Game Overview:
Horizon Zero Dawn is an open world action RPG developed by Guerrilla Games and published by Sony.
It is set in a post-apocalyptic world where humanity has regressed to tribal culture, and robotic animals roam the overgrown earth.
Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered brings a fresh new coat of paint to what is one of the best open world games of the last generation, but what has exactly changed under the hood?
Check out our review to conclude whether Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered is the ideal way to experience the seminal 2017 release.
Out now for $49.99 ($9.99 for owners of the original), the remaster offers heavily revamped visuals and new accessibility features.
The remaster launches on October 31st, 8 AM PDT, for PS5 and PC. It offers improved textures and lighting, extensive foliage, and more.
PC players will require an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 or equivalent graphics card to play at 4K/60 FPS on Very High quality.
Sony remasters may not be the most beloved, but Nixxes and Guerrilla have gone and beyond to overhaul this previous-gen classic.
"As a studio, we needed to refresh the palette. It was, by choice, the opposite of Killzone," says the studio's art director, Roy Postma.
Nixxes Software and Sony reveal new details on the upcoming remaster, which is set to release for PS5 and PC later this month.
The extensive new motion capture data was directed and captured by Guerrilla at its Amsterdam studio.
Handled by Nixxes Software, the remaster will tout DualSense and 3D audio support, visual enhancements, new cameras and animations during conversations, and more.
Based on Guerrilla's acclaimed 2017 open-world action RPG, the rumored remaster could receive an official announcement soon.
The series has reportedly been cancelled amidst allegations of problematic workplace behaviour against Steve Blackman, who was set to be its showrunner.
Meanwhile, Days Gone stands at 1.7 million units sold on the platform, while Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered has sold over 1.3 million units.
Guerrilla has previously confirmed that in addition to new single player stories, it's also working on a co-op multiplayer Horizon game.
Guerrilla and Sony's open world action RPG franchise is continuing to enjoy impressive commercial success.
A journalist has claimed that Horizon Zero Dawn's rumoured remaster is being developed by a team outside of Guerrilla Games.
A new report claims that Sony and Guild Wars developer NCSoft have entered into a partnership that will see the latter making a Horizon MMORPG.
It seems that a recently leaked document is responsible for details emerging on multiple unannounced Sony games.
Reports claim a PS5 remaster of Horizon Zero Dawn is currently in the works, alongside a new open world co-op installment.
PlayStation seems to be taking releasing games on PC quite seriously, as evidenced by a new website highlighting PlayStation games on PC.
Amazon Prime is making God of War and Netflix is making Horizon, while there's no word on who's attached to Gran Turismo.
Sony has provided updated sales figures for its PC releases so far. SIE Bend Studio's Days Gone has sold over 850,000 units on the platform.
When Aloy returns for her next big adventure, we'll be hoping for these key improvements for an even more memorable journey.
Guerrilla Games announces that Horizon Zero Dawn has sold over 20 million copies worldwide across PS4 and PC.
Valve has updated its list of Unsupported, Supported and Verified games on the Steam Deck thus far, adding several names to all categories.
A deep dive into three of Horizon Zero Dawn's mechanical beasts.
Horizon Forbidden West game director Mathijs de Jonge that the upcoming action RPG's main story will be about as long as its predecessor's.
We rank every machine in Horizon Zero Dawn and its The Frozen Wilds expansion.
Here are some of the biggest ways Horizon Forbidden West is improving upon its predecessor.
4 years since its original release and months before its follow-up releases, we take a look at what made Horizon Zero Dawn an unforgettable experience.
According to Guerilla's Twitter, Horizon Zero Dawn's latest PC patches were handled by one of Sony's recent acquisitions, Nixxes Software.
Horizon Zero Dawn's PC patch 1.11 adds support for both Nvidia's DLSS and AMD's FSR among a slew of other major and minor improvements.
PlayStation indies boss Shuhei Yoshida has taken to Twitter to post a photo of Horizon Zero Dawn running on Valve's upcoming handheld device.
The Steam pages for Horizon Zero Dawn, Days Gone, and God of War all mention PlayStation PC as their publisher.
A patch for Horizon Zero Dawn improves the game's stability while running in backwards compatibility mode.
