News 'Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered' gets ESRB rating for PS5 and PC

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Back in 2022, there were rumors of a remastered version of Horizon Zero Dawn, Guerilla's first game in the Horizon franchise. However, this was not confirmed by Sony nor the developer but new developments appear to add credibility to those rumors. More specifically, the ESRB has provided a recent 'Teen' rating for Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered for PS5 and PC, with the following summary:

This is an action/role-playing game in which players assume the role of a hunter (Aloy) surviving through a post-apocalyptic world. Players guide Aloy as she learns to hunt robotic creatures and animals in the wild. Aloy uses arrows, spears, and explosive traps to injure and kill machines, boar, and occasional human enemies. Animals and humans emit small puffs of red blood when struck; one sequence depicts an abandoned camp with large blood stains on rocks and trees. The game contains a brief reference to sexual material (e.g., "Eighteen months hard labor in exchange for thirty years lounging around Elysium watching porn?"). In text/audio files, characters sometimes reference fictional drugs, overdoses, and getting high: "...not even out of junior high and already a drug addict"; "...I ran across a pusher who was selling Razorwing for eight bucks a tab"; "I'd spend a few days getting high, then OD on Overcast." The word "sh*t" appears in the text/dialogue.

While no release date has been provided, nor has the title been confirmed by Sony, a remaster does follow the company's recent trend of its first-party games. In particular, this rating coincides with the recent PS5 Pro announcement and the game might accompany the console's launch.

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