A sequel to 2017’s Horizon Zero Dawn is in development on PlayStation 5 at Guerrilla Games, publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment announced during its «Future of Gaming» PS5 showcase. The release date is set for 2021.
Horizon Forbidden West is the sequel to Horizon Zero Dawn, the hit post-apocalyptic open-world action game starring a fearless young heroine. It’s in development at Guerrilla Games on PlayStation 5, publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment announced Thursday during a livestreamed presentation featuring first looks at PS5 games.
Aloy (Ashly Burch) and her associate Sylens (Lance Reddick) will return in Horizon Forbidden West, which will take the characters westward to explore a new frontier of America. The original game already took place in the West, in present-day states like Colorado and Utah, and the sequel will head to the Pacific coast. The trailer features footage of Aloy swimming around; the extant towers of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge are visible in multiple screenshots (see gallery below); and there are new machines based on animals such as boars, turtles, and woolly mammoths.
Developed by Amsterdam-based Guerrilla Games, Horizon Zero Dawn debuted in February 2017 on PlayStation 4 and ended up being one of the console’s bestselling games, with sales of more than 10 million copies worldwide.
