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Latest Horizon Zero Dawn Player stats are mind-boggling

With Sony revealing that Horizon Zero Dawn has moved over 3.4 MILLION copies since launch, it was only time before Guerrilla Games would release some new updated player stats and they did so today.

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morganfell2539d ago

@Crotaaa,

You do not understand such stats given as an "addition to", rather than an "in lieu of".

BIGBOSS082539d ago

Did you miss the over 3.4m copies part? That's the difference between sony and Microsoft.

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tyasia02540d ago (Edited 2540d ago )

I'm glad the investment in new IP paid off. This is an important statement to the industry. When this game makes it to a bundle the sales should really explode.

PlayStationBrah2540d ago

I can definitely see it being their bundle game this Fall.

brokenbracket2539d ago

Waiting on a GOTY edition myself.

Yui_Suzumiya2539d ago

When I was visiting my girlfriend in the Netherlands, they actually had a bundle of this with an OG PS4. I'm guessing since Guerilla is based in the Netherlands :3

ooquis2539d ago (Edited 2539d ago )

We got the Horizon Bundle for a while now in South Africa. Got me the Pro bundled With Horizon + extra controller for the standard Pro price. This game is the reason i got a Pro and 4k TV. And it was for every penny.

https://www.takealot.com/so...

AspiringProGenji2540d ago

Corrupted Sawtooth are deadly, but the Rockbreakers are the real pain. I took me over 10 retrys to hunt a pair of them

PlayStationBrah2540d ago

A-freagin'-men!!! That pair ticked me off SO BAD!!!

Shakengandulf2539d ago

All i did was cross a near by river.. lol they couldn't get me.

fenome2540d ago (Edited 2540d ago )

I remember stumbling into my first Rockbreaker, it was a real "Oh Sh!t!!" Moment I couldn't even tell what it was, I had to run away and scout the situation because I couldn't even tell what was trying to kill me.

I went in fighting hard, but I was ahead of myself. I was way under leveled and it crushed me. Lol

I came back later and tore it up though, and I know which two you're talking about too. That was an epic fight, some Snapjaws even came in and added a badass distraction. I love this game for moments like that. Can't wait for that DLC to drop!!

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fenome2539d ago (Edited 2539d ago )

My first run in with a Stormbird was so frantic!

The first time I stumbled into a Rockbreaker was right out in the open. I pretty much just ran screaming through the first desert part with the Glint Hawks and the Tramplers because I wanted to see what was on the other side. I ended up running right into the Rockbreaker. I started taking it really slow after that. Lol

RevXM2539d ago

Yeah I was underleveled too. I just accepted a side mission outside of a a dig site near meridian. and I died a few times. I cheated as I found an unbreakable shack and I took cover in it and bombed the shit out of the rockbreaker with the slingshot. lol. It still took a while.

Never wanted to see that thing again. pain in the ass.

@Solid. Killed my first Stalker in one try, it went down pretty rapidly and I did so just after my first first longleg.
I died a few times on that longleg, dunno why that was so hard. lol.

I hate the little flying robots so much. they are often flocked together like 5 of them and they are hard to get a lock on and they piss on you with freeze attacks all around you and they love to hover straight above you so you cant aim at them and go rapidly back and forth above you. flying turds. they dont take that much damage but they are the most annoying ones for sure when there are many of them.

Summons752540d ago

I don't think I even fought a regular one. I remember seeing it but I probably noped the fuck out. The Sawtooth I found a way to exploit one so down he went.

FITSniper2540d ago

You find a town with a quarry and if you accept the quest from the guy there and go in, there's a regular one. I haven't gotten to a corrupted one but if the fight with a regular one was any indication, it'll be a pain. Just the regular one was a pain to fight. Can't imagine more than one at once.

