Summary
A surprising new entry in theHorizonseries has just been confirmed at Summer Game Fest in the form ofLEGO Horizon Adventures, and it is going to launch on Nintendo Switch in addition to the expected PlayStation 5. Guerrilla Games introduced gamers to the futuristic world ofHorizonwith 2017’sHorizon Zero Dawn, which told the story of a young Nora outcast named Aloy as she set off to find her destiny in a world dominated by animal-like machines. This story continued in 2022’sHorizon Forbidden West, as Aloy and her allies worked to rebuild a powerful terraforming AI and prepare for a coming threat from beyond the stars.
Guerrilla Games has been expanding the world ofHorizonin spin-off titles likeHorizon Call of the Mountainon the PlayStation VR 2 headset, and there have been rumors ofaHorizonmultiplayer titlein the works. Earlier this year, word started to spread of aLEGO Horizoncrossover game, one that would essentially be a Minifigure and building block-filled version ofHorizon Forbidden Westthat would combine the cartoon-like graphics of TT Games’ pastLEGOtitles and the post-apocalyptic world ofHorizon.
These rumors have now been confirmed at the 2024 Summer Game Fest, asLEGO Horizon Adventureswas the very first title shown at the big livestream event. The trailer for thisnewLEGO Horizongamestarts lightheartedly enough, with a Minifigure in a hot dog costume auditioning for a role in a newLEGOgame before being attacked by a massive LEGO Thunderjaw. A Minifigure version of Aloy soon comes in to save the day before the scene switches over to a narrated montage of gameplay footage.
LEGO Horizon Adventures Release Window
The gameplay shown in the rest of theLEGO Horizon Adventurestrailer plays out similarly topast TT Games-developedLEGOtitles, with Aloy and her allies running through constructed LEGO worlds, fighting enemies, and collecting shiny LEGO studs. Players can also customize Aloy’s world by putting together buildings in a human settlement and changing their characters’ costumes. The trailer ends with Aloy and Varl battling a Thunderjaw inside a Cauldron before theLEGO Horizon Adventurestitle appears alongside a Holiday 2024 release window.
The biggest surprise for many might be thatLEGO Horizon Adventureswon’t only be available on PlayStation 5 and PC outlets like Steam and the Epic Games Store, but Nintendo Switch as well.The pastHorizongameswere initially released as PlayStation exclusives before being ported to PC later on, but this will mark the first game in the series to be available on Nintendo hardware. Summer Game Fest host Geoff Keighley confirmed thatLEGO Horizon Adventureswill also feature couch and online co-op like pastLEGOgames, so fans of both franchises will have much to look forward to this Holiday season.
Horizon
The Horizon franchise follows Aloy as she is forced to contend with a series of powerful, towering robotic creatures in a post-apocalyptic landscape. The third-person action-RPG has already seen a sequel with Horizon: Forbidden West and gives players the freedom to explore the open world as they see fit.
