A Horizon Zero Dawn remaster has reportedly been in development for some time, and now the game appears to have received an Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) rating. Sony has yet to officially confirm a remaster of the game. The full version of Horizon Zero Dawn, the PC port of the game, was released in 2020, three years after the action-adventure game originally released on PS4.
Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered gets ESRB rating
A new ESRB listing for Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered (as spotted by VGC ) has surfaced online. According to the listing, the game will be released on PlayStation 5 and PC. No other details about the remaster are available at this time.
Neither Sony nor developer Guerrilla Games have yet confirmed the game’s remaster or its release schedule. However, the ESRB listing indicates that the game is in development. Sony has greenlit several remakes and remakes of its first-party games in recent years, including one for The Last of Us. A remaster of The Last of Us Part II was released on PS5 earlier this year, just three and a half years after the game launched on PS4.
In 2022, reports surfaced that a Horizon Zero Dawn remake was in development. The remaster will reportedly feature improved lighting, overhauled textures, and better animations. The PS5 version of the action-adventure game will also reportedly receive accessibility and quality-of-life improvements, including different graphics modes that benefit graphical fidelity or performance.
It’s worth noting that Horizon Zero Dawn has received a patch to support 60fps performance on PS5 through backwards compatibility.
Horizon: Forbidden West, the sequel to Zero Dawn, launches on PS4 and PS5 in 2022, with a PC port released earlier this year. Sony is also preparing to launch LEGO Horizon Adventures, a LEGO-themed spin-off game that retells the story of Horizon Zero Dawn, on PS5, PC, and Nintendo Switch later this year.