Sawtooths are easy though.

thekhurg2540d ago

@sniper

What's crazy is the rock quarry one is the easiest because they put explosives around the area for you to exploit. The ones in the wild.... OMG so intense

RommyReigns2539d ago (Edited 2539d ago )

On the way to Sunfall travelling from east to west, travelling on the recommended route given suddenly shows up not one but TWO! First time encountering them (a legit WTF moment) it took me 30 minutes camping behind some rocks to kill them both (being more experienced it now takes me about 3-4 minutes to kill them), one of the side quests (required for the all allies joined trophy) next to the location mentioned above, has another rockbreaker but this one's easier to deal with if you keep the high ground. A Corrupted Zone near the Thunderjaw hunting ground has two corrupted rockbreakers, you can either use the rocks for cover on one side of that area or use the high ground on the other side of the stream to take them down.

rainslacker2539d ago

That regular one is kind of a surprise if you're not expecting it. Seems like an arena where you're going to fight a bunch of enemies, then you just have this thing pummeling you and it's hard to analyze because it's not above ground too much.

I just laid tons of traps, went through most of my resources making more during the fight, and barely survived in the end. lol

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jerethdagryphon2540d ago

First try. Use the arch duck and dodge from there

mafiahajeri2539d ago

buwhahaha go play nioh my friend you'll be repeating some bosses at least 20 times xD

AspiringProGenji2539d ago (Edited 2539d ago )

I beat Nioh months ago and the only one who gave me a lot of trouble was that samurai from the first map. Most bosses only cost me less than 5 retrys actually. I'm not trying to say Horizon is harder by any means

1Victor2539d ago

Get the skill to call a ride it helps a lot distracting them and dodge a lot

itBourne2539d ago

Yes! When you had to take on two Rockbreakers at the same time... by far the hardest part... guess it may depend on difficulty? (I played on the hardest) I probably died 17 times there, when I finally got those two bastards it was so rewarding.

The flower between the two Thunderjaws was pretty insane too, until I leveled and figured stuff out at least, now those guys are a piece of cake.

pody2539d ago (Edited 2539d ago )

I just used the environment to my advantage. They're right by some big rocks and they can't climb that shit. It still took a while to take them down but you're pretty safe the whole time.

It's the cowardly way to take them down. :D

KickSpinFilter2539d ago (Edited 2539d ago )

I just made them fight each other, and then mopped up the other one!

RommyReigns2539d ago

Exactly what I did the first time I faced them!

rainslacker2539d ago

I tried sniping them from across the river atop some rocks that was higher than the ones near them. They can shoot rocks at you, but they're easy to avoid. The baddies that normally patrol that area are the most annoying part, and they ended up killing me because I wasn't always paying attention. I think I went through several days on in game day/night cycle just to get that one down to 50%.

I have some ideas to try out the area when I go back though.

mafiahajeri2539d ago

I call BS 5 retrys my ass...

II__BONE__II2539d ago

I got lucky on my first run in with Rockbreakers.
I was up high on a ledge and they seemed to be stuck on the other side of the river and never came any closer to me. There were also a few Sawtooth attacking them so it made my job easier.
90+ hours in and still enjoying it.
lol,...what is the plural of Sawtooth anyway,......? Sawteeth?

d3nworth12539d ago

Agreed. A thunderjaw is way easier. I will fight 2 thunderjaws at once before I mess with 1 rockbreaker any day.

rainslacker2539d ago

I still haven't managed to get one of the corrupted rock breakers down yet. I keep trying different things, then giving up.:(

I could probably look it up how to do it, but I want to get that one on my own.:)

Azrael-XIII2539d ago (Edited 2539d ago )

Yeah I don't think corrupted sawtooths are the least killed because they are the hardest, I think it's just because you don't see that many of them. Sawtooths pretty much get replaced by ravagers around the same time you start seeing a lot more corrupted enemies. Corrupted rockbreakers are definitely harder

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Bhuahahaha2540d ago (Edited 2540d ago )

cheers to the guy who picked 12,000 rocks lol

PlayStationBrah2540d ago

Lol he knew he would get someone's attention.. 😂

Summons752540d ago

At least someone found them useful. I never touched them after the tutorial.

