Zero Dawn Remaster Leaked Through ESRB Rating

Horizon: Zero Dawnis getting a remaster for PlayStation 5 and PC, but the news came froman unusual source. The ESRB put up a T for Teen rating for thetitle“Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered“,matchingthe rating and text explanation on the original title.

The almost-confirmation ofthe Horizon: Zero Dawn Remaster comes as no surprise, withrumours floating since early 2023.

The discovery comes a week afterSony unveiled the PlayStation 5 Prowith a November release window. The convenient timing could hint at Horizon: Zero Dawn Remastered being a flagship titlefor the controversially expensive console upgrade.

The original version of Horizon: Zero Dawn is playable on the PlayStation 5 and PCalready, but it lacks the visual improvementspresentin Horizon: Forbidden West(2022).

There’s Horizon: Zero Need For A Remaster

Besides the hilarity of an AAA title aired through ESRB,reactions are splitbetween excitement and“remaster saturation“.

The most infamous developer in this trend, like Guerrilla Games, is also under the Sony umbrella. Between 2013 and 2024,Naughty Dog released five versions of The Last of Us and its sequel,The Last of Us Part II.

Porting a 2017 game to a new generation increasesgraphics fidelity through raytracing. In the case of games that push the limits of legacy hardware,loading times and stutters are often significantly reduced.

Gamersare dividedonwhether these improvements are worth paying the price of a new AAA titlefor a better-looking version of the same game.Players showeredMetro developer 4A Gameswith love for making the Metro Exodus: Enhanced Edition remaster free for owners of the original version.

The full scope of improvements in the Horizon: Zero Dawnremasterwill stay a mystery until Sony starts talking (or an even more creative leak happens).

The overall expectation is that this will be a graphical improvementrather than more grandiose changes like theco-op huntingmechanics that almost made it to the initial release.

If the launch title for the PS5 Pro is a remaster,it will do little to beat the console’s ‘not enough games’ fame. Until then, fans can already enjoy the standard Horizon: Zero Dawn on the PlayStation 5 and PC.