Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered rated by ESRB, for both PS5 and PC

Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered has officially been rated by the ESRB for both Windows PC and PS5. This confirms the remaster’s existence after a couple of years of speculation and alleged leaks, and it comes at a convenient time for the PS5 Pro’s launch.

Seven years after its initial release on PS4, Horizon Zero Dawn looks to be returning to modern consoles and PC as Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered. The game was inadvertently leaked through its ESRB rating, which details how the title is coming to both PC and PS5. There’s nothing new or noteworthy outside of the inclusion of a PC release in this rating, believe me I eagerly read through it all, but it seems possible, given the PS5 Pro launches later in 2024, that the game will be part of Sony’s marketing for the new console.

A new dawn

Horizon Zero Dawn was initially released in 2017 for PS4 and quickly grew a dedicated fan base who love the ideas it brings to life, of tribal human cultures living in a post-apocalyptic world filled with advanced animal-like machines that are an intrinsic part of the ecosystem.

The remaster has been rumored for a couple of years at this point, and fans seem receptive to it because the game was beautiful on PS4, so the prospect of it looking even more impressive on PS5 and PC is incredibly inviting. I absolutely adore Horizon Forbidden West, which was released on PS5 in 2022, and it looked stunning, so I’m quite excited to see some actual footage of Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered when the time is right.

Considering that the PS5 Pro is set to release in November 2024, it’s possible that Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered will be a game the company uses to promote it. After all, the whole point of the PS5 Pro is that it makes games look as good as possible, and with this being a title from first-party studio, there’s no better way to showcase that.

Of course, all we have is a rating for the game. We have no details on a release date or a list of improvements and new features. So it’s just as likely that it won’t be released alongside the PS5 Pro, especially because another game in the franchise, Lego Horizon Adventures, is slated for a 2024 release, and we still don’t have a launch date for it.

We’ll have to wait and see what Sony does on both fronts, but it’s important to remember that each game will also run on current PS5 consoles. There’s no need to pick up a brand-new $700 PS5 Pro until we’re told that it’s required to play specific games or that games will have some features that are exclusive to the newer device.