Reports: Sony Developing Sequel to Horizon Zero Dawn for PlayStation 5

Guerilla Games and Sony collaborated to gives Horizon Zero Dawn in 2017. The open-world role-playing game was a success. It sold over 10 million copies by 2019, making it one of the best-selling PS4 games. It also won the 2018 BAFTA Games Award for Original Property. Video Game Chronicles now reports that a new series in the franchise is in the offing.

Horizon Zero Dawn is set in the 31st century, where humans live in three primary tribes, while machines in the form of animals roam the planet. Sony will release the game for Windows too sometime this year.

Horizon Zero Dawn for PlayStation 5 Under Development

The latest reports regarding Horizon Zero Dawn is sure to delight the PlayStation aficionados. Guerrilla Games are currently making a sequel to the popular PS4 game Horizon Zero Dawn. The Amsterdam based studio will release the sequel for Sony’s next-gen console PlayStation 5.

Apparently, Sony initially planned on developing and releasing the second series in the franchise for PS4. However, the giants pivoted and decided to go all out for a next-gen game.

Understandably, it would be easy for fans to be skeptical about the rumors. However, a huge indicator that it is indeed true would be the job listings posted by Guerrilla Games recently.

The job listing was looking to take on board a senior writer. The ad suggested the writer would “write quest dialogue, systemic dialogue, story outlines, and faction documents.” 

However, the developers deleted the tweet soon after.

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This listing all but confirmed the rumors that a new series in the Horizon Zero Dawn franchise was under development. Furthermore, a comic book series based on the events after the first game will also launch later this year.

Recent reports from insiders suggested that Sony planned to tone down their usual launch protocols. The console giants will produce significantly fewer units of their next-gen consoles because the production cost is quite high. If the reports are true, you can expect the PS5 to launch at around $500-650, unless Sony decide to settle for an initial loss.

While that is not good news, fans are delighted that the release date of the console was not pushed back. As the COVID-19 situation worsened, fans feared Sony would push back the launch for PS5.