AND Horizon The MMORPG has been officially revealed, but not everyone is happy with the details of what was announced. Rumors about multiplayer Horizon games have been around the industry for over half a decade, with Guerrilla Games itself hinting at its existence in a 2020 job listing that called for experience creating open-world multiplayer games.
But this newly announced MMORPG may not be a live service Horizon a game that Guerrilla was said to be working on. This instead Horizon The MMORPG seems to be a completely different project, developed by a completely different studio and created with a different audience in mind.
Horizon Steel Frontiers is an MMORPG not coming to PlayStation 5
On November 13, during the Korean gaming conference G-Star 2025, developer NCSoft revealed Horizon Steel FrontiersMMORPG set in Horizon universe is created in collaboration with Guerrilla Games. This Horizon The MMORPG will see players take on the role of a machine hunter located deep in the Deadlands. Alongside a server full of real allies and rivals, players will battle giant machines Monster Hunter– as raid boss fights, craft and customize their equipment and ride different machines to explore the hidden secrets of the Deadlands. NCSoft, Guerrilla, and Sony have not confirmed Horizon Steel Frontiers' place in the franchise's timeline, or if characters like Aloy, Erend, or Sylens appear.
Although Horizon Steel Frontiers looks suitably impressive in its announcement trailer, it sparked instant controversy between the two Horizon fans thanks to their selection platforms. Horizon Steel Frontiers will be a cross-platform title for iOS, Android and PC with players on all platforms sharing the same world. A PlayStation 5 or 4 release was not mentioned in the official PlayStation pro blog announcement Horizon Steel Frontiersits developer commentary trailer or the game's official site. Naturally, many fans expressed their disappointment that the console wasn't launched, and it's easy to see why Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Forbidden West were originally a PlayStation exclusive, namely Horizon the franchise as a whole is primarily known as a first-party PlayStation IP.
This is the second time in the past few days that Sony has announced a mobile-focused multiplayer spinoff of the traditional single-player franchise. Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble November 12 revealed for iOS and Android. While NCSoft has a solid track record of delivering big MMO experiences like Ancestral line and Guild Warsit's only natural for some Horizon to make fans a bit skeptical of the newly announced MMORPG given its departure from the series' PlayStation and single-player roots.
Source: PlayStation Blog