The newest member of the PlayStation Studios family might be at work on a virtual reality game set in Guerrilla's Horizon series.
Our latest video outlines the load times and framerate differences between Horizon Zero Dawn running on a PS4 Pro vs a PS5.
Guerrilla Games has confirmed that development is in the final stage. Meanwhile, Horizon Zero Dawn receives 60 FPS support on PS5.
Releasing October 13th for PS4 and PS5 players first, Aloy can throw a projectile that splits on impact or unleash a Cryo arrow with large AoE.
Guerrilla Games' upcoming open world action RPG exhibits significant graphical boosts when compared with its predecessor.
Days Gone's PC port was the best-selling game on Steam during its release week, but had less than half of Horizon's player count in the same window.
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She'll also team with Tomb Raider's Lara Croft in a limited time mode.
Dataminers have uncovered evidence suggesting that an Aloy skin and a new limited time mode are coming to the battle royale game.
A mix of big budget, indie and VR titles over the next two months.
Sony's Jim Ryan talks about wanting to take the opportunity "to expose those great games to a wider audience."
Guerrilla Games says PC patches for the game will be less frequent starting now, as the team shifts focus to the upcoming sequel's development.
A variety of titles come this month to Sony's streaming service.
Support for AMD's FidelityFX Contrast Adaptive Sharpening has also been added.
Another place to play the open world adventure.
Shadow Fall will also get a boost to 60 FPS.
Slowly but surely we are getting a good port.
More fixes for the PC release.
Its PC launch was nearly as large as that of The Witcher 3.
Work continues on issues like HDR and anisotropic filtering not working.
Guerrilla also continues to investigate issues like anistropic filtering or HDR not working.
More fixes for the problematic PC port.
"To promote further growth in our profitability," the company says.
More issues are also being investigated, with Guerrilla continuing to work on solutions.
The PC release's first update fixes a few functionality and crashing issues, though a larger update is also in the works.
The developer is aware of issues reported about the PC port.
An in-depth tech analysis of Horizon: Zero Dawn on PC.
But at its worst, the game feels like a slave to the machine that is the open world genre.
Guerrilla Games gets ahead of several issues you'll be seeing tomorrow.
You can get the jump on the title now on PC.
The PS4 classic finally comes to PC - here's everything you need to know.
PC players are more than willing to embrace the late release.
Guerrilla's open world action RPG launches on PC in a little over a month.
The open world action RPG currently has a rough "summer" release window.
Guerrilla feels that will mess with the original game's "experience and visual style too much."
The game's first PC screenshot is in ultra-wide resolution, and it looks gorgeous.
There's plenty of potential for Sony in the PC gaming space. Let's look over some of the possibilities from "likely" to "yes, please."
Sam Sharma wants those angry about the PC port to chill.
Sony recognizes the presence of a market "beyond console software sales," says the analyst.
Though this "doesn’t necessarily mean that every game now will come to PC," as per SIE Worldwide Studios head Hermen Hulst.
More rumblings of a PC port for the 2017 open world title.
More hints pointing to Sony expanding to PC.
Guerrilla Games' open world game might be headed to PC soon.
They'll be available till April 7th 2020.
Noted journalist Jason Schreier believes it's a possibility, at least.
Launch title for PS5, please?
Another crossover for the popular franchises is coming soon.
Some new positions may point to a sequel in development
The two hunting games come together once again.
New games for those on a budget.
SIE Bend Studio's open world title has got off to an excellent start in Japan.
Speaking to a fan recently, Janina Gavankar said, "Wait till you see the sequel."
Guerrilla Games' action RPG has crossed an impressive milestone two years on from its release.
Basically, they wanted full control over the game development process, now and in the future.
It looks like Guerrilla Games may be working on crafting some sort of a multiplayer experience.
One of the best PS4 exclusives is available at a steal of a price.
Playtestesters also originally called the game "boring".
Gee, I wonder what game they could possibly be hiring for.
"We had no idea how to script an open world."
Guerrilla Games releases a bunch of stats, detailing machines killed and weapons used.
Lead Writer Ben McCaw and Aloy's Voice Actor Ashly Burch answered fans' questions on an AMA session on Reddit.
Guerrilla Games' action adventure is now the best-selling, new first party franchise for PS4.
