Summary
Guerrilla’sHorizongames have featured some truly colossal machines, but a new job posting suggests that the upcoming multiplayer spin-off could feature some of the series' biggest robots to date. Ever sinceHorizon: Zero Dawnwas released on the PlayStation 4 back in 2017, players have been captivated by the dazzling post-apocalyptic world Guerrilla Games’s fledging franchise presented. This world would befurther fleshed out in 2023’sBurning ShoresDLCandCall of the Mountain, a VR spin-off that gave fans a first-person view of the Claim and its many machine residents.
While fans are eagerly waiting to see Aloy’s journey continue in a third mainlineHorizongame, rumors started to spread late last year of an online multiplayer spin-off title that could see players combat each other and hunt for machines as members ofHorizon’s many different tribal factions.Guerrilla Games would later confirm these rumorslast December, with the studio’s Amsterdam branch handling developmental duties. This news has since sparked discussions about where and when thisHorizonmultiplayer game could take place, and more importantly what towering machines players could face off against.
If a new job posting from Guerrilla Games is any indication, the currently untitledHorizonmultiplayer spin-off could see the introduction of machines that could outsize the series' most gigantic robotic creatures. This posting calls for a Senior Combat Designer who would “design multiple machine enemies that provide a variety of challenges against multiple players.” This suggeststhat theHorizonmultiplayer gamecould feature a heavy emphasis on co-op or even raid-style bosses that would require an entire team of players to take down.
While the job listing doesn’t give any specifics on what these bosses would entail, it would stand to reason that the new machines introduced in theHorizonmultiplayer game will be massive in size - enough to pose a credible threat to entire squads of players in a setting where Aloy has been shown to single-handily slay tyrannosaurus-like Thunderjaws and scale towering Tallnecks with little more than a small arsenal of tribal weapons. Another job listing suggested thatthe nextHorizongame would introduce new machines, though it wasn’t clear if that was meant for this multiplayer spin-off or the properHorizon 3.
One thing that theHorizonseries has been praised for is its diversity of machine designs, which run the gamut from smaller mechs that players can tame and ride as mounts to larger metal beasts that serve as a test of a warrior’s skill. The currently in-developmentHorizonmultiplayer game is a prime opportunity to give fans the largest and most powerful machines to date, and it would fall to Guerrilla Games’ new Senior Combat Designer to ensure that these machines form a considerable threat and challenge to teams of hardened robot hunters.
Horizon
The Horizon franchise follows Aloy as she is forced to contend with a series of powerful, towering robotic creatures in a post-apocalyptic landscape. The third-person action-RPG has already seen a sequel with Horizon: Forbidden West and gives players the freedom to explore the open world as they see fit.
