Rumors surrounding a PS5 remaster of Horizon Zero Dawn have been circulating since the beginning of October, but since then, the case had not resurfaced. This was without counting on the indiscretions of a certain Colin Moriarty, well known for his PlayStation insights, who indulged in a few confidences during the “Sacred Symbols” podcast (accessible only on Patreon via a paywall) in which he allows himself to come back to this remaster which caused a lot of ink to flow during the first noises in the hallway. According to Colin Moriarty, Guerrilla Games is not at work on this restored PS5 version, but another internal studio from Sony Interactive Entertainment. If it does not give any details on the identity of the developers, it does however raise awareness regarding the interest of making a remaster of a game released in 2017 on PS4 and with an already impeccable technique.
We all think Guerrilla is doing the Horizon Zero Dawn remake, but from what I’ve heard it’s on another team.
It wouldn’t be surprising if Guerilla Games wasn’t involved in this remaster/remake, given that the studio is currently working on the major Burning Shores expansion for Horizon 2 Forbidden West, as well as Horizon: Call of the Mountain planned for PSVR. 2 and which he is co-developing with another studio. According to the information that has already come out, this visual upgrade of Horizon Zero Dawn on PS5 will be accompanied by technical improvements, such as the display in native 4K, the 60 frames per second and full of accessibility options in more. Not sure if that really matters…