Hey everyone,

Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition is coming to PC soon! Last month, we've detailed the main PC features and now that we are getting closer to launch on March 21, we can share the system requirements and give you more details about some of the customization options that we have added to the PC version.

To ensure the game runs on a wide variety of PC hardware, including portable gaming devices, we've included graphics presets ranging from very low to very high. This allows gamers with the latest hardware to push their systems, while also providing a great experience on less powerful PCs. Below you'll find an overview of the specifications we recommend for a variety of presets available in the game.

If you prefer to tweak settings and visuals to your own liking, you'll find plenty of options in the launcher and in the game menus. Next to individual quality settings for textures, level of detail, shadows, water, terrain and more, you can use sliders to adjust the field of view and visual effects like motion blur. You'll also find toggles to adjust full screen effects like radial blur, lens flares, bloom and vignette to taste.

On behalf of the teams at Nixxes and Guerrilla, we are excited and looking forward to bringing Aloy’s latest adventure to a new audience on PC!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2420110/Horizon_Forbidden_West_Complete_Edition/

Hey everyone,

Are you ready to continue Aloy's epic adventure on PC? On March 21, you'll be able to explore the Forbidden West, battle awe-inspiring machines and encounter new tribes. Horizon Forbidden West is the beloved follow up to Guerrilla's critically acclaimed Horizon Zero Dawn, and this Complete Edition for PC also includes the Burning Shores expansion, which continues Aloy’s journey and takes players to a treacherous volcanic archipelago after completing the main quest.

Today we are excited to announce that the PC version of Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition is now available for pre-purchase with bonus content, including:

• Blacktide Outfit and Blacktide Bow* (available only with pre-purchase)
  
• Nora Legacy Outfit and Nora Spear* (available only when linking your Steam account to PlayStation Network)
  
• 2 Special Outfits (Carja Behemoth Elite and Nora Thunder Elite)
  
• 2 Special Weapons (Carja Behemoth Short Bow and Nora Thunder Sling)
  
• In-game Resources Pack including ammunition, potions, and travel packs
  
• In-game Apex Clawstrider Machine Strike Piece
  
• Exclusive Photo Mode pose and face paint

Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition on PC features unlocked frame rates, customizable graphics settings and a broad range of performance-enhancing technologies, including NVIDIA DLSS 3 upscaling and frame generation. AMD FSR and Intel XeSS are also supported. For players with high-end hardware and extra headroom, image-enhancing NVIDIA DLAA is also available. The game leverages DirectStorage for quick loading times on PC.

On your journey in the far-future post-apocalyptic world of Horizon, you will discover a variety of highly detailed environments, including lush forests, sunken cities, vast deserts and impressive mountain ranges. With ultra-wide support, you'll be able to take in the vistas in a panoramic view. Gameplay is supported in 21:9 ultra-wide, 32:9 super ultra-wide and even 48:9 resolutions with compatibility for triple-monitor setups.

Fully customizable mouse and keyboard controls let you traverse the Forbidden West and fight ferocious machines on your PC the way you want to. The game also features extensive controller support, including Steam Input support for remapping and customization of your peripheral of choice to your preferences. Use a PlayStation DualSense controller for the most immersive experience, with adaptive triggers that let you feel the tension in the string of your bow and haptic feedback that makes you feel the impact when you’re engaging in melee combat.

On behalf of everyone at Nixxes Software and Guerrilla, we can't wait for you to jump back into the world of Aloy on PC!

In the coming weeks we will reveal more details about the system requirements for Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition on PC.

Wishlist now and start joining the discussions there!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2420110/

Hi Horizon community,

With Horizon Zero Dawn currently on sale on Steam, we wanted to remind you that the sequel Horizon Forbidden West will soon arrive on PC[blog.playstation.com]!

After you wrap up the adventure with Aloy in Horizon Zero Dawn, follow along with the next part of her journey as she travels to the Forbidden West, arriving on PC in early 2024.

You can wishlist this now and start joining the discussions there:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2420110/

Take care out in the wilds!

-Guerrilla

Hello everyone!

We appreciate all your feedback following update 1.11.1, and have just released update 1.11.2:

• Improved VRAM management when changing resolution or upscale mode, which could cause performance issues that were only fixed by restarting the game
  
• Fixed various assets using the wrong quality level while using DLSS/FSR
  
• Fixed visual artifact issue when clipping the camera through a surface like pushing against a wall (ie with large FOVs or ultrawide screens) while using DLSS/FSR
  
• Fixed visual corruption and reduced foliage flickering issues on certain AMD GPUs

Please ensure your game is up-to-date before jumping back in to the world of Horizon! Let us know if you have any feedback down below. Now, get back out into the wilds!

Guerrilla

Hey everyone,
Thanks for your feedback following patch 1.11! We’ve applied some changes, please take a look:

• TAA crash fix on NVidia GTX 600/700 series
  
• Crash fix for when you open a savegame with DLSS ON on a non-DLSS supporting machine
  
• Fix to change the default DLSS quality level from ultra performance to quality
  
• Fix for a black rendered frame right after enabling DLSS
  
• Fix to apply the auto-detected setting preset on a first/clean run of the game

Make sure your game is updated with the latest version before jumping back into the world of Horizon! Let us know down below if you’re still experiencing any issues. Take care, stay healthy, and have a fantastic festive period!
– Guerrilla

Hi everyone!

We’re happy to announce we’ve just released Patch 1.11 for our PC players. Here’s what this patch contains:

Graphical Improvements

• Added Nvidia’s DLSS upscaling technology.
  
• Added AMD’s FidelityFX Super Resolution, replacing FidelityFX CAS.

UI Changes

• Adjusted settings screen to facilitate the addition of DLSS and FSR.
  
• Render Scale option has been removed but same result can now be accomplished by adjusting setting Upscale Method to Simple and adjusting Upscale Quality.

Performance Improvements

• Improvement to the shader management system. This will result in a few noticeable differences:
  
• There is no longer a shader pre-compilation step on startup. The game will always compile shaders during loading and in the background.
  
• Stutters during gameplay that used to occur due to background shader compilation have now been significantly reduced.
  
• Because shader compilation is still happening in the background you may notice the game having a higher CPU utilization while that is happening.
  
• Loading screens will wait for the required shaders to be fully compiled. This may cause loading screens to take somewhat longer on certain systems.
  
• On higher spec machines with faster CPUs the loading screens will typically be shorter, due to more efficient shader compilation that better leverages high-end CPUs.

Please ensure your game is up-to-date before heading back out into the wilds, and reach out to us if you’re still experiencing any issues. We appreciate all of your wonderful support and feedback; we wish you a fun-filled festive period!

- Guerrilla

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Hi everyone,

We released a hotfix today that addresses more vegetation issues, this time ones that were specific to the AMD 6000 GPU series. We’ll continue to look into other vegetation issues introduced in Patch 1.10, so thank you for submitting your reports!

– Guerrilla

Hi everyone,

We discovered that Patch 1.10 for Horizon Zero Dawn for PC introduced a new issue with vegetation where grass patches could disappear entirely on certain AMD GPUs. Hotfix 1.10 addresses this issue and is now available on all platforms.

– Guerrilla