Games industry hurtles further into self-parody as ESRB leaks existence of a Horizon Zero Dawn Remaster

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Benjamin Franklin once said that three may keep a secret so long as none of them is a videogame age-rating board, and he was right. The ESRB, whose main purpose is preventing children from being exposed to too much drugs and violence and whose covert second purpose is undercutting publisher marketing campaigns, has once again leaked a release ahead of its announcement. This time it's, uh,

The obvious question is: Why? On PS5, the first Horizon got a whizzbang update three years ago that meant its original version could take advantage of the new console's extra horsepower. On PC it's been gorgeous from the start. Of the many, many games in my Steam library, HZD is unquestionably still one of the prettiest. Remastering a game that is both still intensely playable and utterly beautiful almost seems like the games industry poking fun at itself. —is surely no coincidence.

Fortunately for Sony and corporations the world over, I'm a moron, and I'll probably still end up buying whatever the Horizon Remaster ends up being when it inevitably goes on sale a year or two down the line. The games industry might be slipping into self-parody, but I've been there for decades.Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team.

 

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