The much anticipated expansion to Monster Hunter World came out last month, and it proved that the game wasn’t just a one hit wonder. It’s already sold nearly 3 million copies, helping to solidify the franchise as Capcom’s biggest. It also received a rather perfect crossover early in its life with Horizon: Zero Dawn, another game about taking on impossibly big monsters. Well, it’s happening again, and it’s coming here in November.

The crossover is again fitting since Horizon saw it’s own icy expansion with The Frozen Wilds. In a press release Capcom revealed that the new collaboration would come near the end of the month and would let those MR24 or above have a chance to craft a Light Bowgun based on Aloy’s Stormslinger Prototype as well as receive a pendant designed as Aloy’s Focus to attach to a weapon. As expected this quest will be exclusive to the PS4 version of the game, and you will need to own both the base World title and the Iceborne expansion.

Monster Hunter World: Iceborne is available now, and the crossover quest will go live on November 21st.

Capcom’s Monster Hunter World: Iceborne has been a big success thus far, crossing 2.5 million in worldwide shipments and digital sales since launch. The development team has revealed its first post-launch monster, Rajang, arriving on October 10th. However, there’s much more to come afterwards.

The first major title update will include Rajang and updates related to My House, which could include more decorations. November’s title update will include the first part of the Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds Collaboration Quest. December is the next major title update which introduces a new monster, the Astera Festival and part 2 and 3 of the Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds Collaboration Quest.

Not much info was provided about January 2020 aside from the two-year anniversary of Monster Hunter World being celebrated. But Capcom has assured that updates will continue into next year. January 2020 also marks the month that PC players will finally get their hands on Iceborne. Check out our review of the expansion here to see if it’ll be worth the wait.

Last year we saw the all too natural feeling crossover of Horizon: Zero Dawn and Monster Hunter World with an exclusive quest starring the star of the former, Aloy. Well, Monster Hunter World is getting a very icy-themed expansion in Iceborne, so another natural crossover is coming about since Horizon also got a very icy-themed expansion with the Frozen Wilds. Now it seems the two are set to collide once again.

We don’t know much about it as of now, as it seems the trailer announcing the move went live a tad early and has now been pulled, but you can see the screen grab showing the collaboration below. We should get further details soon.

Like the first crossover, this one will be exclusive to the PlayStation 4 version of the game, and whether or not it will be available to everyone in the base game or just those that purchase the Iceborne expansion is unclear. We’ll keep you updated as more details emerge.

Nominees:

Horizon: Zero Dawn – The Frozen Wilds

Aloy’s adventure through the grand post-apocalyptic world of Horizon: Zero Dawn was full of beautiful landscapes, intense mystery and awkward sessions of arrow-flinging at rampaging robot animals. The Frozen Wilds delivers much of the same action, adding new intense beasts that are even more vicious, new weapons and gear, a heaping helping of side quests and a new story. This also takes place across the new northern wild lands area which looks downright incredible. While The Frozen Wilds won’t answer every single question you might have from the base game, it’s still a fun romp through a gorgeous open world that’s well worth the 10 or so hours it takes to beat everything.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Champion’s Ballad

Is the Champion’s Ballad the big story expansion that Breath of the Wild fans were hoping for? No, but it does offer a ton of new content with brief plot points calling back to the fabled Champions, new shrines, new bosses and even a sweet new motorcycle. Of course, there are other end-game challenges like having a weapon that one hit kills enemies but being susceptible to one hit kills yourself. It’s an invigorating challenge and a reason to dump several more hours into the large open world of Hyrule…even if there are still a bunch of mysteries to solve.