FITSniper2540d ago

I use them all the time for distractions.

zivtheawesome2540d ago

@FITSniper well yea but the thing is that after a certain point in the game you don't really need distractions as you are powerfull enough to face the enemies.

Sunny_D2539d ago

@Ziv

Well sure, that's only IF you want to go head on with the enemies and have the ammo. Some people may prefer stealth especially against the human enemies.

Summons752539d ago

@Sunny_D

That's not true at all. I went full stealth and still never used rocks. It's not hard to walk around them if they aren't looking or stealth kill them if they come close. They CAN be used as a distraction if you aren't confident in yourself enough but the AI in the game wasn't very smart. Like Ziv said after the tutorial you can easily dominate the enemies. You made a good point about ammo but with how common the ingredients were and how quickly things can be crafted you basically had infinite ammo.

fenome2539d ago

Once I learned how to whistle I never used another rock for the rest of the game.

II__BONE__II2539d ago

I use the rocks when my whistle is out of range.....I lure them in with rocks then whistle.

fenome2539d ago

@II_BONE_II

That's a good idea, I'll remember that one.

rainslacker2539d ago

I use them to lure in tougher enemies to a dino that I have overridden since they don't always go over to them to attack them. Helpful when you have to go up a group of tougher enemies like Stalkers or the bellowbacks.

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BlackDoomAx2539d ago

When a palestinian plays Horizon.

TripleCs2540d ago

I put 102 hours into this game and got the platinum trophy and I'm not even a trophy hunter. That is a testament to how good this game is. Even with all the time spent and all the trophies I still have more quest's and datapoints to find. This game was worth the $60 I spent and I mean it was worth EVERY single penny of it.

FITSniper2540d ago

I won't be platinuming it but I'm definitely a few dozen hours into the game.

InTheZoneAC2540d ago

If you beat the game you might as well go for it. You get an avatar and theme as well

fenome2539d ago

They make it easy on you, once you beat the game they still let you clean up the missing stuff you need.

The biggest pain for me was the training dummies. I'm not a trophy hunter so I didn't go in and check them out until after I beat it. I would've been knocking all those over from the start if I had known.

dumahim2539d ago

The platinum is pretty easy. By the time you finish the game you may just need to wrap up a few collectibles.

pody2539d ago (Edited 2539d ago )

@InTheZoneAC
I never got anything for the plat. Is it the same avatar and theme you got for being a plus member? Maybe that's why.

RommyReigns2539d ago (Edited 2539d ago )

@pody

The theme and avatar is supposedly North America 'exclusive', but if you ask the Twitter 'Ask PlayStation' guys for whatever location you're in (I'm in the UK so I asked @AskPS_UK) they can give you a code for the theme.

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Every PlayStation Studios game available now on Windows PC

Windows Central writes: "Many PlayStation Studios games that are ported to PC get dedicated PS5 DualSense support, which allows users to experience haptic feedback and adaptive trigger support without actually having to own a PS5.

According to Hermen Hulst, head of PlayStation Studios, it's still the company's intent to launch the bigger single-player games on PS5 first, before later bringing the games to PC. This might not be the case for multiplayer games however, which are considered okay to launch simultaneously on console and PC."

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ocelot071d 6h ago

My guess is after god of war. Probably last of us 2 that's a almost 4 year old game now and by the time it's released on pc it will be more than 4 years old or close to 5.

Elda1d 1h ago

Every old Playstation game that is now on PC.

shinoff218315h ago

Right. I definitely see what a headlined from a website named windows central was trying to do though. It's cute little wordplay to help out the green box

Flewid63814h ago

Are PlayStation games no longer good or worth playing once they are old?

Elda13h ago

I'm guessing my comment went over your head.

XiNatsuDragnel23h ago

Good at least they can sell hardware

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Former Activision studio Toys for Bob partners with Xbox to publish its first game as an indie

Former Activision studio Toys for Bob partners with Xbox to publish its first game as an indie. This is something of a homecoming, as Microsoft owns Activision.

