and cloak made it really interesting. The game offered nothing but the gameplay, and it felt like the world was built to have "something" to put the gameplay in. And it felt short and rushed for launch. But I have to say I was sad when it ended so soon because I was having a lot of fun playing it.
But yeah, from the earlier kz games and the uninspired shadow fall I always thought of guerilla as a low grade studio. I was stunned when they managed to make HzD what it is.
I love horizon, and don't really like kz all that much, so I definitely agree. I think they're overdoing horizon though. Now we have 2 games then the vr game then the stylized multiplayer game ... They're really in a milk things dry until they're no longer interesting mode.
Kz itself, I think the problem with ever bringing that back is it has no identity. It was always a generic military shooter with a space Nazi theme that worked once but never really went anywhere. And it's the epitome of the brown shooter. Shadow fall left the brown behind, but didn't really add anything new. I don't think we'll see kz return. If we do, it'll be battle royale
@paulbuck1996 Same here but I refuse to ever play multiplayer period, it just doesn't hold any interest for me.
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