PS5’s Horizon Forbidden West Delayed To 2024

Sony has delayed Horizon Forbidden West until next year, Bloomberg reports. Originally scheduled to arrive this holiday season, the big PlayStation console exclusive will now come out sometime in the first quarter of 2024.

While game delays have been common throughout the last year thanks to the pandemic, it’s not immediately clear if that’s what’s holding up Horizon Forbidden West.

“Covid-19 has caused production challenges, forcing developers to work from home for months, but the pandemic has also provided a cover for developers to bump games that were facing obstacles regardless,” Bloomberg writes, following up on an initial rumor of the delay shared on Giant Bomb.

The sequel to Guerrilla Games’ successful PS4 open-world adventure, Horizon: Zero Dawn, it was originally revealed at last year’s Sony summer showcase for the PS5 and slated to arrive sometime this year. But just last month, PlayStation Worldwide Studios boss Hermen Hulst confirmed that wasn’t a sure bet.

“We think we are on track to release [Horizon Forbidden West] this holiday season,” Hulst said in a PlayStation Blog interview at the time. “But that isn’t quite certain yet, and we’re working as hard as we can to confirm that to you as soon as we can.”

Unlike some other upcoming Sony games, Horizon Forbidden West is supposed to come to PS4 as well, similar to last year’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales.

Lots of games continue to get delayed, but not all of them are PS5 exclusives. While Arkane’s Deathloop is just around the corner, Tango Gameworks announced just last week that GhostWire: Tokyo would slip to 2024. The new God of War, which everyone just calls Ragnarök because it still doesn’t have a name, was also recently delayed to 2024. Fortunately, there are still plenty of other games coming out, and since PS5s are still a pain-in-the ass to find, it continues to be true that you (still) really don’t need one yet.