It seems that Sony and the team at Guerrilla Games have been planning to support the Horizon title for a long time. Where the studio stated that it has around 16 different plans that ensure the title's investment in more games, series and films.
When the second installment of the Horizon series was released under the name Burning Shores, players expected the adventure of the character “Eloy” to be over, before Jan Bart, the game director, returned and confirmed that the character's adventure continued.
Jan is hopeful that the series' universe will expand beyond just one more game, as he revealed during his Develop: Brighton talk according to Gamesradar that the studio currently has around 16 "secured" plans for the future. "We're going to continue to do this for a long time," he continued.
The director also confirmed that work on the series' party game and live service game is continuing and in the best conditions, as players will control two characters in preliminary information revealed by the director about the online game, as well as the game. in development in cooperation with the South Korean team. NCSoft.
Previously, Playstation.Blog celebrated Guerrilla Games' 20th anniversary. Where I talked about their achievements and the titles they released, as well as the team's staff from developers to managers. During the article, the blog attached what the studio meant through specific quotes to their statements, one of which was the conclusion of Aloy's adventure by confirming that Horizon 3 entered the production phase.
The team also said that as of April 16, 2023, 32.7 million units of the Horizon series have been sold worldwide. Horizon Forbidden West has sold over 8.4 million units.