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Obscure_Observer1d 17h ago

Very very early in development. Still, fantastic news!

Let´s GO!!!

Lightning771d 15h ago

I guess.

How come they didnt either let them go or sell Tango and others to another publisher? Not saying Ubisoft, EA would be any better. (Capcome would of treated them right )

At least it wouldn't be MS of all ppl destroying them.

MS really should let go Tango go like they did TFB here.

darthv721d 15h ago (Edited 1d 15h ago )

one was under Bethesda (Tango) the other under Activision (TFB). Clearly each one handled the separations of their subordinates differently.

Obscure_Observer1d 14h ago (Edited 1d 14h ago )

"How come they didnt either let them go or sell Tango and others to another publisher? Not saying Ubisoft, EA would be any better. (Capcome would of treated them right )"

Perhaps because Zenimax and ABK handles such matters differently based on their own internal policies as "independent" publishers.

Whoever, chances are it´s simply because MS didn´t wanted Tango or Austin to be acquired by competitors and develop new bangers for them, giving MS a bad rep in a possible future. Which could also be the reason why they ensured an exclusive partnership with TFB and its new game, before anyone else.

Sad and disgusting. But it is what it is.

Lightning771d 11h ago (Edited 1d 11h ago )

"Whoever, chances are it´s simply because MS didn´t wanted Tango or Austin to be acquired by competitors and develop new bangers for them, giving MS a bad rep in a possible future."

MS has a bad rep now because those studios are no more. I rather them sell the studio continue to make multiplatform releases, while MS continues to focus on whatever they're doing. If they didn't want Tango around they should separated from them or sell them to, like they did TFB.

It's inexcusable, they have options on how to handle studios they don't want anymore with killing jobs. Not just MS but the rest of the industry also.

Sad and disgusting sure how many will get shut down next year or this year even?

I don't trust MS decisions and motivations at this point. You have to admit they make one dumb move after another.

Obscure_Observer1d 3h ago (Edited 1d 3h ago )

"MS has a bad rep now because those studios are no more. I rather them sell the studio continue to make multiplatform releases, while MS continues to focus on whatever they're doing. If they didn't want Tango around they should separated from them or sell them to, like they did TFB."

Imo, MS separated from TFB because they didn´t had a game associated with Xbox yet, unlike Tango.

"I don't trust MS decisions and motivations at this point. You have to admit they make one dumb move after another."

Fair enough. It was indeed an epic dumb move from them to close Tango.

Still, all to be forgotten, like always have. This is not the first time a big publisher shuts down a beloved and/or successful studio out of nowhere and certainly won´t be the last. Do you remember Lionhead? Do you remember Evolution Studios? Yeah... both were beloved studios and yet, those companies kill those studios in q blink of an eye and got away with it.

anast1d 1h ago (Edited 1d 1h ago )

The studio boss made some money from this transaction. Once the game releases, the studio will get chopped up.

-Foxtrot1d 17h ago

Manages to buy their freedom especially after all the shit Microsoft has been doing with its studios lately

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Goes right back to them as partners.

Okaaaaaay...

darthv721d 15h ago

Id venture a guess that TFB working directly with MS was a better outcome than working through Activision to get to MS.

VersusDMC1d 13h ago

From the article...

"Toys for Bob spun out as an indie back in February after Microsoft instituted sweeping layoffs that impacted 86 employees, which was more than half of the staff"

I doubt those 86 employees enjoyed the Microsoft experience over Activisions.

