rewrite this title Sony Enters the Horizon Universe with a New MMO – Metaverse Planet

Sony and NCSoft have announced a new MMO set in the Horizon universe, titled Horizon Steel Frontiers. Players will be able to hunt giant machines and create their own characters.

Sony and the Korean game company NCSoft have officially announced they are developing a new MMO game set in the popular Horizon series’ universe. The game’s name is Horizon Steel Frontiers, and it is being designed as free-to-play with cross-platform support for PC as well as iOS and Android platforms.

Horizon MMO on the Way

The game aims to deliver the experience of hunting the Horizon series’ giant mechanical creatures in a multiplayer environment. The nearly 10-minute announcement video featured cinematic and pre-alpha gameplay footage, along with developer interviews. The video shows players navigating natural environments and familiar metal structures while battling giant machines.

Players will take on the role of a machine hunter in a region called the Deathlands, inspired by Arizona and New Mexico. In the same region with thousands of players, it will be possible to both collaborate to hunt machines and engage in conflict with rival tribes or over resources.

The game’s Executive Producer, Sung-Gu Lee, also mentioned that they are working on new mechanics where players can pick up weapons dropped by the machines they hunt, carry them on their mounts, and use them in subsequent battles.

The announcement video also showcases the game’s character customization features. Players will now be able to create their own characters instead of playing as Aloy, who has been the series’ main character until now.

Sony and NCSoft have not yet shared any information about the game’s release date. However, Lee stated in the video that the team aims to bring the game to players as soon as possible.

What is the Horizon Universe?

The Horizon Universe is a post-apocalyptic science-fiction world set in the 31st century, thousands of years after a cataclysm destroyed our modern civilization (known as the “Old Ones”).

Key elements include:

Tribal Humans: Humanity has survived but regressed to primitive tribal societies. They hunt with bows and spears in a world they don’t fully understand.Robotic Wildlife: The world is dominated by giant robotic “Machines” that are designed to look like animals, from small “Watchers” to massive dinosaur-like “Thunderjaws.”The Core Mystery: The central story involves uncovering the past: how our 21st-century civilization fell, why these robotic creatures exist, and who created the system (Project Zero Dawn) that rebuilt the planet after a total extinction event.

In short, it’s a world where primitive tribes hunt robotic dinosaurs while living among the ruins of our lost, high-tech past.

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