Nothing too major for this one, though.
The feature was removed in response to player feedback during playtesting.
It was removed because keeping it would have resulted in too much other stuff having to be removed.
As has been the case though all of the Holiday season.
What could all this talent be cooking up?
The latest patch for Guerrilla Games' DLC fixes a number of important issues.
With the success of games such as Horizon Zero Dawn, Sony's Worldwide studios will continue supporting developers who can bring new experiences to gamers.
So many great games on offer.
The Frozen Wilds expansion content receives a second pass
A complete guide for Horizon: Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds.
A complete video walkthrough for Horizon: Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds.
You should have acted, they're already here.
The expansion is not as unique as the original but it still manages to provide tons of exciting new content for Horizon Zero Dawn fans.
The trailer features interview with the team as they talk about the Banuk tribe who inhabit the icy new region known as ‘The Cut’.
The dev team at Guerrilla Games talks about the inspiration behind the Scorcher and its attacks.
That would be much appreciated.
A small but appreciated fix.
Doubling down on the game's strengths.
But hey, step off of a hawk to shoot another one in the face. That's a thing.
"There are a lot of amazing single-player experiences."
"We wanted to do all the things that the main game did."
Sony hits a snag with upcoming expansion.
Aloy is returning for another adventure- here's why you should be as excited as we are.
Showcasing the gorgeous new locales.
Does this mean they will start work on a sequel afterwards???
Venture into a frozen new area to solve some mysteries and battle new threats.
Sometimes it really does pay to wait.
A bundle of the game with its expansion may be incoming.
"I think the most important thing is not the systems as they are, it’s how they can be perfected."
Guerrilla's great post launch support for the game continues.
Intended for those who just want to enjoy the story.
Retails for $20 but PlayStation Plus subscribers get it for $15.
Guerrilla Games' principal tech engineer Giliam de Carpentier reveals how they approached checkerboard rendering on the PS4 Pro.
A rather extensive update tackling some of the more persistent issues in the game.
Players can now embark on even tougher journeys with Aloy.
Aloy's odyssey to Ban-Ur?
Remastered trilogy is now biggest single-format launch of 2017.
Nintendo's ARMS debuts in second place.
Touted as "AAA nextgen title".
Story DLC announced.
Now the PS4's best-selling new first party IP.
And it releases next week.
A major month for US game sales.
Option to play your own music also added.
A 50 minute odyssey into the making of this epic.
"If people knew how big it really was, they'd be disappointed," says Jan-Bart van Beek.
'The graphics are staggering.'
Guerrilla talks about using guns for Horizon's combat.
More of the same wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing.
This is a really extensive patch, actually.
So many changes, fixes, and additions.
Aloy's world is full of wondrous little mysteries.
Done to make the environment "come alive".
Thematic significance.
Story expansion currently being developed.
Though your outfits may appear to have double stats.
Nier: Automata and LEGO Worlds also debut.
Director confirms guns were in at some point.
Masters of world-building.
It's a little more complicated than that.
No narrative dissonance here.
That's it, really.
Nearly 80 percent sales for Zelda were on Switch.
Horizon Zero Dawn is a landmark title for video game graphics and technology, a true benchmark for open world games.
Hopefully a fix comes soon.
A complete guide for Horizon: Zero Dawn.
A complete video walkthrough for Horizon: Zero Dawn.
A Solitary Huntress goes to war.
Brave prowler forages.
Unlock times also revealed.
Two hugely anticipated exclusive open world adventure games releasing in the same week- which one prevails?
The ability to prioritize framerate over resolution (or vice versa) has been added.
Join Aloy on her epic odyssey.
Will fall into same category as Uncharted 4 and MGS5.
Xbox boss says to "celebrate" good games.
Smoother frame-rates for 1080p mode coming.
Producer Angela Gillespie says it's a possibility.
A nearly flawless adventure awaits.
Absolutely gorgeous.
Which is slightly smaller than the previously rumored 16GB.
Also leaked story details confirmed as fake.
Hopefully the final game lives up to this vision.
Sony UK's Jon Edwards believes Aloy is a future icon.
Users are posting pictures of their copy of the game.
Some brand new environments in these screens.
One week before the game launches.
Plus, we learn some things about the game, too.
