MMORPG Horizon Steel Frontiers Announced for PC, iOS, and Android - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 12 November 2025 / 3,404 Views
NCSOFT has announced massively multiplayer online RPG (MMORPG) set in the world of PlayStation's Horizon series, Horizon Steel Frontier, for PC, iOS, and Android.
Sony Interactive Entertainment licensed out the Horizon IP to NCSOFT, while PlayStation Studios and Guerrilla Games have provided support.
View the announcement video below:
View the gameplay trailer below:
Read details on the game below:
- Genre – The first MMORPG in the Horizon universe. A fierce survival adventure in a world where threats lurk at every turn.
- World – Deadlands, a frontier for machine hunters. Embark on a new journey across an awe-inspiring landscape and a vast open world.
- Combat – Inspired by Horizon’s familiar hunting action. Experience large-scale raids with an advanced combat system.
- Platforms – Mobile and PC via PURPLE. Free play within one seamless world.
- Customization – Forge your own machine hunter in a post-apocalyptic world. Create your identity with deep customization and boundless freedom.
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This actually looks good?....... and its not on playstation? why? What sense is this madness. Instead of all these shooters for Games as a Service thingy, why didn't they do a few MMOs instead? there is a drought of new MMOs even attempting to stand up to WoW and FF14. Why couldn't a platform holder like PS make a mmo, come out and say we're committed to the idea, and won't end or close in in a year or two, so people can trust to invest time/energy into it without worry?
Huslt will go to his grave trying to force this thing to be bigger than it actually is.
That's what she said
Horizon has to be the James Cameron's Avatar of gaming with how much people insist nobody cares about it and they drive themselves insane watching it continously make all the money in the world.
Go home, Aloy! You're officially outdated. I don't play MMOs so I won't have a solid opinion on this game but it makes the old Horizon games look so tasteless... I mean even more tasteless than they already were.
From his post history I don't think he's ever enjoyed a game, just likes to complain about them and say X game is overrated is all.
I didn't. Boring story, annoying protagonist, repetitive quests... But it was beautiful.
However, this new version here looks way better, at least gameplay-wise. And finally, they're not afraid to make an attractive female character (thank you, asian devs, sincerely). Sad I won't be able to play it.
Everywhere but Playstation lol
This isn't the MMO I expected and not on PS5? Although looks good, slightly more actiony Horizon. Let's hope the narrative suits it.
Graphically looks great. This and Ratchet multiplayer shooter announced the same day. PS is really trying to push its IPs in new directions.
Pushing in the live service direction, you mean.
If these are the live service games they were always talking about (that weren't cancelled), I'm fine as it's seems they are just 3rd party made and just licenced their IPs out.
The issues come from forcing studios who usually make create single player experiences which utilise their hardware features to make live service crap. I want their main teams making the great games we expect from them.
But where's the Knack MMO?
Maybe sony will make a Knack Battle Royale first
Nothing wrong with live service but not on Ps5 is the weird part.
They cancelled the multiplayer horizon for this?
So, we have MMOss on console, but not Horizon (a PlayStation IP)? So weird.
What the fuck is going on at PlayStation...why wouldn't they release this on PlayStation???
Microsoft is going third party... Sony isn't bringing their titles to their own platforms... What is this...horizon and Ratchet getting new titles and neither are coming to PlayStation
I don't think you want that R&C mobile game coming to PS5, as it looks horrible, a true gacha game with probably 10 different types of buyable currencies in it and timers to continue playing...
This however does look interesting, and I have no idea why it wouldn't be a Day 1 PC/PS5/Mobile release with cross-progression/cross-play enabled from the beginning. Start playing on your PS5, and pickup with the same character/progression on your phone during your daily commute. Sounds like an easy marketing strategy to me, but what do I know, I'm not running the multi-billion dollar corporation :/