Dota 2: Dueling Fates

Valve Corporation has had a phenomenal year with Dota 2. The International saw its biggest prize pool in history with over $24 million in prizes. The game itself played host to a number of updates like the co-op campaign Siltbreaker but Dueling Fates is the one that deserves the most spotlight. It added two new heroes to the mix with Pangolier and Dark Willow and completely changed how MMR works for both ranked and unranked play (with ranked seasons now lasting six months). New hero guides have been implemented to help players find the build that suits them best. Then there’s Turbo Mode, a lightning fast, Arcade-like mode where Gold and XP flow more freely, respawn times are lowered and the action is quicker. In terms of just making the game more fun, Dota 2’s Dueling Fates is a great addition to the base game.

Warframe: Plains of Eidolon

It was the biggest update yet for Digital Extremes’ Warframe but also it’s most ambitious. After years of tight corridors and static objectives on each map, Warframe was going open world. The initial launch was a lot less ideal than many would have liked with economy issues, glitches, weird design choices and much more. However, the developer has refined the Plains of Eidolon to make its new Bounty System more rewarding and the overall quality of life more engaging. All that aside, the basic tenets of the Plains, from mining and fishing to battling enormous Eidolons, were still tons of fun. Gara may need a little more balancing and Focus 2.5 is only now getting the system on track but Plains of Eidolon is a worthy addition to one of the best free to play games yet.

Path of Exile: Fall of Oriath

Over the years, many games like Warframe and Dota 2 have been held as sterling examples of free to play gaming. However, nearly everyone seems to agree that Path of Exile is at the very top and perhaps the best Diablo-style action RPG currently available. In 2017, this was cemented further as the developer introduced Fall of Oriath. It added six new story acts with new locations and enemies, new gems and weapons, and the new Pantheon system for additional player powers. The fact that Grinding Gear Games added even more with War of the Atlas, significantly revamping the end-game maps system, goes to show how great Path of Exile is to its community.

Dark Souls 3: The Ringed City

Ashes of Ariandel wasn’t the best DLC for Dark Souls 3, especially with all the focus on PvP. The Ringed City made up for that immensely by introducing new lands to explore (including the ominous city in its name), new weapons and armour, and of course, new enemies to battle. The DLC also brought us several awesome boss fights. In fact, Darkeater Midr and Slave Knight Gael remain two of the best and most difficult boss battles in the game yet. The grim fantasy of Dark Souls 3 has always enticed us and The Ringed City leveraged that for an unforgettable last romp into misery.

Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court

If the level of depravity in Dark Souls isn’t enough for you, then Darkest Dungeon will satisfy that itch. This year saw The Crimson Court come into being with a new dungeon, a brand new faction of grotesque nightmares to fight, five new bosses,10 new buildings for upgrades and trinket sets for heroes offering their own set bonuses. Who are the Ancestors exactly? What is this new faction? How many more heroes will you send to die? The Crimson Court rekindled all of those burning questions for us.

Grim Dawn: Ashes of Malmouth

This seemed to be the year of “Diablo-like action RPGs that deliver way more value than Diablo”. Grim Dawn’s Ashes of Malmouth introduced its own version of the Necromancer but threw in the long-ranged, spell-wielding Inquisitor as well. This brought the game’s Masteries up significantly but we also received an increased level cap, two new story chapters spread across huge new areas, four new factions, hundreds of new items and much more. That’s only scratching the surface though and it’s crazy that Crate Entertainment offers so much for such a low price.

XCOM 2: War of the Chosen

Firaxis Games’ XCOM 2 was one of the best games of last year but War of the Chosen makes it even better. It adds the Chosen, three new enemies that can interfere in your battles, and three new factions complete with hero classes to fight them. Players will also have new environments to explore complete with new mission types, enemies, and new orders for fighting against the Chosen. You can even have certain soldiers bond to activate new abilities, add modifiers for more challenging missions or partake in community challenges for a chance at the leaderboards.

Final Fantasy 14: Stormblood

Continuing its epic saga, Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn got even bigger with Stormblood which added huge new lands to explore, two new jobs, a number of battle system changes, and two new raids, one of them taking players back to Ivalice. Of course, you also have a new level cap to grind towards, new story missions and adventures, new gear and a number of exploration options like swimming and diving. Despite a bumpy launch, Final Fantasy 14: Stormblood continues the MMO’s claim as one of the best of all time.

