{"id":259761,"date":"2025-11-13T04:05:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T04:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/259761\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T04:05:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T04:05:03","slug":"the-next-horizon-game-is-an-mmo-by-ncsoft-for-pc-mobile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/259761\/","title":{"rendered":"The Next Horizon Game Is an MMO by NCSOFT for PC, Mobile"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a> Image: Push Square<\/p>\n

Sony\u2019s fledgling mobile strategy is slowly coming into focus.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, it announced Ratchet & Clank: Galaxy Rangers<\/a>, an arena-based multiplayer shooter for mobile.<\/p>\n

And now, ahead of G-STAR in Korea, the long-rumoured MMO from NCSoft Horizon Steel Frontiers<\/a> has been revealed. It\u2019ll be available on PC and mobile, with no mention of the PS5 right now.<\/p>\n

While we won\u2019t repost the trailer here just yet \u2013 you can watch it on The Verge<\/a> \u2013 it shows a hunter taming mechanical beasts, just like in the main Horizon games.<\/p>\n

However, the twist with this MMO adaptation \u2013 which is focusing on mobile first and foremost \u2013 is that you\u2019ll be doing so alongside \u201cthousands\u201d of other players.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what Guerrilla\u2019s Jan-Bart van Beek said in the leaked press release:<\/p>\n

\u201cHorizon Steel Frontiers is a full-fledged MMORPG that NCSoft has built specifically for mobile. With Steel Frontiers, you can step into this world anywhere, anytime. Players take on the role of machine hunters, chasing opportunity in a region called the Deathlands. This is inspired by Arizona and New Mexico. You\u2019re sharing the frontier with thousands of other players, sometimes working together to take down machines and other times competing with rival tribes or fighting over resources, and that mix of cooperation and competition creates moments that you could never script.\u201d<\/p>\n

Unlike in the main Horizon games, you won\u2019t be playing as Aloy but will instead create your own character, although the various personalisation options available remain consistent with the main game\u2019s tribes.<\/p>\n

This looks like an impressive adaptation, which will surely grow the franchise\u2019s appeal in Asia if it can maintain the series\u2019 core gameplay tenants. It also puts into focus why Sony has been so litigious with copycat Light of Motiram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no release date right now, but NCSoft says it wants to release the title as soon as possible. Expect pre-registration to open shortly after the game\u2019s official announcement, which we\u2019d expect this week.<\/p>\n

\"Sammy<\/p>\n

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He\u2019s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Push Square Sony\u2019s fledgling mobile strategy is slowly coming into focus. Earlier this week, it announced Ratchet…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,22724,2306,1180,622,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-259761","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-horizon","10":"tag-mobile","11":"tag-pc","12":"tag-sony","13":"tag-technology","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}