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Thursday26th Jan 2017
News You'll Be Seeing a Lot More Horizon: Zero Dawn on Monday
Preview time
Horizon: Zero Dawn's just about a month away from release, and Sony's currently in the process of hosting a big press tour, where journalists are getting hands on with (we assume) the almost final build. This is a big, bulky press event, with those attending able to spend a whopping four hours with the role-playing release. It means we...
Wednesday25th Jan 2017
News Horizon: Zero Dawn Assembles a Metric Ton of Merchandising Tat
How much crap can you hold?
How hard is Sony going to shove Horizon: Zero Dawn down your throat? Harder than a well-endowed man with a moustache it seems. Hot on the heels of yesterday's bundle announcement, the platform holder has announced… Well, a frankly staggering amount of merchandise. If this doesn't prove just how much the manufacturer is...
Monday23rd Jan 2017
News PS4 Exclusive Horizon: Zero Dawn Skips Bothersome Microtransactions
Pure and simple
We've played Horizon: Zero Dawn, and let us be clear: you can practically feel money pouring out of the screen. Sony's not been shy in stating that Guerrilla Games' open world adventure is one of its highest budget projects to date, but the platform holder won't be slyly recouping those costs by incorporating bothersome...
Saturday21st Jan 2017
News PlayStation Asia Shows the Rest of Sony How to Make a Presser Entrance Yet Again
Zero dawn
Last year he abseiled into a press conference, but this year PlayStation Asia president Hiroyuki Oda has opted to open Sony's Taipei Game Show briefing dressed in Horizon: Zero Dawn garb. C'mon Shawn Layden – you've really got to step up your game. This footage captured by
Sunday15th Jan 2017
News PS4 Exclusive Horizon: Zero Dawn's Strategy Guide Is a Giant Tome
More pages than Mass Effect Andromeda's
Horizon: Zero Dawn is an open world role-playing release according to Guerrilla Games, but many have questioned whether it will really live up to that description. The title's official strategy guide certainly seems to indicate as much: it's a whopping 552 pages, which is almost on par with The Elder Scrolls...
Wednesday11th Jan 2017
News Horizon: Zero Dawn Still Looks Mighty Impressive in New PS4 Trailer
Phwoar
Horizon: Zero Dawn's got another gorgeous trailer, this time focusing on its story and cutscenes. As we've come to expect, the game's world looks stunning, and the character models are of a really high standard. In short, it's still a visual feast for the eyes. There's one question that still hovers over Sony's blockbuster, though: will the...
News PS4 Exclusive Horizon: Zero Dawn May Have Been Slightly Delayed in the UK
Back to the future
Horizon: Zero Dawn is unquestionably one of the PlayStation 4's most important releases of 2017; Guerrilla Games' stunning open world adventure is something that Sony's keen to turn into a real blockbuster, and thankfully, it looks like it has all the right ingredients. The title's due on the 28th February in North America, and...
Sunday8th Jan 2017
News What If Horizon: Zero Dawn Was a LEGO Set?
Yeah, it's a slow news day
Hideo Kojima's busy building LEGO rather than Death Stranding, and his latest project is complete. The auteur's love-in with Guerrilla Games goes on, as he's created Aloy and a Tallneck from Horizon: Zero Dawn using the popular Danish playthings. What more is there to say? Well, we're going to have to pad out another...
Sunday1st Jan 2017
News PS4 Exclusive Horizon: Zero Dawn's Marketing Onslaught Has Started
Earth is ours no more
Sony sees Horizon: Zero Dawn as its next major first-party franchise, and so it's started work advertising the PlayStation 4 exclusive alongside the onset of the New Year. This commercial aired during the PlayStation-sponsored Fiesta Bowl overnight, and is a fairly well executed riff on the 2017 celebrations. Expect this game...
Tuesday13th Dec 2016
News PS4 Exclusive Horizon: Zero Dawn's Release Date Moved Forward
Roar-some
Are you used to Sony's big blockbusters getting pushed back? Well, there's good news for those of you in the UK: promising PlayStation 4 exclusive Horizon: Zero Dawn has actually been moved forwards. The dinobot snaring simulation was originally due out on 3rd March in Britain, but will now roar into retail on 1st March – just a day...
