Surprisingly, Guerrilla Games and PlayStation showed up at the inaugural Gamescom 2021 conference to confirm what was already an open secret: Horizon Forbidden West it will wait until next year. Specifically, the next great adventure exclusive to PS4 and PS5 will arrive on February 18, 2022. Fortunately, the delay is not as long as some feared, although the postponement will affect the catalog first-party of the platform at the end of the current year.
While Guerrilla Games has not specified the reasons for the delay of Horizon Forbidden West, you don’t have to break your head to know that is directly related to COVID-19. The unexpected emergence of the pandemic led this study, like many others in the industry, to move work home. However, the pace of development is not the same as doing it in person from their offices. Unfortunately, PlayStation also failed to avoid the problem.
Among so many unfortunate events that have affected the video game industry in recent times, the good news is that Horizon Forbidden West
If there are no more obstacles on the way, Q1 2022 looks more than promising for gamers
While you wait for the release of Horizon Forbidden West, you should know that Horizon Zero Dawn get a free patch for PlayStation 5 today. This update will allow you to play 60 frames per second in 4K resolution (dynamic). For its part, load times will decrease significantly thanks to the SSD.