Horizon: Forbidden West delayed to 2022
Sony is left with no system seller of its own for PS5’s second Christmas — what may its Plan B include?
It’s been suspected by many for a few months at the very least, but it is now official: Sony will not have any of its new heavy-hitter games for the PlayStation5 available in Q4 2021. The only title that had a good chance of making it, even in late November or December, was Horizon: Forbidden West, which was shown about three months ago in video form and in good shape, but developer Guerilla just confirmed that the game is now coming on February 18th, 2022. The company mentioned the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the way it affects game development as a factor for the delay, as well as its desire to deliver a polished, high-quality entertainment product overall (no complaints there).
Sony had already shared, on several occasions in fact, that Gran Turismo 7, the new God of War and a number of other unannounced games will not be available for the PS5 earlier than 2022 — and, with the new Horizon probably being Sony’s only AAA release before its fiscal year ends in March, chances are that any other big PS5 exclusives will not be coming earlier than May, June or even September 2022. This is not how the company’s management wanted things to play out, as its original plan was to offer as…
