Horizon Steel Frontiers: cooperative hunt without PvP for twenty twenty-seven

Sony and NCSoft have confirmed that Horizon Steel Frontiers, their new multiplayer game for PC and mobile, will not arrive until the first half of 2027. Players will be able to create their own character and join others to hunt mechanical beasts, but without player-versus-player combat. A proposal that bets on pure cooperation in a shared world.

four hunters in futuristic armor surrounding a fallen robotic mammoth in a misty forest clearing, one character aiming a plasma bow at a glowing weak point on the beast's leg, another deploying a holographic repair drone over a damaged ally, while a third activates a portable scanner displaying energy signatures on a wrist-mounted interface, the fourth character reloading a modular rifle with glowing ammunition, mechanical beast sparks and hydraulic fluid leaking from joints, cinematic action scene, photorealistic engineering visualization, dramatic sunlight piercing canopy, dynamic combat poses, glowing targeting reticles, ultra-detailed metal textures, no text or numbers visible

Technical development: shared engine and cross-platform synchronization 🛠️

The game runs on a modified version of the Decima Engine, adapted to handle sessions of up to 40 players on the same server. NCSoft handles the cloud infrastructure and the mobile version, while Sony oversees the design of the machines and the narrative. Synchronization between PC and mobile allows players to continue the game on any device, although the graphical requirements on phones will be more modest.

No PvP: forced peace also has its audience 🤝

Apparently, the developers have decided that the best thing for the community is that no one can steal the beasts or destroy others' work. A brave decision, especially if you remember the last time you tried to hunt a Thunderjaw and a group of strangers appeared to help you split the spoils. With no human enemies, you can only blame the AI for your mistakes.