Horizon: Zero Dawn remaster/remake reportedly in development

This has been making the rounds lately. Not sure if it's true but really, remaking a 5-year-old game already? This game shouldn't even see a re-release until at least the PS6 is out.

Here is a head-scratcher for your Sunday evening: Sony is reportedly remastering Horizon Zero Dawn for PS5. The claim is made by website MP1ST, citing multiple sources, and more online personalities in the know have come out publicly to say the project is real. Some even say they've seen it themselves. This does indeed seem to be real, and VGC sources corroborate the rumour.

The remaster is supposedly designed to bring the original PS4 game closer to its sequel Horizon Forbidden West. Along with the usual graphical improvements — apparently, they're so good that it's unclear whether this will be pitched as a remaster or a remake — the accessibility options built for Aloy's second adventure will be brought to the first game. There will also be some quality of life improvements, updated character models, a better lighting system, enhanced textures, and upgraded animations.

The site says a Horizon Zero Dawn remaster/remake isn't the only thing Guerrilla Games has in the works, however. We also have a Horizon online multiplayer game for PS5 and PC to look forward to, which could feature co-op. "Sources said that Sony had been keen to include co-op in the game’s sequel, Forbidden West, but Guerrilla decided to save the feature for a future project, which they believed would either be a standalone online spin-off, or Horizon 3," said VGC.

Sony has been developing a habit of remastering and remaking some of its best titles in recent years, with a recent example being The Last of Us: Part I. Its new accessibility options allow disabled gamers to experience something that was once inaccessible to them. However, for the general consumer, a Horizon Zero Dawn PS5 re-release will likely be a tough sell.

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More remakes and remasters, and Horizon too? Game's more boring that watching paint dry. If they're gonna remaster anything, it should've been the Killzone series. Put them on the PC and PS5.

Killzone games are shit and would be forgettable shooters on PC. We don't need them.

@Juub1990: They are, but they'd be better remasters than a 5 year old game that still looks good to this day. The only okay thing for this is the coop but even then, not gonna be worth 70 bucks for a resolution bump.

No way this is true.

Hopefully this is false.

Wow. Yeah that does seem pretty soon to do a remake for this game. Enjoyed my recent playthrough of this game but can’t really see myself picking this up especially because no doubt it’ll be $70 USD at launch.

I call bullshit. Doesn't make any sense. PC version still looks great and there is a 60fps patch for PS5.

I wouldn't bet against it at this point.

Jim Ryan has shown that he is all for making an extra buck, regardless of how much brand name he has to sacrifice.

I mean, why not? Idiots buying TLOU for the fourth or fifth time, at full price no less, proves this is a totally viable strategy.

@Juub1990: Well, if they didn't love to be milked, we wouldn't call them cows...

Ghosts of Tsushima next. It's been a whole 2+ years since it came out , cmon Sony

Give me the fucking BB Remake Sony! It's on the Goddamn table Sony, use it!

Nobody has to know.

Considering how poorly TLOU remake was received, i can only imagine how remaking an asscreed is gonna be like. I literally want it to happen just to see the world burn at this point😆😆😆After Ragnarok, all we have is a couple of shitty superhero games cuz there isn't enough movies in the same childish genre. This is epic. Dat SSD, tho.

It's a remaster not a remake. Ex. Spider-Man Remastered

This is the dumbest shit I've heard.

Sony needs to stop this madness. They’re taking these remake/remasters too far now.

@Archangel3371: "especially because no doubt it’ll be $70 USD at launch."

lol

Don’t buy it then? 🤷

I really hope tlou remake tanked the f up. It better tank. Holy shit it better tank.

If y'all bought it, i will convert into a lemming and defend the game that just came out of its cocoon.

Boring game. I don’t think touching up the graphics a little will help that.

We are living in the cash grab era of gaming anything is possible when it comes to not doing anything original fun times!!!

Is anyone really that surprised?

Already a 60fps ps5 version sounds fake.

Yes. Sony should loan Guerilla devs to Bluepoint for a BB remake

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

Finally saw the Halo Infinite road map? Glad you did.

@kuu2: exactly lmfao 🤣

If cows buy last of us remake again, they will buy this again. Why not do it, it's money.

Look, if this is true it’s freaking stupid. A PS4 game that still looks and plays great should not be remastered. I don’t even think PS3 games need to be remastered (I don’t think we needed either TLOU 1 remasters, ports would have been fine).

Let’s stick to PS2 and older for remasters. And an even better idea would be to create more new games, sequels/prequels, or spiritual successors.

@Ibacai: I agree with all that.

This gotta be false, no one is that stupid are they??

Mark my words, if this thing releases I’m selling my PS5. I’m done. This will be a clear pattern from Sony remaking games that no one is asking to be remade. Where’s Socom? I want Socom. People have been vocal about Socom. 9 years since the last Killzone. Why? Cause you’re jock riding COD? Where’s Days Gone 2? Can I get The Getaway remade? You release trash like TLOU2 but I can’t get anything else from you clowns made. My patience is almost out for Sony.

HZD isn't even that old, unless they are doing it for porting to other consoles like GameBoy or whatever kids are playing these days.

if true i bet it's because they'll be doing a tv adaptation like tlou

Lmao, wouldn't surprise me.

When you allow your tits to be pulled,they are gonna get pulled,at this point saps teats are black and blue🤣

Don't believe it, although Ryan is a clown.

Well, gamers are stupid. That stupid though? Yeah, probably.

That's hilarious if true.

I won’t be a remake. If sony market it as such it would be stupid. A remaster using the new things they did for the sequel is a good idea though. Not rhat I’m gonna replay it, but for the new fans 🤗!

You don’t believe in life after death I take it.

Poo bovine brigade. You'd think the way Phony milks them all the time they'd be running on empty by now. lol :P

God damn it Sony, no. Why the **** would they do this. No one wants an HZD remaster.

We want Bloodborne remaster. We want RDR2 remaster.

That's it.

If true, this is embarrassing news.

Unless this is a really easy port to the Forbidden West engine, this seems like a waste of resources.

😅 my phone typing skills are in desperate need of a full remake!

Pretty sad if true - game doesn't need one at all. Just make something new