Saturday3rd Dec 2016
PSX 2016 Meet Some New Monsters in Horizon: Zero Dawn's Latest Trailer
Get Aloy of this
Guerrilla's open world RPG looks more and more impressive every time we see it. There's an awesome level of detail in Horizon: Zero Dawn's world, and that's clearly evident in this latest trailer. It features a few new robo-dinos we've not seen before, such as the creatures with buzzsaws in their faces (because teeth clearly aren't...
Thursday20th Oct 2016
News Horizon: Zero Dawn on PS4 Has Walking Towers
Because of course it does
No open world game is complete without towers for you to climb, and Horizon: Zero Dawn is no different. Guerrilla Games' gorgeous role-playing release will see you clambering up dino-bots in order to reach a vantage point, which will unlock points of interest on the map. Yeah. Look, at least these lookout points are alive,...
Wednesday19th Oct 2016
News Horizon: Zero Dawn PS4 Screens Reveal the Prettiest Game You'll Ever See
'Allo Aloy
Guerrilla Games have always been technical wizards, but Horizon: Zero Dawn sees the Dutch studio at its Godly best. Gematsu's happened upon a new batch of screenshots from the release, and they look like concept art brought to life. Surely this is one of the finest looking titles ever made? Are you eagerly anticipating Aloy's impending...
Thursday15th Sep 2016
TGS 2016 Horizon: Zero Dawn Is a Proper Role-Playing Game
New gameplay highlights RPG systems
Back when Horizon: Zero Dawn was announced, we wondered how much of a role-playing game it would actually be. That's the genre that Guerrilla Games had promised, but with the early demonstrations centring on combat ahead of crafting and conversations, we pondered whether the Dutch developer may be stretching the...
Tuesday13th Sep 2016
TGS 2016 Horizon: Zero Dawn Is Even Cooler in Japanese
Aloy aloud
Horizon: Zero Dawn is comfortably one of the most anticipated PlayStation 4 exclusives – but how's it shaping up in Japanese? Pretty damn well, to be honest. This TGS 2016 trailer recycles a lot of footage, but the voiceover may just be better than the English language version. Which is impressive, considering we can't understand a word...
Wednesday7th Sep 2016
News Horizon: Zero Dawn Looks Drop Dead Gorgeous in New PS4 Pro Gameplay Trailer
Phwoar
Wow, and we thought Horizon: Zero Dawn already looked stunning. During its PlayStation Meeting press conference earlier today, Sony showed off some brand new footage of Guerrilla Games' highly anticipated exclusive running on the newly announced PlayStation 4 Pro. The supercharged console allows for more detailed environments, and a better...
Monday25th Jul 2016
News Horizon: Zero Dawn's Collector's Edition Statue Looks Tasty
Aloy-oy
There wasn't a massive amount at this year's San Diego Comic-Con to entertain PlayStation 4 fans, but IGN did shoot a quick video with this tasty looking Aloy statue inspired by Horizon: Zero Dawn. This is, of course, the model that you get with the Collector's Edition of the game, which can be pre-ordered for around £104.99/$119.99. In...
Tuesday14th Jun 2016
E3 2016 Horizon: Zero Dawn Will Bring Tactical Dinobot Bashing to PS4
Excuse me
Horizon: Zero Dawn put to bed a dozen or so concerns with its gameplay demo during Sony's E3 2016 press conference last night, confirming that Guerrilla Games' hotly anticipated PlayStation 4 exclusive really is a role-playing game with all of the features that you'd expect of one. But it also affirmed that the futuristic foray will...
E3 2016 New PS4 Gameplay Shows Off Horizon: Zero Dawn Combat, RPG Elements
Mech-mounting! Dialogue Trees! Crafting!
Guerrilla's new IP, Horizon: Zero Dawn, seems to look better each time that we see it. In the latest gameplay trailer, we see our protagonist, Aloy, traversing a gorgeous valley, taking care of a few robo-dinos along the way. We get to see the game's crafting menu, which looks pretty simplistic by RPG...
Monday6th Jun 2016
News PS4 Exclusive Horizon: Zero Dawn's Box Art Is Predictably Beautiful
Brave new world
Horizon: Zero Dawn's new trailer may be a bit on the cheesy side, but there's no denying that the game's a visual tour-de-force. Part of that, of course, stems from Guerrilla Games' technical prowess – but the art direction is also a very obvious highlight as well. It's no surprise to see the title score some stunning box art,...