Inverno1d 13h ago

MS shuts down studios because of lack of resources and then helps these guys by giving em resources. Also MS is what forced them to buy their freedom in the first place? What kind of logic 😂

Chevalier1d 9h ago

The best thing is that the company that is worth $3 trillion and owns the company instead of Xbox lacks resources. How the hell does a company worth $3 trillion making a measly $70 billion purchase they 'can't' support. Lol

BlindMango15h ago

The reason they would need to "partner with Microsoft" is simply to make a game that's part of a franchise that Microsoft owns. Meaning they're probably going to make a new Spyro game - they're still an independent studio, but are making a game in a franchise that Microsoft owns. It's kind of like Remedy partnering with Rockstar to be able to make the Max Payne remakes.

shinoff218315h ago

It was probably the deal to get released from Ms

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Sciurus_vulgaris1d 15h ago (Edited 1d 15h ago )

Xbox’s gaming division seems to still function as 3 semi-autonomous sub-divisions, Xbox Studios, Bethesda and ABK. The three main sub-divisions can seemingly shut down or build studios and set up partnerships independently. This would explain why Bethesda can recently shutdown studios, while ABK spins off one studio, while building a new one. Plus, Toys for Bob could be spun off by ABK, only to immediately re-partner with Microsoft.

Chevalier1d 9h ago

That's absolutely 💯 BS. Any sane 'autonomous' company would NOT put their games on Gamepass day 1 like COD will lose probably billions.

Also they're all under Xbox game studios so any autonomy is an illusion.

PhillyDonJawn21h ago

No, I'm sure MS can and does step in when they want something done specifically but I'm also sure they let them also work independently

shinoff218315h ago

I highly highly doubt this. Ms controls all. The guys aren't gonna be allowed to just shut something down like that without approval. No way

Elda1d 9h ago

Either a kiddie game or something uninteresting.

Obscure_Observer1d 3h ago

Don´t worry. You won´t be playing it anyway since their next game will possible be a next gen Xbox console game.

Elda1d 2h ago (Edited 1d 2h ago )

Don't worry about my comments.

PhillyDonJawn21h ago

Right probably something like astrobot

romulus2320h ago

Nah he said "uninteresting", lots of people are interested in Astro Bot.

Elda18h ago

Never Astro Bot. Astro Bot looks better than any exclusive released on XB this entire generation & believe there hasn't been much.

Asplundh18h ago

Crash 4 was good, so I'm hopeful.

PhillyDonJawn17h ago

Hey you said that about SOT and looks like many ppl on PS is playing it. You also found bugsnax interesting ffs your opinion hold no weight lol.

Elda16h ago(Edited 16h ago)

Bugsnax is BS, tried it & quickly deleted it. It's a game that fits right on Gamepass. PS5 owners that are probably playing the boring SOT you could count on one hand. LMAO!!...don't try to come for me.

PhillyDonJawn14h ago

So you admit bugsnax interested you enough to try? 😂 someone gotta call you out on the foolishness.

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What Happens to Your Steam Account When You Die?

The Outerhaven writes: While Steam has come out recently, stating that Steam accounts can't be transferred, we need to think about it since we all will eventually kick the bucket. But if Valve is denying transferring accounts, what can be done? Plenty, actually.

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thorstein2d ago

It goes to my kids because I gave them the passwords.

To Steam: Missio has a song that conveys my feelings about you stealing my purchase after I die. It's called "Middle Fingers"

shinoff21831d 23h ago

Pretty much. My son knows my info.

Abear211d 23h ago

Yeah worrying about digital ownership when you’re on the other side of the grass seems a little strange, but also on brand for these millennial journalists to worry about.

qalpha1d 8h ago

I'm sure Keith will be happy to hear he's a millennial journalist.

Goodguy012d ago

I suppose if I have kids, I'd just give em my account details by retirement age. If I die young then...idk lol.

CrimsonWing692d ago

Yea, I mean just give someone the password to your account. Is that difficult to do or something? Like, I’m legit asking because I don’t know.

anast1d 22h ago (Edited 1d 22h ago )

It's not difficult but It's against the policy. If they find out, they will lock the account permanently.

CrimsonWing691d 21h ago

Ah ok, I had a feeling there was something like that. It seems kind of weird that you can’t just hand your account over to a family member or friend and let them take over the account.

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