Winner: Path of Exile – Fall of Oriath

Grinding Gear Games has been a fairly humble developer. When Path of Exile first arrived in 2013, it was lauded for its action RPG focus, insane customization options and the freedom to play how you wanted. Furthermore, it was completely free with only cosmetic options requiring payment. These were only really for those who wanted to support the game. Then, of course, Fall of Oriath came.

Fall of Oriath isn’t just a mere expansion to the game which added new areas, enemies and bosses. It was a new path forward for what was already a stellar game, refining how one plays the it while adding a ton of new content to complete. Issues like de-syncs and lag were also majorly addressed and players had even more reasons to play their favourite action RPG than before. The kicker is that all of this content was completely free, for no extra charge. That’s simply incredible and as a result, Path of Exile: Fall of Oriath is our pick for the best DLC, expansion and content update of 2017.

Note: GamingBolt’s Game of the Year categories, nominations and awards are selected via an internal nomination, voting and debate process. You can check the rest of categories and the respective winners here.

You can also see developers like Firaxis using smaller DLC to introduce significant new feature sets, units and missions to games like XCOM 2 while shipping larger expansions that could be full-fledged sequels like War of the Chosen. Of course, that’s not including the significant updates that have come to games like Path of Exile which added numerous new story acts and will have a ton of new maps for its end-game system by the time you’re reading this.

"To put it more saliently, what makes an expansion “worthwhile” in terms of its content? How does DLC measure up and does it really differ from game to game and audience to audience?"

Meanwhile, on the other side of the fence, we have games like Diablo 3 and its Rise of the Necromancer DLC which drew heavy criticism from fans for offering a single character with some gear sets and cosmetic items for $15. Bungie’s Destiny 2 did a lot worse, amazingly enough, with its Curse of Osiris DLC that locked several Prestige activities and the Heroic Strike playlist behind a paywall while offering very little story content, recycled items from Destiny 1 and a hefty helping of content for its loot boxes. EA bungled its microtransaction approaches with Star Wars Battlefront 2 and Need for Speed Payback despite promising free post-launch content for the former.

It’s not like every triple A developer is getting it wrong. Surprisingly enough, Ubisoft is offering plenty of free content and updates for Assassin’s Creed Origins while maintaining an in-game cash shop and paid DLC. Tom Clancy’s The Division implemented paid cosmetic items and loot boxes but also added a bunch of new features like Global Events, Classified Gear Sets, Commendations and much more. The new Resistance is even meatier, introducing a brand new zone, a new Horde and PvP and sweeping changes to other content to keep it relevant.

In the midst of all this free content and paid DLC, how exactly does one approach a typical expansion any more? To put it more saliently, what makes an expansion “worthwhile” in terms of its content? How does DLC measure up and does it really differ from game to game and audience to audience?

It’s worth explaining what an expansion was referred to as in the old days. Expansions were essentially add-ons to the base game, bringing new areas, weapons, characters, plot-lines and what have you to significantly extend a game’s life. These were often smaller than the base game and required said game to even play. However, a number of expansions would often be stand-alone and not require the base game, presenting a story that stood on its own. You can see some examples like this even in the present day industry with Forza Horizon 2: Fast and Furious.

"However, this solidifies that the “DLC” term is pretty fluid and can refer to a number of different things. One reason DLC garnered such a bad reputation is in the value proposition it provides players."

You could also add games like inFamous: First Light, Dishonored: Death of the Outsider, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy to the list though those are more like full games. They introduce brand new mechanics, stories and directions that are fairly different from their base experiences. It’s a hard line to differentiate but it presents a strong clue for the direction of expansions these days.

