We’re excited to launch Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered on PS5 and PC* tomorrow. We will’t wait so that you can uncover the visible enhancements and new options that take full benefit of the PS5 and suitable PCs. We additionally look ahead to seeing all your Picture Mode creations, whether or not you might be revisiting your favourite places and characters, or discovering the world of Horizon for the first time.
Quite a lot of love and energy went into the making of Horizon Zero Daybreak Remastered. In a earlier weblog, builders talked extensively about numerous enhancements that Nixxes and Guerrilla collaborated on. Right this moment I’d prefer to introduce you to Linda Burgers, Principal Producer at Nixxes, to share extra about how this mission got here to be:
“Earlier than we started engaged on Horizon Zero Daybreak Remastered, we got down to assess what was doable. At the time, Horizon Forbidden West had been introduced, however was nonetheless in growth. Guerrilla gave us the privilege of getting an early take a look at the sequel. The gorgeous visuals and total high quality we noticed in Horizon Forbidden West proved to be an enormous alternative for an enhanced model of Horizon Zero Daybreak.
From terrain, foliage, density, the set dressing in settlements, clouds, lighting and facial animation, to the total cinematic high quality, we noticed an enormous delta once we made comparisons.
As well as, we went again to the unique idea artwork of Horizon Zero Daybreak, to get a way of the unique intent. Particularly the density of foliage stood out. Based mostly on what we noticed in the idea artwork, Nixxes Artwork Director Oscar Stegehuis began making paint-overs of Horizon Zero Daybreak screenshots, to stipulate and emphasize the alternatives and the imaginative and prescient that was forming for the remaster.
The shared imaginative and prescient of Nixxes and Guerrilla was to not simply improve the current world of Horizon Zero Daybreak, however to overtake the visuals to match these of Horizon Forbidden West, with out shedding the unique intent and id of the first recreation. To realize this, we have been in fixed contact with the artwork path, animation, and lighting groups at Guerrilla. Since the studios’ places of work in Amsterdam and Utrecht are shut to one another, we had individuals from Guerrilla go to regularly to provide path in particular person and assist remedy complicated issues with numerous features of the manufacturing.
With the unbelievable efforts, expertise, and dedication of the groups at Nixxes and Guerrilla, and the further help from our co-developers at Weaseltron and Stellar Leisure, I imagine we have now succeeded in making this a actuality.
The gifted software program builders from Weaseltron have been instrumental to the mission’s infrastructure, technical artwork wizardry, rendering pipelines, remaster instruments and the bulk of the work on the PC model of Horizon Zero Daybreak Remastered.
A bunch of expert artists from Stellar Leisure labored with us on remastering the atmosphere, lighting, clouds, and panorama property. Their engineers additionally introduced over a lot of the accessibility options from Horizon Forbidden West into the remaster.
I couldn’t be extra pleased with the whole group! The expertise and dedication that everybody put into this mission made our shared imaginative and prescient a actuality.“
– Linda Burgers, Principal Producer, Nixxes
Horizon Zero Daybreak Remastered launches on PlayStation 5 on October 31 at midnight native time. For launch timing on PC, take a look at the PC Launch Map beneath.
Current house owners of Horizon Zero Daybreak and Horizon Zero Daybreak Full Version can improve to the digital model of Horizon Zero Daybreak Remastered for $9.99. Try the announcement PS Weblog put up for all the improve details.
New followers should purchase the recreation for $49.99 on PlayStation Retailer, Steam, or Epic Video games Retailer. For PlayStation 5, a bodily model can be obtainable.
* Account for PlayStation Community required on PC.