See Horizon Forbidden West in action at Sony's next State of Play

See Horizon Forbidden West in activeness at Sony's next Country of Play

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Information technology's been nearly a yr since Sony first announced Horizon Forbidden West for the PS5. Autonomously from the debut trailer, we oasis't seen much of the game, but that volition change earlier the stop of the week. Sony's side by side State of Play will take identify on Thursday, May 27, and Horizon Forbidden West will take center stage.

Information comes from the official PlayStation Weblog, which lays out what fans can expect to come across this Thursday. First things first: the State of Play livestream will take place at 5 p.grand. ET (ten p.k. BST) on Thursday, May 27. Fans who want to scout a (very, very long) preshow can melody in at 12 p.thou. ET (5 p.1000. BST), where they'll see a "uniquely crafted inaugural" to the main outcome.

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Sony promises a xx-infinitesimal Land of Play, 14 minutes of which will be gameplay captured directly on a PS5. We assume that means six minutes of introductory textile and trailer footage. That'southward actually all you have to know. If you desire to see nearly 15 minutes of Horizon Forbidden West gameplay, you tin can do so on the evening of May 27.

As for where you can tune in, like other State of Play livestreams, Sony will host this one on both Twitch and YouTube. Y'all tin can bookmark either one of those sites now, or you can come up back to Tom'due south Guide on Thursday. Nosotros'll be live-blogging the State of Play as it happens, and we'll embed a link to the stream in our coverage.

For those who aren't familiar with Horizon Forbidden West, it's the long-awaited sequel to Horizon Zero Dawn. In Horizon Zero Dawn, a huntress named Aloy took on animalistic robots in a globe then far past the postal service-apocalypse, it had circled back to lush dark-green environments and tribal societies. Fans appreciated the game'south deep story, detailed open up world and satisfying character advancement.

The Land of Play series, if y'all haven't watched it before, is an occasional livestream from Sony, highlighting new PlayStation games and technology. The last one was all about Ratchet & Clank: Rift Autonomously, although there was also some information about Subnautica: Below Zero and Amongst Us. Maybe we'll become one or 2 smaller announcements alongside the Horizon Forbidden W gameplay reveal.

Tom's Guide reviewed Horizon Zero Dawn when it debuted 2017, and praised the title for its intuitive gameplay, engrossing story and tight controls. We also alerted readers to when the game was free on PS4 and PS5 last calendar month as function of Sony's Play At Home campaign. While the game is dorsum to paid status now, information technology's not just available on PlayStation systems. You lot can also grab it on PC, where some much-needed patches have improved its performance since release.

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Marshall Honorof is a senior editor for Tom's Guide, overseeing the site's coverage of gaming hardware and software. He comes from a scientific discipline writing background, having studied paleomammalogy, biological anthropology, and the history of science and engineering science. Afterwards hours, yous tin can find him practicing taekwondo or doing deep dives on classic sci-fi.