Now let’s look at DLC. DLC can include a number of things, from a few cosmetic additions and weapons to new side quests, difficulty options, New Game+, modes, raids, story missions, multiplayer maps and so on and so forth. The common theme of downloadable content seems to be that it’s not all the sizeable or large. But then you have DLC like Dying Light’s upcoming Bad Blood which adds a brand new PvP mode to the game, encouraging players to compete against each other, gathering loot and forming alliances before breaking them to eventually secure a set for extraction. Techland calls it an “expansion” which may not be too far off.

However, this solidifies that the “DLC” term is pretty fluid and can refer to a number of different things. One reason DLC garnered such a bad reputation is in the value proposition it provides players. Take one look at the Creation Club for Bethesda’s Fallout 4vand The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim and decide for yourself how much value all of that holds. I have yet to see anything that’s worth paying real money for and yes, that includes the Survival mode for Skyrim which can be replicated using a number of user-created mods. Another reason for the ill-will towards DLC is the fact that content is seemingly removed from the main game and sold separately to generate additional profit.

Destiny has been a pretty egregious offender in this department. At first, it seemed like the DLC was hacked off not just to appease the need for additional profits but because the original scope of Destiny was too large for Bungie to put together, especially when it made the decision to start from scratch upon writer Joseph Staten’s departure. From there, it went to a more microtransaction-heavy, live event model that provided bite-sized content updates. We then had an “expansion” in Rise of Iron which was barely worth the $30 on offer and more live events.

"Rainbow Six: Siege is another good example – new maps and modes are free while Operators have to be purchased with in-game currency. If you purchase the Season Pass, you get early access to these Operators and don’t have to spend any currency."

Fast forward to 2017 and Bungie has seemingly again hacked content out of Destiny 2 to resell it as DLC all while locking a number of cosmetic items that could be earned from activities like Strikes, raids and whatnot behind the Eververse microtransaction store. It’s hard to follow all the lines of thought here, especially because Bungie’s idea of “additional content” has been infested with so many different profit-mongering tendrils.

But then you have “content updates” for games like Warframe and Path of Exile. Digital Extremes regularly releases new Warframes, weapons, reworks and other changes for players in the intervals between major updates like the Plains of Eidolon. When it’s not unleashing massive content updates like Fall of Oriath and War for the Atlas, Grinding Gear Games is busy adding new Leagues and items to Path of Exile on top of optional, paid cosmetics that have no bearing on actual gameplay.

Rainbow Six: Siege is another good example – new maps and modes are free while Operators have to be purchased with in-game currency. If you purchase the Season Pass, you get early access to these Operators and don’t have to spend any currency. Shovel Knight is another great example, packing smaller updates like the addition of new enemies like the Battletoads while adding new features like customizing Shovel Knight’s appearance.

When you start to consider major content updates like Warframe’s Plains of Eidolon, Path of Exile’s Fall of Oriath and War for the Atlas, Dota 2’s Duelling Fates, Shovel Knight’s Plague of Shadows and Specter of Torment and so on, it becomes more obvious that the old expansions of yore have basically become today’s free updates. I mean, even Shadowrun: Hong Kong gave away a multi-hour expansion to its main story completely for free. The Division’s update 1.8 could be a significant paid DLC in its own right.

"Is it justified to offer a paucity of content for $20 while locking a number of different things behind it and the cash shop?"

Sure, it’s a smaller scale game – many of the above examples are – but it really says something that some of the most significant and lauded “expansions” to a game are free.

Meanwhile, in the “triple A” space, major expansions are more often being turned into full-fledged games. Firaxis is still rolling on with expansions like War of the Chosen for XCOM 2. Horizon: Zero Dawn’s The Frozen Wilds is significant enough to be deemed an expansion. Destiny 2 will likely have its major “expansion” next year after the Spring 2018 DLC. Otherwise, the industry seems to be leaning more towards expansions becoming actual games. Saints Row IV evolving from a DLC for Saints Row The Third is one such occurrence and there have been numerous others since then.

