Update 1.21 for Guerrilla Games’ action adventure game, Horizon Forbidden West, is live, and detailed patch notes are now available.
Developer Guerrilla Games has announced that update 1.21 sets up Horizon Forbidden West for the release of the Burning Shores expansion. It also brings brand new accessibility features. All content that is part of the Burning Shores expansion will be playable starting from April 19, 2023, though players can take advantage of the new accessibility options starting from today. It’s also worth noting that patch 1.21 is exclusive to PlayStation 5 users.
Horizon Forbidden West Update 1.21 (1.021.000) Patch Notes
The patch notes for Horizon Forbidden West update 1.21 (1.021.000) can be seen below.
NEW FEATURES
- Introduced new accessibility features, including:
- Enlarging Subtitles
- Auto-Pickup
- Color Blindness settings
- Auto camera
- Navigation assist in Focus Mode
- Thalassophobia mode
- Additional accessibility features
- Support for Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores expansion has been added.
Guerrilla Games has asked fans to continue to inform the development team of any issues via the Support Form. The studio would like players to use the aforementioned form as their primary method of sending in their issues, as the team is unable to use mentions or DMs on social media as an efficient way of sourcing problems related to the game.
Previously, it was reported that the download size for Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores is almost double that of the download size for The Frozen Wilds, the original game’s expansion.
Horizon Forbidden West is a 2022 action role-playing game developed by Guerrilla Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The game, which is a follow-up to 2017’s Horizon Zero Dawn, is set in a post-apocalyptic version of the Western United States that is recovering from an extinction event brought on by a rogue robot swarm. With ranged and melee weapons, the player can fight hostile machine creatures in the open world while completing quests. Since February 21, 2023, the game has been available as part of the PS Plus Extra and Premium catalog.