Sony is making a Horizon MMO – here are all the details

The new game is called Horizon Steel FrontiersSony and Korean video game company NCSoft are working together on this. Based on a 10+ minute video we saw featuring a mix of cinematic and pre-alpha gameplay footage as well as developer interviews, the game will focus heavily on combat… Horizon The series’ giant mechanical monsters and the ability to do so with other people.

Sony and the public relations firm representing NCSoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Edge Promotional art was initially spotted for Steel border On a website used to share game assets that media and influencers are allowed to use. The art appears to have been published early, perhaps before it was announced in G-Star 2025 event in Korea Later tonight. The website also includes a link to the open access Google Drive containing the video. According to that site, Steel border It will be available on PC, iOS and Android.

Footage from the video shows groups of players facing off against monsters and navigating through lush natural environments and looming metal buildings that you may be familiar with if you’ve played the game. Horizon games.

“Horizon Steel Frontiers “It’s a full-fledged MMORPG that NCSoft has built specifically for mobile,” Jan-Bart van Beek, studio director at PlayStation’s Guerilla Games, says in the video. Steel borderYou can enter this world anywhere, anytime. Players take on the role of machine hunters, hunting down opportunities in an area called the Land of Death. This is inspired by Arizona and New Mexico. You share borders with thousands of other players, sometimes working together to take down machines and other times competing with rival tribes or fighting over resources, and this combination of cooperation and competition creates moments you could never write down.

“The basic concept of Horizon Steel Frontiers “It can be summed up in one phrase: the thrill of bringing down massive machines,” executive producer Sung-Gu Lee says in the video. “Hunting massive machines was one of the greatest appeals of the original Horizon series. Now, we’re expanding that experience into the world of MMORPGs.” Lee says there will be new mechanics for fighting machines, such as picking up weapons dropped from monsters and carrying them up a mountain to use in later battles.

The video also highlights the game’s character customization features — in Steel borderInstead of playing as Aloy, who has been the protagonist of the series so far, you will be able to create your own character.

There’s no release date listed in the video, but Lee says the team is working to make the game available “as soon as possible.”