Is the “expansion” term as we know it dead and gone? Well, not really and that’s more due to MMOs than anything else. World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy 14 offer significant content drops every few months to appease their subscribers before charging money for a full fledged expansion. They both seem to maintain a two year development cycle for each expansion as well but the common theme seems to be that if you pay on a monthly basis, you’ll receive content that will keep you busy on a month to month basis.

There’s still the question of how much “content” is enough to justify the classification of something as an expansion or DLC. Is it justified to offer a paucity of content for $20 while locking a number of different things behind it and the cash shop? Does it make sense for developers to deliver a brand new game but as an add-on to a base experience that will only cost $40? Is the best route really to just offer major content drops for free while offering a completely transparent cash shop that lets players buy what they want, when they want for real money? It does boil down to the size and scale of a game but it also depends on the publishers and developers.

"After all, if the marks keep buying, even when you keep charging them more money, why wouldn’t you go by their standards?"

Some companies seem to treat their games as little more than a service to those who want to drop some cash. That can be both good and bad depending on the company in question. Others want to offer the best content at the best possible price, whether it’s in a full game or a paid expansion or even some DLC, before moving on to the next big thing (and it’s not like the same people behind the main game are all working on the post-launch paid content).

In light of the recent bumbling monetization efforts by a number of companies, you have to wonder about the future of post-launch content for video games. How much of a game will be removed and repackaged for the sake of additional DLC revenue? How far is too far for microtransactions and monetizing every single aspect of a game while making the actual gameplay process for those aspects as “fair” and “accomplished” as possible? The MMOs may have it figured out but you’ll still see instances of blowback against the likes of Guild Wars 2, a free to play MMO that recently added a loot box system on top of having paid expansions and microtransactions.

I suppose that it’s up to the consumer to decide how much value they derive from additional content. After all, if the marks keep buying, even when you keep charging them more money, why wouldn’t you go by their standards? The fact that there’s blowback to that practice at all goes to show that some people just want to support their favourite games and receive some decent content in return rather than being seen as ATMs for quick, hard cash for any dreg of DLC. At present, expansions or significant content updates to a game will continue in some shape or form because there is a market for it. And it’s thankfully not a market that’s completely dictated by today’s “triple A” behemoths.

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Open world sandbox epic, Horizon Zero Dawn has just been updated to Patch 1.42, which tweaks the newly launched first and only expansion you can expect for the game, titled ‘The Frozen Wilds’.

Horizon Zero Dawn was one of the surprises of early 2017, building a vast, unique and beautiful world for players and protagonist Aloy to explore while the unravel the mystery of why machines are becoming more violent, as well as her own origins.

The Frozen Wilds released on November 7 to general critical acclaim, with a respectable 83 on Metacritic. The expansion takes Aloy beyond the northern mountains for a new mystery. The patch retouches some of the combat balance issues some players were experiencing with the content, other general improvements, as well as some specific Frostclaw and Fireclaw encounters during specific story missions.

Latest Patch 1.42:

We’re pleased to announce that Patch 1.42 for Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds will be released today! This patch provides general fixes for ‘The Frozen Wilds’ expansion.

Patch Summary:

• Fixed combat balance issues for some players in the quest storyline of ‘The Frozen Wilds’ expansion.
• Fixed a number of general improvements for ‘The Frozen Wilds’ expansion.

General Fixes:

• Rebalanced the encounter with the three Frostclaws during the quest ‘For The Werak’ on Story, Easy and Normal difficulty. The damage done by the Frostclaws depends on how many Frostclaws are left during the encounter.
• Rebalanced the encounter with the Fireclaw during the quest ‘The Forge of Winter’ on Story, Easy and Normal difficulty.

