The third mainline entry in Sony Interactive Entertainment and Guerrilla Games’ Horizon series is expected to be a long ways off, as a majority of the studio is working on Hunters Gathering.
Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier (via Okami13_ on Twitter/X) took to Blue Sky to share the trailer for Horizon Hunters Gathering, calling it the “next big game” from developer Guerrilla Games. Subsequently, he was asked whether the third mainline entry in the series would end up being a long ways off from release as a result of the upcoming multiplayer title being the next entry. Schreier responded by confirming that this would indeed be the case.
Schreier was then asked whether Horizon Hunters Gathering is being worked on by a separate development team from the one handling the third mainline entry. In response, he mentioned that he believes a majority of the staff at Guerrilla Games is working on the upcoming multiplayer title.
Designed as a tactical, skill-driven co-op experience, Horizon Hunters Gathering places players in squads of up to three Hunters tasked with defending a world threatened by deadly machines. Guerrilla says combat builds on the precise, methodical foundations of the mainline Horizon games while adding the unpredictability and coordination demands of multiplayer play.
At launch, the game will feature challenging, replayable hunts as its core structure. Two modes were revealed alongside the announcement. Machine Incursion is a high-intensity scenario where waves of machines emerge from underground gateways, culminating in a powerful boss encounter. Cauldron Descent offers a longer, multi-stage challenge built around procedurally shifting rooms, combining heavy combat encounters with optional paths and hidden doors that can reward teams willing to take additional risks.
Horizon Hunters Gathering is set for release across PlayStation 5 and Windows PC Both aforementioned modes will be playable during an upcoming closed playtest accessible through the PlayStation Beta Program on either platform. Guerrilla Games states that this initial test will be small in scale and focused on gathering player feedback.
