Guerrilla subtly confirms a new Horizon game as its studio director moves on

To the shock of nobody, Guerrilla Video games has mainly confirmed that one other Horizon sport starring Aloy is on the way in which.

Earlier in the present day Guerrilla Video games shared a weblog publish saying that studio director and government producer Angie Smets is leaving the developer after 20 years to hitch PlayStation Studios as head of improvement technique. The publish clearly wished Smets properly in her new function, nevertheless it additionally fairly nonchalantly confirmed that Aloy can be returning for an additional Horizon sport sooner or later. “We’ve full confidence in our new management as they steer Guerrilla in direction of a vivid future, increasing the world of Horizon with Aloy’s subsequent journey and our thrilling on-line venture,” reads the publish.

Smets additionally provided a bit of goodbye message within the publish, writing, “These previous twenty years at Guerrilla have been an absolute dream. I really feel privileged to have labored alongside among the smartest and coolest folks within the business. I am so grateful for all the pieces I’ve realized alongside all the opposite Guerrillas. We’ve achieved a lot as a workforce, and I am extremely happy with all of the video games we have shipped collectively.”

Administration has additionally had a shift with Smets leaving, with Joel Eschler now co-studio director and manufacturing designer, Hella Schmidt as co-studio director and normal supervisor, and Jan-Bart Van Beek as co-studio director and artwork director.

We already knew that a web-based spin-off venture was in improvement, however so far one other sport starring Aloy was technically up within the air. This clearly is not that surprising although, contemplating these video games are fairly profitable. Unsurprisingly the publish would not go into any extra element than that, and the Burning Shores DLC solely simply launched, so undoubtedly understand that it is going to be some time earlier than a extra formal announcement.

Burning Shores is clearly some spectacular trying DLC, nevertheless it did depart the query of whether or not that high quality was vital sufficient to solely launch it on PS5.