News Horizon: Zero Dawn Delayed to February 2017 on PS4
But here's a new trailer to tide you over
Yep, it's happened. Horizon: Zero Dawn has been delayed to 28th February, 2017 in North America and 3rd March, 2017 in Europe. To help wipe away your tears, Sony has released a new trailer for the game, which focuses on Aloy and her journey. As well as that, we've got our first glimpses at the Limited...
Tuesday24th May 2016
News PS4 Exclusive Horizon: Zero Dawn's Getting Ready for E3 2016
Earth is ours no more
Following its Push Square Game of the Show award last year, Horizon: Zero Dawn was always likely to be one of Sony's big E3 2016 highlights – and it looks like the platform holder's getting the hype flowing a little earlier this year. Guerrilla Games tweeted out a photograph of downtown Los Angeles today, which has been...
Monday9th May 2016
News Sony Says PS4 Exclusive Horizon: Zero Dawn Is Still Releasing in 2016
Contrary to recent rumours
We've had doubts for some time with regards to Horizon: Zero Dawn's supposed 2016 release window - and for good reason, as far as we're concerned. We've seen very little of the title since it was officially announced last year, and it's clear that it's an incredibly ambitious project - but Sony still insists that Guerrilla...
Thursday21st Apr 2016
News There's Talk That PS4 Exclusive Horizon: Zero Dawn Has Been Delayed
Make of it what you will
We hate reporting on stories that amount to little more than "man on Twitter said", but we suppose that we'll have to cover this one. Shinobi602, the industrious social media "insider" who's fast turning into this industry's most sourced person, claims that Horizon: Zero Dawn has been pushed into 2017. Bold? Eh, it seemed...
Tuesday15th Mar 2016
News Horizon and The Last Guardian Will Launch on PS4 This Year, Sony Pledges
Major exclusives on track
Sony's press conference at the Game Developers Conference today was all about PlayStation VR, but it did take a moment to commit to 2016 release dates for The Last Guardian and Horizon: Zero Dawn. While this information is not exactly unexpected, it's been a while since we heard about either game, so it's nice to hear that...
Thursday7th Jan 2016
News PS4 Exclusive Horizon: Zero Dawn Doesn't Place Importance on Map Size
The open world dilemma
Upcoming PlayStation 4 exclusive Horizon: Zero Dawn is building up to be an ambitious undertaking for first-party studio Guerrilla Games. Supposedly a sort of action role-playing game hybrid that's set in a big open world, many interested onlookers have no doubt been pondering upon the size and scope of the release, and thanks...
Wednesday28th Oct 2015
Paris Games Week 2015 Horizon: Zero Dawn Details Its RPG Elements
Aloy, Aloy
It was our Game of the Show at E3 2015 – and Horizon: Zero Dawn is still looking great. While developer Guerrilla Games didn't have a new demo for Sony's big Paris Games Week press conference, it did show an alternate play through of the one first shown in Los Angeles, while also emph
Monday26th Oct 2015
News Horizon: Zero Dawn Will Have an Incredibly Rich Story, Says Guerrilla Games
Proof will be in the mechanical pudding
Killzone, if you don't know, had some absolutely magnificent lore behind it – Guerrilla Games just botched the storytelling time after time again. Horizon: Zero Dawn is a second chance for the studio to tell an interesting tale, then – and we're part nervous, part excited to see whether the Dutch developer...
Sunday20th Sep 2015
TGS 2015 PS4's Horizon: Zero Dawn Dazzles in Stage Demo
Ahoy Aloy
Horizon: Zero Dawn's one of those rare Western games that we reckon has a shot at doing extremely well in Japan, and Sony seems to have recognised that. The platform holder prepared a massive stage demo for the title at TGS 2015 this week, which consisted of a fresh playthrough of the E3 2015 sequence. If you thought that the five minute...
Monday14th Sep 2015
News Guerrilla Games Almost Made a Game Based on H.G. Wells' The Time Machine
Back to the future
Back when Horizon: Zero Dawn was first announced, this author suggested that protagonist Aloy's name may have been inspired by the Eloi in H.G. Wells' legendary novel, The Time Machine. Well, gleeful back slapping aside, it turns out that we were probably right, as Guerrilla Games has revealed that it pitched a project based on...
