New Horizon Forbidden West PS5 Gameplay Revealed
Sony and Guerrilla Games showed off more of
Horizon Forbidden West on Thursday during PlayStation’s big State of Play centered around the game. The State of Play featured a new trailer showing off more of the sequel to 2017’s
Horizon Zero Dawn that’ll feature the series’ protagonist, Aloy, embarking on a new adventure filled with more stunning settings and enemies.
Horizon Forbidden West is scheduled to release on the PlayStation 5 and on the PlayStation 4, but an exact release date has not yet been announced.
You can check out the footage below courtesy of the PlayStation State of Play stream centered entirely around the game. For those wondering, the gameplay shown here was captured on a PlayStation 5.
Horizon Forbidden West Gameplay State of Play
The
Horizon Forbidden West gameplay State of Play is our first look at the highly anticipated sequel’s gameplay following its initial announcement nearly a year ago with a cinematic trailer. While we don’t yet have a firm release date, Sony has remained committed to a 2021 release window for the game. With Sony Santa Monica’s
God of War sequel expected to be getting pushed into 2022, speculation puts
Horizon Forbidden West in late fall to give Sony a big flagship first-party title just in time for the holidays. Still others are hoping for something earlier in August or September, though
Horizon Forbidden West gameplay. After a five-hour long countdown featuring imagery of the various environments you’ll visit in
Horizon Forbidden West, PlayStation Studios and Guerrilla Games finally showed off 14 minutes of gameplay.
You can watch the full presentation, including developer commentary on Aloy’s new abilities, in the video below:
The new gameplay featured a small hint at some of the story, as well as some looks at very impressive foliage. We also got to see Aloy in combat against a few different machines and raiders, as well as the swimming that was teased in last year’s reveal. The trailer showed some of the new machine-animal hybrids, like the Tremortusk a wooly mammoth-like machine that was under the control of a group of raiders that Aloy inevitably ends up in a battle against. The demo ultimately ends near “the old bridge,” which turns out to be the Golden Gate Bridge that was featured in screenshots released last year. We see a mysterious item
Horizon Forbidden West will release for the PS4 and PS5. There is no release date for the game yet. Horizon Forbidden West is a sequel to Horizon Zero Dawn.
We are just a few weeks away from Summerâs biggest gaming event, E3 2021, and so many studios are gearing up for the event with some pre-E3 announcements. This now includes Sony, who will be holding a PlayStation State of Play livestream tomorrow, and promised an â
extensive lookâ at the upcoming Horizon Forbidden West game.
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Nearly eleven months ago we showed you the very first glimpse of Horizon Forbidden West during the PlayStation 5 Showcase, and now weâre excited to show more,â said Game Director Mathijs de Jonge.Â
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During this State of Play, we will debut the Horizon Forbidden West gameplay reveal! In this 20-minute exclusive segment, youâll be seeing about 14 minutes of brand new in-game action featuring our heroic protagonist Aloy, all captured directly on PlayStation 5.â