Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered will come alongside an unpopular feature on PC
Keeping with other PlayStation titles, Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered requires a PlayStation Network account on PC.
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What you need to know
Sony’s trend of requiring PlayStation Network accounts for PC games isn’t slowing down.
Horizon Zero Dawn Remasteredwill require a PlayStation Network (PSN) account on PC, as confirmed among the game’s details onPlayStation Blog. Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered is available for $50 on PlayStation 5 and PC, but is also available via a $10 upgrade path for anyone that already owned the game.
Horizon Zero Dawn first launched on PC in 2020, as the tip of the spear for Sony’s ever-growing initiative to bringPlayStation Studios games to PC. This version of the game does not require a PSN account.
Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered is slated to arrive on Oct. 31, 2024. Preorders will be available across PlayStation, Steam, and the Epic Games Store on Oct. 3, 2024.
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PlayStation Studios games require an account moving forward
When PlayStation first began launching games on PC at a regular cadence, a PSN account was not required.
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That changed with a kerfuffle earlier this year after the launch of Helldivers 2, which was meant to require a PlayStation account at launch, but the feature was disabled as the developers tried to address network issues. PlayStation then tried to require the feature after launch, buteventually relented following widespread backlash.
Since then, all PlayStation Studios games that arrive on PC require a PSN account. This includes the recently-launched port of God of War Ragnarök. A mod briefly allowed players to remove this requirement, but the mod wassuddenly pulled without explanation.
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More PlayStation Studios games are coming to PC in the weeks ahead, including aremake of narrative horror title Until Dawn, which is set to arrive on Oct. 4, 2024.
Samuel Tolbert is a freelance writer covering gaming news, previews, reviews, interviews and different aspects of the gaming industry, specifically focusing on Xbox and PC gaming on Windows Central. You can find him on Twitter@SamuelTolbert.