And if you want help making your way through it all, we have you covered. From starting up the DLC, new weapons, outfits, pigments, skills, door puzzle solutions, and farming Bluegleam, and of course, Trophies, we cover everything here. Let’s get started.

STARTING THE DLC

Once you buy the DLC and download it, it automatically shows up as a quest line, with the associated area and sidequests all open to you. Just remember, you should be at least Level 30, and you need to have completed A Seeker at the Gates.

WEAPONS

The Frozen Wilds adds a total of six new weapons for you to track down and collect. You can then further customize and upgrade them, as with all other weapons in Horizon.

• Forgefire: 70 Handling, 113 Fire Damage for Normal Attack, 720 Impact, and 150 Fire Damage in secondary fire.
  You get this weapon for completing the ‘Stone Yield’ quest.
• Icerail: 70 Handling, 200 Impact Damage, 113 Frost Damage (Normal Fire Mode)
  Complete ‘For The Werak’ to get this weapon
• Banuk Stormslinger: 70 Handling, 340 Impact Damage, 23 Shock Damage
  You will acquire the Banuk Stormslinger when you complete the quest ‘Shaman’s Path’.
• Banuk Striker Bow: 80 Handling
  Purchase from any vendor
• Banuk Powershot Bow: 20 Handling
  Purchase from any vendor
• Banuk Champion Bow: 50 Handling
  Purchase from any vendor

OUTFITS

The Frozen Wilds adds a total of five new outfits for you to track down and collect. You can then further customize and upgrade them, as with all other outfits in Horizon.

• Nora Silent Hunter Master: Buy from a vendor; +35 Stealth
• Banuk Werak Runner: Buy from vendor; costs 1000 Metal Shards, 10 Desert Glass or 10 Slagshine Glass. Provides slow health recovery over time
• Banuk Werak Chieftain: Complete For The Werak to get this. Provides faster health recovery.
• Banuk Ice Hunter Master: Buy from a vendor;+60 defense from Freeze.
• Carja Blazon Master: Buy from a vendor; +60 defense from fire

BLUEGLEAM FARMING

Bluegleam is the new currency that The Frozen Wilds introduces. You will need Bluegleam to buy some of the new weapons and costumes. Bluegleam is gained for completing certain quests and objectives:

• The Forge of Winter: 7 Bluegleam
• Trading Animal Figurines: 1 Bluegleam for each Reward Box
• Shaman’s Path: 1 Bluegleam during Control Tower Destruction. You will earn 6 on completion
• A Secret Shared: 1 Bluegleam
• The Hunters Three: 3 Bluegleam
• Firebreak: 3 Bluegleam
• The Survivor: 3 Bluegleam
• Waterlogged: 3 Bluegleam

Additionally, you can go to the following locations to farm Bluegleam.

ALL NEW SKILLS

The Frozen Wild adds eight new skills that Aloy can learn- these ru the whole gamut, but they are universally useful:

• Mounted Pickup: Literally my favorite skill, this lets you pick up loot without having to get off your mount.
• Machine Repair: Use your metal shards to repair machines.
• Mount Repair: You can repair your mount
• Mount Repair +: Take a wild guess
• Shard Salvager: Break down your resources into half their Metal Shard value
• Hoarder: Your inventory slots are increased by 20%.
• Dismount Strike: Aloy launches from her steed and strikes down enemies with a devastating blow
• Expert Carver: Increase your chance of looting items such as Lenses, Hearts, and Skins.

PIGMENTS

For some reason – actually, we know the reason, this is an open world game, so collectathons are par for the course – but anyway, Aloy is tasked with collecting nine pigments. You can either stumble around the map to try and find them yourself, or you can just… use the video below so you know where to look. It’s our choice.

DOOR PUZZLE SOLUTIONS

While playing the game, for ‘The Shaman’s Path’, you will find yourself having to solve four door puzzles in the Frozen Wilds. The videos below show you exactly how to do that:

TROPHIES

All Quests completed

Completed all side quests and errands in the Frozen Wilds.

