New Horizon Zero Dawn Trailer Debuts at PSX 2016

Guerrilla Games has released a new trailer for Horizon Zero Dawn at Sony's PlayStation Experience 2016, teasing the game's story while showing off the title's robotic wildlife.

The new video from PlayStation EU doesn't actually reveal any significant information but rather looks like it's aimed at teasing the game's story. The teaser comes alongside about 90 seconds worth of footage that focuses on the various gorgeous environments that Horizon Zero Dawn has become known for, including the various robotic monsters that populate them.

The trailer begins with the narrator's voice before issuing a warning. “Let me tell you what’s out there. Vast riches of wilderness, untamed, a rugged domain, majestic, but lethal. It belongs to them. The machines." “If you hunt these wilds, no matter how skilled you are, no matter how clever, you will become the hunted.”

It wents on showing a brief glimpse of heroine Aloy as she takes out one of the mechanical creatures. The narrator stated that only players who have the courage to rise up to the challenge will be able to unlock "the deep secrets of the Earth." Guerrilla Games clearly plans to keep the game's plot a bit cryptic ahead of its February 2017 release, but this won't be the first time the developer has hinted at what players can expect from the game's story.

In an interview with Game Informer at the 2016 Tokyo Game Show, Guerrilla talked about the game's narrative. John Gonzalez, Horizon Zero Dawn's lead writer, stated that although players can concentrate on just the main plot if desired, the whole world will contain text logs and audio recording that will give additional background on the story. The set up sounds very similar to the way audio recordings can be discovered in games like BioShock or Diablo 3, giving players an immersive experience from beginning to end throughout the game.

Horizon Zero Dawn will launch on February 28, 2017 for PlayStation 4.