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Horizon: Zero Dawn may reportedly be heading to PC this yearJust over the horizon
Just over the horizon
Like many of you, I’ve never felt the impact of a steel bow pierce cyborg velociraptor flesh. I’ve never climbed one ofHorizon: Zero Dawn’s whopping great brontosaurus with a flying saucer for a head. No, I’ve only watched our oft-absent PlayStation-owning flatmate steal through the tall grass, watching from the doorway, thinking “cor, that looks alright.”
Horizon: Zero Dawn was going to be one of those nifty-looking console games I’d begrudgingly accepted I’d never play. But that might not be the case for much longer. Earlier today,Kotaku reportedthat Guerrilla Games' open-world dino-hunter could appear on PC as soon as this year, according to three anonymous sources “familiar with Sony’s plans”.
Of course, Sony has yet to make an official statement on the matter. Right now, I recommend taking all this with a pinch of salt.
For those not in the know - Horizon: Zero Dawn is a 2017 open-world romp for the PlayStation 4. It’s the future, humanity’s starting over from scratch in insular tribes, and there’s a nasty bunch of cyborg dinosaurs trotting all over the shop, acting like they own the place. With techno-tribal matriarchal societies and trap-based hunting, there’s some proper neat stuff lurking under more familiar open-world trappings.
Sources told Kotaku they “expect to see the game on both Steam and the Epic Games Store when it launches”, even if those stores haven’t been entirely confirmed. The report also claims there’s good incentive to port it - a PC port would be an opportunity for Guerrilla to “show off [their] technical chops”, offering a version of Horizon that isn’t capped at 30 frames-per-second. That’s a fair bet - it’s a gorgeous looking thing, even if it brings Sony’s big electric rhombus to a crawl.
It’s not an impossible suggestion. Sony have loosened up with the PC ports lately, with some venerable PlayStation exclusive developers finding a home on PC. For better or worse,delightfully dislikeableQuantic Dreams titles likeDetroit: Become Human,Heavy RainandBeyond: Two Soulshave made their way to PC. Meanwhile, Kojima Productions' star-studded walk ‘em upDeath Strandingis due for delivery later this year.
The times, though, they are a-changing. Xbox have embraced the cold, LED-tinted grasp of the home computer in recent years,extending Game Pass to PCand puttingall of the Haloson Steam.