All Activities completed

Completed the Tallneck, Bandit Camp and Hunting Ground in the Cut.

Took the Shaman’s Path

Survived the Shaman’s Path and found Ourea’s retreat.

Won the Werak Challenge

Challenged Aratak at the Frostfigures and won.

Completed the Second Expedition

Successfully assaulted Thunder’s Drum.

Conquered the Mountain

Drove out the threat within the mountain.

Drained the Flood

Completely drained the floodwater from inside the Greycatch.

Won Ikrie’s Challenge

Met Ikrie again at the Snowchants Hunting Ground and took first place in her challenge.

Fully Improved Weapons

Acquired the improved versions of three weapons from Varga.

First Spear Modification
Applied a modification to your spear.

5 Dismount Strikes
Killed 5 enemies using the Dismount Strike skill.

5 Machine Types Repaired
Used the Machine Repair or Mount Repair skill on 5 different types of machine.

Killed 15 Scorchers
Killed 15 Scorcher machines.

Killed 10 Frostclaws
Killed 10 Frostclaw machines.

Killed 6 Fireclaws
Killed 6 Fireclaw machines.

All Control Towers disabled
Disabled all Control Towers by overriding or destroying them.

All Pigments Found
Found all of the Pigments in the Cut.

All Animal Figurines found
Found all of the Animal Figurines in the Cut.

First Bluegleam Trade
Traded Bluegleam for a special weapon or outfit.

All Frozen Wilds Skills
Learned all of the new skills in the Frozen Wilds.

Drained the Flood
Drained the Flood

Reached Level 60
Reached player level 60.

Horizon: Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds is the first and only expansion that Guerrilla Games’ hit open world action RPG from earlier this year is going to get. It’s pretty substantial, too- it adds over a dozen hours of content, and a fairly solid new story and main quest for Aloy to follow.

Generally, it’s pretty straightforward, because where you need to go and what you need to do is very explicitly highlighted on your map and quest log. But hey, maybe you don’t want to buy it but still want to see where the story goes and what the new quests are like. Maybe you just want to watch the game. Whatever. You need a walkthrough, and we are here with one for you.

As always, bear in mind it has spoilers- so try not to skip ahead of where you are in the game (or if you do, make sure you don’t actually care about the story).

Horizon: Zero Dawn will get its first (and only) story expansion tomorrow. It’s called The Frozen Wilds, and as the name suggests, it sees Aloy traverse into a wintry environment for the very first time. The expansion promises to be meaty and substantial, bringing more to fans of the original game of what they loved- and ahead of its release, Soy have released an excellent launch trailer for it.

You can see the launch trailer for yourself below- if this does not get you excited, nothing will. The Frozen Wilds is allegedly more of the (extremely superlative) same from the base game- so if you enjoyed Zero Dawn, you will enjoy what is on offer here. On the other hand, if the base game did nothing for you, maybe it is best to steer clear of this expansion, too.

Horizon: Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds launches exclusively on the PS4 tomorrow, on November 7.

Guerrilla Games’ Horizon: Zero Dawn will receive its first story expansion The Frozen Wilds next week. Until then, the development team has released a new video which details its inspiration and creation of the Scorcher, one of the newest enemies. Check it out below.

From using the movements of wolves and coyotes to the speed of cheetahs, the Scorcher’s attacks are heavily fire-based. Not only can it create shockwaves of fire and swipe at the player, but it’s also capable of igniting its thrusters and leaping quickly. The Scorcher is meant to feel more aggressive and dangerous than you’re usual machine and requires plenty of dodging.

Horizon: Zero Dawn – The Frozen Wilds is out on November 7th and along with a new story, it offers new machines to battle, a new area (the northern mountains) and the Banuk tribe who carry their own brand of challenges. There’s also a mystery that Aloy will have to solve though how that ties back to the main story remains to be seen.