Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered Announced for PS5 and PC - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 October 2024 / 6,787 Views
Publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developers Guerrilla Games and Nixxes have announced Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered for the PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store. It will launch on October 31.
The game is priced at $49.99, however, those who own the original game will be able to upgrade for $9.99.
View the announcement trailer below:
Read details on the remaster via PlayStation Blog below:
Over seven years ago, we released Horizon Zero Dawn into the wilds. Players got to meet Aloy, our leading hero, thrust into a journey of (self-)discovery in a mysterious, far-future world ravaged by deadly machines.
It was also the beginning of a thriving community of cosplayers, virtual photographers, fan artists, and content creators who inspire us to this day with their incredible creations. Horizon Zero Dawn is near and dear to many fans, as well as to everyone at Guerrilla.
And that community has not stopped growing. Each year, many millions more pick up Horizon Zero Dawn for the first time. But 7 years is a long time in the world of computer graphics; technology improves. As time moved on, we really wished that new players who join Aloy on her origin story can do it with a version that is worthy of their PS5 or compatible PC. And so, we are thrilled to announce that the game has been remastered by our talented friends at Nixxes.
Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered launches on October 31. The captivating story and awe-inspiring post-apocalyptic world returns alongside a host of technological improvements, visual enhancements, and upgraded features. It also includes The Frozen Wilds content, a vast expansion featuring additional lands, skills, weapons, and machines. Take a look at the announcement trailer below.
Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered features over 10 hours of re-recorded conversation, mocap and countless graphical improvements that bring the game to the same visual fidelity as its critically acclaimed sequel Horizon Forbidden West. The game’s lush world includes frozen mountains, dense jungles, and arid deserts with stunning new visuals and 4K graphics and travelling between settlements is now lightning-fast.
The story’s many compelling characters have been upgraded, bringing them in line with current generation advances in character models and rendering. We hope that improved animation, lightning, textures and more will make new and existing fans excited to dive into the action!
The audio experience in Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered has been significantly enhanced. We’ve completely revamped the sound mix, now supporting PS5 Tempest 3D Audio Tech for higher-order ambisonics and Atmos rendering for an immersive soundscape. Our sound design has also seen major improvements, with hundreds of improvements both in-game and in the cinematics.
Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered takes full advantage of the PS5 console’s power and features. The DualSense controller’s haptic feedback and adaptive triggers ensure incredible immersion during tense combat, stealthy exploration, or scaling a gigantic Tallneck. We’ve integrated custom haptics for the DualSense controller throughout the game, providing tactile feedback that heightens immersion. Additionally, we’ve introduced a new optional accessibility feature that utilizes sound and haptic feedback to notify players of interactable elements, such as pickups, that were previously only indicated visually.
We’re also very happy to share that Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered comes with native support for PlayStation 5 Pro. This includes a range of graphical features that have been improved to make use of the power of the PS5 Pro, while also delivering ultra-high fidelity at blazing fast framerates.
The PC version on Windows includes the PlayStation overlay with Trophy support and has its own set of features, such as support for ultra-wide resolutions and the latest performance enhancing technologies like NVIDIA DLSS 3 and AMD FSR 3.1 with frame generation. We will let our Nixxes partners expand more in a future blog.
Many of the accessibility features that were first introduced in Horizon Forbidden West have been included for this Remastered version as well; remappable controls, haptic cues, and various assist toggles will enable all players to fully enjoy the game.
For those that have already played it, we’ve made sure that your old save games will work; so this is a great opportunity to dive into New Game+ or get back into Photo Mode with all your previously unlocked outfits and customizations.
We’re excited to share that pre-orders for Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered will open on 3 October for both platforms.
For existing owners of Horizon Zero Dawn (PS4, PC) and/or Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition (PS4, PS5, PC): you can upgrade to the digital version of Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered for $9.99 on both PlayStation 5 console and on PC (via Steam or Epic Game Store). This includes fans who added the game to their libraries during PlayStation’s Play At Home initiative.
Owners of the Horizon Zero Dawn PS4 game disc can access this offer by inserting the game disc into their PS5 console (and will need to keep the disc inserted each time to play the game). PS4 game disc owners who buy the PS5 Digital Edition disc-free console will not be able to access the upgrade offer.
For new fans, the game can be purchased for $49.99 on PlayStation Store, Steam, or Epic Game Store. You will receive the Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition.
We will have some more information as we get closer to release day on October 31, so keep an eye on our social channels for updates. From all of us at Guerrilla and Nixxes, thank you for your continued support!
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Common guys. Give it at least a decade before you do a remaster... Invest that cash into new games.
There is some talent in the studio, wouldn't be the end of the world if they were tasked to make a lower budget AA game...
Or perhaps expand older titles... Like what Microsoft did with the 20 year old Age of Empires 2 which reinvigorated the player base.
It's just completely unnecessary to "remaster" a game that already looks good.
Sony fans “we want Bloodborne remastered!”
Sony: “Best we can do is Horizon Zero Dawn remastered”
I would be 100% satisfied with just a simple update to the existing PS4 version with a proper framerate cap and frame-pacing lol
Bloodborne still runs at 1080p30fps with framepacing issues on the PS5. Meanwhile there's already a PS5 patch for the PS4 version of Horizon, making it run at 60 fps and checkerboard 4K.
The PS players are not even asking for a Bloodborne remaster specifically, for a lot of people just a PS5 patch like the one Horizon got would be fine.
What a waste of resources
I'm sure this hasn't stopped Guerilla or Nixxes from their usual work to bring you this that you do not obviously want. I mean GoWRag came out like a week ago and this comes out end of next month on PC so obviously they can handle their work.
Different developers. Ragnarök, and GoW 2018 for PC, were ported by Jetpack Interactive. Jetpack was also one of the support studios for Ragnarök's original 2022 release as well. Nixxes has definitely been very busy though since they have also released Tsushima just this past May. But it also helps that Nixxes fixed the original Zero Dawn port back in 2021, so they already had experience working on the game.
Sony needs to drop this "Remaster" label. Just call it a port. As somebody who already owns a copy of HZD, I'm excited to purchase the $10 upgrade to see what improvements Sony has made. (And if you don't already own the game, this release serves the role of a "gentle wave" to give it a chance.)
shame!!
But… why?
Gene Park brought up an interview with Jim Ryan a few years ago where Ryan mentions that while PS games are successful, they don’t have the profit margins as they used to. Which Sony’s CFO mentioned that just a few months ago. I don’t think this is a turnover/training matter as is it is Sony wants as much money out of a game as possible. I’m sure quite a few will purchase that $10 upgrade.
I mean, I'll buy the $10 upgrade and probably never even play it.
I was never able to get through HZD back on Pro lol
Why buy it though if you know you’ll never play it?
Wow. this has to be a joke at this stage not even kidding. talk for award for most pointless remasters ever i bet at this stage Sony would win hands down.
lol
Will there be physical?
Yes
Since I've owned Horizon for ages and haven't played it, I'll probably toss down the 10 bucks to get the PS5 version and play it there.
While I agree that Sony puts out too many remasters this isn't really any weirder than the rest and I'm just glad we're past the ridicolous rumor that it was being "remade". It was obvious that somebody just mixed up the two.
