On the Horizon
- by Sammy Barker
Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier has appeared on the Spawncast, where he got caught up in a conversation about Guerrilla’s current plans. There’s obviously quite a lot of Horizon on the way this year, with Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered due on 31st October and LEGO Horizon Adventures slated to follow on 14th November.
But what will come after those two? “Horizon Online is their next product, not the third single player game, looks like,” he explained. “So, that one may be ways off.”
Schreier continued: “PlayStation’s live service initiative was no joke, everybody was like, ‘It’s live service games all around.’ Horizon is one of the few ones that hasn’t been cancelled or hasn’t come out and flopped the way Concord did and so yeah, a lot of questions. A lot of people are working on that.”
It’s probably worth adding some context here. To the best of our knowledge, Horizon Online has been in development since around 2018, when Killzone veteran Simon Larouche returned to the Dutch studio to lead production on a multiplayer game. That means the project is probably close to completion.
Horizon Forbidden West, meanwhile, released in 2022, so its single player successor is likely still in early pre-production. It makes sense, then, that the bulk of Guerrilla’s development forces would be focused on the multiplayer game for now.
No doubt these comments will cause all kinds of hand wringing from those allergic to the idea of online multiplayer games, but it’s worth remembering Guerrilla has a rich history in multiplayer, and did originally consider co-op features for Horizon Zero Dawn.
[source youtube.com, via resetera.com]
As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.
