Summary
The upcomingHorizon Forbidden WestPC port will be compatible with Nvidia DLSS 3 upon release, making it the latest in a series of high-profile games to support it. The second chapter of Guerrilla Games’ futuristicHorizonseries launched on the PlayStation 5 in 2022 andcontinued the story of Aloyas she journeyed across the titular Forbidden West to restore the lost terraforming AI Gaia.Horizon Forbidden Westwas met with mostly positive reviews upon release and eventually gained a DLC expansion early last year in the form ofBurning Shores.
The previous entry in the series,Horizon Zero Dawn, was ported to PC in 2020, joining a growing number of Sony-published titles to branch out beyond PlayStation systems. Last September, Sony announced thatHorizon Forbidden West Complete Editionwill launch on PClater this year by way of Guerrilla Games and Nixxes Software, the developer behind PC ports of hit PlayStation titles likeSpider-Man RemasteredandRatchet and Clank: Rift Apart. Just like its PS5 version, which launched back in October,Horizon Forbidden West Complete Editionwill include both the main campaign and theBurning ShoresDLC expansion on PC.
As reported byIGN, Nvidia recently announced thatHorizon Forbidden West Complete Editionwill include support for its proprietary Deep Learning Super Sampling 3 technology when it launches on PC later this year. A new trailer posted to the Nvidia GeForce YouTube channel highlighted this with clips of Aloy hunting and taming various Machines, which are bolstered by DLSS 3’s AI performance boost,Nvidia Deep Learning Anti-Aliasing’s AI-enhanced image quality, and NVIDIA Reflex’s low latency technology.
Horizon Forbidden West’s PC port is but the latest to support NVIDIA’s new DLSS 3 technology, which is already implemented in titles likeFortnite,Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, andAlan Wake 2. DLSS 3 was released just last year as the third generation of Nvidia’s Deep Learning Super Sampling technology, which can increase frame rates for supported PC games for a smoother visual experience. However, DLSS 3 is only available on Nvidia RTX 40 series GPUs, such asthe recently announced RTX 40 Super series.
Horizon Forbidden Westwas already an impressive display of the PlayStation 5’s graphical capabilities when it first launched in 2022, and the upcoming PC port could look and run even better thanks to Nvidia’s DLSS 3. An exact release date for the PC version ofHorizon Forbidden Westhasn’t been officially revealed yet, but it will reportedly arrive on Steam and the Epic Games Store sometime in 2024.
Horizon Forbidden West
WHERE TO PLAY
Join Aloy as she braves a majestic but dangerous new frontier that holds mysterious new threats. This Complete Edition allows you to enjoy the critically acclaimed Horizon Forbidden West on PC in its entirety with bonus content, including the Burning Shores story expansion that picks up after the main game.Explore distant lands, fight bigger and more awe-inspiring machines, and encounter astonishing new tribes as you return to the far-future, post-apocalyptic world of Horizon.The land is dying. Vicious storms and an unstoppable blight ravage the scattered remnants of humanity while fearsome new machines prowl their borders, and life on Earth is hurtling toward another extinction.It’s up to Aloy to uncover the secrets behind these threats and restore order and balance to the world. Along the way, she must reunite with old friends, forge alliances with warring new factions and unravel the legacy of the ancient past.