Thunderjaw and Snapmaw.
Includes full time control and more.
Everything you need to know before you buy the game.
A whole new world.
You won't have to worry about slowdown in the final build.
Guerrilla's Hermen Hulst congratulates dev team.
Just a matter of weeks before the game comes out.
No downgrade except for what you want to see.
Most mysteriously, they are PS4 Slim bundles, and not PS4 Pro bundles, however...
A spate of good announcements all around.
A mysterious world awaits.
UK PlayStation Store indicates March 3rd release.
The key to the future lies hidden in the past.
Experiencing the world of the wild machines.
Having your cake and eating it too.
Horizon is on track for release while Knack 2 learns from the past.
That's what makes it so immediately arresting.
Check out how Decima handles weather simulation, animation and more.
Aloy's future is a dangerous place.
Could a new Wipeout be announced at PSX?
Get a look behind the development of the much anticipated role playing game.
Some off screen footage of upcoming games.
4K displays benefit the most of course.
Checkerboarding is a popular technique for resolution increases.
The game organically became an RPG over the course of development.
Tribes, hunting lodges and more await.
This game continues to look great.
An in-depth look at Horizon Zero Dawn on the PS4 Pro.
Story junkies to be "really surprised and delighted."
"In terms of the number of features it’s probably four times as complex and huge as any Killzone game has been."
Looking amazing as usual.
In the end it was all about what excites them the most.
The difference is close enough to see with your own two eyes.
The HDR effect is indeed quite noticeable.
Shifting the focus from the large to the small in this new footage.
"Ultimately if it doesn’t work, all our jobs are on the line to some degree."
"It's just prettier and nicer" according to Guerrilla Games.
PS4 Pro "takes experience to the next level."
That's some beautiful artwork right there.
Skill Trees, stealth mechanics, shelved demos, and more!
The post-post apocalypse isn't all fun and games.
"It's all polish."
The more I hear of this game, the more impressed I get.
Also, they've more than established it's going to be an RPG.
That's something for you to get, I guess.
"We realize that this decision may not please everyone."
"Earth is ours no more".
Rumours of delays may end up just being rumours.
That's good to know.
Guerrilla’s co-founder Arjan Brussee responds to delay rumors.
Guerrilla's open world epic may not be out this year.
The picture of the roof is quite detailed.
Amazing facts you need to know about the upcoming PS4 exclusive RPG.
That sounds like an exceptionally smart decision.
Pricing and launch details for PlayStation VR are still unknown, however.
Guerrilla Games explains why Horizon Zero Dawn does not have multiplayer.
I guess this is an issue when you didn't have too many notable exclusives this year.
Striking a balance between consumerism and rich storytelling is always a difficult task.
That's like a constant advertisement on your desktop or homescreen.
Horizon Amiibos coming up!
Bernd Diemer joins Guerrilla Games.
'Players should find out for themselves.'
It should make an already gorgeous game even more impressive.
The Killzone engine was heavily modified for starters.
Guerrilla Games' open world RPG gets some new footage.
Everything you need to know about Horizon: Zero Dawn.
Guerrilla Games will explain in more detail "once we have something to show".
Senior Producer from Guerrilla Games on the game's engine, weather system and more.
Developer says rumors of a delay are false.
What is there to look forward to in Germany this year? Find out here.
A picture is worth a thousand words, and these are some very pretty words here.
Senior producer Mark Norris will be talking about the upcoming PS4 exclusive next week.
And even Ygritte from Game of Thrones.
Can Horizon help bring boring open world games back to relevance again?
'The core of the game is the single player experience.'
It's like an official trailer analysis.
Performance will rock solid, Guerilla Games ensures.
Game director offers bits of new info for the PS4 exclusive.
Guerilla Games wants players to figure out how to beat the robos themselves.
Guerrilla says it took two years to make sure the game could actually run the way they wanted it to.
After getting a look at the game, it seems the concern was unwarranted.
No more repeats of the infamous Killzone 2 debut, it seems.
Guerrilla Games on Machines in Horizon: Zero Dawn.
Guerrila Games promises lots of stuff to do in the upcoming RPG.
This PS4 exclusive could be the most talked about game of whatever year it finally hits.
Open world mecha dinosaur action.
