PlayStation has announced Horizon Hunters Gathering, and the best part is that you’ll be able to try it soon. Horizon Hunters Gathering promises team-based machine hunting with tactical combat and a character-building system built around roguelite elements.
Guerrilla has finally officially pulled the curtain back on a project it has been working on for years, ever since it shaped the world of Horizon. The PlayStation studio announced Horizon Hunters Gathering, a cooperative action game for up to three players where you can hunt machines as a team – an idea the studio began developing even before the release of Horizon Zero Dawn, but one it had not been able to bring to fruition until now.
Guerrilla’s New Horizon Has Been Unveiled
According to the PlayStation Blog, the project grew out of a small group of developers who explored how to bring cooperative action to the Horizon franchise, building on the studio’s multiplayer experience with Killzone and the momentum of Horizon Zero Dawn’s success. As a result, Horizon Hunters Gathering is a cooperative action game developed by Guerrilla Games for PS5 and PC, allowing up to three players to team up as hunters to protect a world threatened by machines.
As the video shows, combat is tactical, reactive, and strongly skill-based, drawing on the precision of the Horizon games while embracing the dynamics of team-focused play. The developers say the game centers on challenging, replayable hunts, and players will be able to choose from a roster of hunters with unique abilities. Each character comes with their own playstyle and a weapon set designed for both melee and ranged combat.
You’ll also be able to assign roles, complemented by a roguelite progression system so you can shape a build that matches your preferred playstyle and gear. Guerrilla has also invested in the hunters’ lore and backstories: they have their own motivations and personal struggles that converge in new stories within the Horizon universe. What’s more, the game includes a narrative campaign that will introduce new mysteries, characters, and threats, although details remain scarce for now.
What is clear, however, is that Hunters Gathering is canon within the franchise, just like Horizon: Call of the Mountain, and the story will not end at launch, so recurring post-launch content can be expected. If you want to try Horizon Hunters Gathering, you’ll need to sign up for the PlayStation Beta Program, because a closed test will be held at the end of February 2026 on PS5 and PC (Steam).
Two game modes are confirmed: Machine Incursion is a chaotic mission where waves of machines emerge through underground portals, led by a boss that must be defeated. Then there’s Cauldron Descent, a multi-stage challenge with rooms that change from run to run, pushing hunters to their limits. Completing these stages will grant power, rewards, and equipment.
After missions, players will return to the Hunters Gathering, a social hub where they can connect, prepare, and celebrate victories together. Here they can customize their hunters, visit vendors, upgrade gear, and get ready for the next operation. To make things easier, PlayStation has enabled cross-play between PS5 and PC, as well as cross-progression when you log in and save using the same PlayStation account.
Other Horizon Games
Guerrilla has been working on this game for years, and multiplayer titles have always been part of the studio’s DNA. The team has conducted extensive community testing and has promised regular development updates and test announcements for Horizon Hunters Gathering in the coming months. This is not the only recent reveal in the series: months ago, Horizon Steel Frontiers was announced, a free-to-play game for mobile and PC developed by Guerrilla and Tencent, aiming to bring machine hunting to the palm of your hand.
Looking at the trajectory, it’s hard to deny that the Horizon franchise has become one of PlayStation’s key pillars in recent years. Following Horizon Zero Dawn in 2017 and Horizon Forbidden West in 2022, along with its expansion, the brand has seen unprecedented growth through additional titles. Horizon: Call of the Mountain arrived in 2023 as one of the launch titles for PS VR2, and the Zero Dawn remaster released in October 2024, surprising millions with its technical polish.
That same year also brought LEGO Horizon Adventures, a genuinely entertaining family game. Now, with the announcement of Horizon Hunters Gathering, the rumor Jason Schreier shared months ago has been confirmed. Horizon 3 is still some way off, because Guerrilla has dedicated resources and time to this cooperative project.
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