Guerrilla Games confirmed a new installment in its Horizon franchise, letting fans know that Aloy and her friends will continue their journey across the machine-ridden post-apocalyptic world they began exploring in Horizon Zero Dawn and its sequel Horizon Forbidden West. This announcement comes less than a week after the release of Burning Shores, the DLC for Horizon Forbidden West taking Aloy and her companions to the volcanic ruins of Los Angeles.
The story of Aloy began in 2017 with the release of Horizon Zero Dawn, an action RPG following the young huntress as she tried to uncover the mysteries of her past in a world overrun by giant machines that wiped out most of humanity. Guerrilla Games released Horizon Forbidden West in 2022, continuing the adventures of Aloy as she headed to the Western United States to save everyone from a world-ending threat. Just like its predecessor, Forbidden West was nominated for several end-of-the-year accolades and was praised for its graphics, story, and gameplay mechanics.
In a message from Guerrilla Games, the company announced the new roles of a variety of key members and shared that they would be working on the next adventures of Aloy, hinting at a third installment in the Horizon franchise. Studio Director and Executive Producer Angie Smets leaves Guerrilla to become Head of Development Strategy at PlayStation Studios, with Joel Eschler, Hella Schmidt, and Jan-Bart van Beek forming the new management team of Guerrilla. They will lead the studio as it keeps on expanding the world of Horizon with a sequel to Forbidden West and develops a new Horizon multiplayer game.
While this message confirms that a new Horizon game is in the works, the next project of Guerrilla will more likely be the new Horizon multiplayer project rather than a sequel to Forbidden West. The studio was recently hiring a Lead World Designer to work on this upcoming Horizon multiplayer game, with the job description stating this would be Guerrilla’s next game.
Fans have been hoping for a third installment in the Horizon series after the release of Forbidden West, wondering what will happen to Aloy and her companions after the events of this second game. The Horizon Forbidden West sequel could give a larger role to Varl or Erend, redeem minor villains from previous entries, or even see the death of Horizon’s main protagonist Aloy. More information about Horizon 3 should be revealed in the upcoming months, after the release of the Horizon multiplayer project.
Horizon Forbidden West is available now on PS4 and PS5.
Source: Guerrilla Games