The eagle-eyed among you may have spotted that Horizon Zero Dawn’s logo has been refreshed to reflect upcoming sequel Horizon Forbidden West. When the follow-up was officially announced last year, many noticed that it includes a Roman numeral ‘II’ as part of its linebreak. A similar flourish, with a ‘I’, has been retroactively added into the original as well.
The change was spotted by reader Adam Novice, who sent us this screenshot after reinstalling the game to check out its new 60 frames-per-second update:
For the sake of comparison, this is how Horizon Zero Dawn’s logo looked when it was originally released back in 2017:
And this is the logo for successor Horizon Forbidden West. It’s interesting how the number is merely a design detail, and is not part of either game’s official name:
Do you like this retroactive revision? Do you think this sets the Guerrilla Games series up as an ongoing series, perhaps beyond even Horizon Forbidden West? Let us know in the comments section below.
[ Thanks, Adam Novice ]
Comments 32
The first games title is explained by the end of the game, and its one big phrase… the horizon isn’t separate from zero dawn. They’re gonna have to do some gymnastics for the title to make sense this time.
Aaah, uniformity. I definitely approve.
My ocd loves this.
@Mega-Gazz I always saw Horizon as the actual title with Zero Dawn and Forbidden West being the subtitle.
Your welcome PS, I noticed it when downloading the game for the 60FPS patch and I had a feeling the logo changed.
Should it not have a colon instead of a number I? As in, Horizon: Zero Dawn.
@nessisonett I guess the one is to emphasize that this is indeed the first game and that fw is the second
@nessisonett steady.
Cool! Very eye-pleasing.
@kyleforrester87
This changes EVERYTHING!!
And now to give Frozen Wilds a go in 60fps
(Haven't played the DLC yet!)
I like the attempt at a uniformity, but I can’t stop seeing a “pause” button where they intended an ii. Just me? Maybe they should have stylized it or added the caps if it’s not.
A subtle and classy change. I continue to be psyched!
On a separate note... I wish they had come up with a title that rolls off the lips more. Zero Dawn feels so good to say. But Forbidden West? No thanks. I'll be calling it Horizon 2.
@AdamNovice its been a while, but Horizon: Zero Dawn is from the original military operation planning for extinction of all life on earth because the machines use it as fuel, and how to reboot life on the planet after the machines starve to death. It is directly explained, literally as a one phrase.
not a fan. it looks like a pause icon. and doesnt match the brush style of the sign above
@get2sammyb Should have titled this "Horizon Gets a Colonoscopy" 🤣
Hey @Octane you the 1 I've been over this w/ like a dozen times or that just Ragnarok? Somebody finally convinced me "no colon" about a year ago.
I still think this means "no colon". It's Horizon Zero Dawn 1 and Horizon Forbidden West 2.
Also has me scared they'll make this into a trilogy and the game will end as poorly as God of War, and the original GoW2 for that matter. Why else make it 1 and 2 unless you are planning on making it longer?
So now I'm not playing this until someone tells me how it ends, cliffhanger or no? 😝
With apologies to @kyleforrester87 he's the one who set me straight on the lack of colon in the first games title, not @Octane.
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2019/10/feature_how_we_think_horizon_zero_dawn_2_will_champion_ps5s_biggest_new_features
I think @ShogunRok should go back and edit the : out of all the HZD articles, there are at least half a dozen of them, just looks sloppy. 😉
@Mega-Gazz That explains Zero Dawn. Horizon was never an actual phrase used. GG probably chose it cos it fit it's world plus it sounded cooler. I admit the naming convention for the game has never being consistent. Really it should officially titled Horizon: Zero Dawn. Horizon to me always felt like the franchise title.
This article is about 9+ months out of date. It has been like this pretty much after the PS5 launched last year!
Edit: See this post from reddit. It actually changed LAST JUNE
https://www.reddit.com/r/horizon/comments/hkl1ku/horizon_zero_dawns_logo_has_gotten_a_small_change/
Horizon 3: Spooky East
@rjejr Probably both
I noticed that when they gave it out for free, thought it was always like that tbh.
So.... Horizon 1011. Maybe it means something....
@Mega-Gazz It was called Project Zero Dawn in game. Not Horizon Zero Dawn, or Horizon: Zero Dawn.
You're just showing off your platinum.
I’ve already pre-ordered the new logo
This is dumber than how "Read Dead" is the title and then the third word is the subtitle. hence, there should never have been a Red Dead Redemption 2. (Let alone the fact the sequel was its own prequel. Lol)
@Octane Both colon and no colon? Is the game in a box w/ Schrodinger's cat? 😉
Basically similar to giving 'A New Hope' the Episode number then.
Doesn’t seem to update the complete edition though - not really fussed, maybe just been overlooked.
I'm still sad about the delay. This is the reason I adopted early this generation. What's worse is the release date happens to be a month after Elden Ring. I work so ill just really be getting into Elden Ring at that point. I guess backlogs are malignant by nature.
@SweetSummerShunv it was originally just called starwars...then the episode number was added, then A new hope was added.
Show Comments
Leave A Comment
Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment...