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Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores is available to pre-order today, pre-order bonuses detailed

Get a first glimpse at what’s next for Aloy as she travels beyond the Clan Lands.

blog.playstation.com

Aloy’s journey continues in Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores — an expansion which sees the fierce Nora hunter pursue a sinister threat in the untamed wilds of a far-future, volcanic Los Angeles which has been wracked by violent tectonic activity. Pre-orders for Burning Shores, which launches on the PlayStation 5 console on April 19, 2023, are available as of today.

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Pre-ordering will give players access to the following digital bonuses:

• Blacktide Dye Outfit (available at the first dye merchant)
• Blacktide Sharpshot Bow (available from the first merchant in the Burning Shores)

The story picks up Aloy’s story right where Horizon Forbidden West left off – so, to enter the Burning Shores, you must complete the main quest (up to and including the final quest Singularity) in Horizon Forbidden West. Following the events of Singularity, she will receive a call over her Focus, beginning the DLC.

Aloy will then be able to travel to a dangerous new region south of the Tenakth Clan Lands, where players will experience a compelling new storyline featuring new characters, machines, and adventures – we look forward to sharing more details with you very soon!

 

[Punished Miku]

How much does it cost?

What's the file size?

Kind of surprising they are requiring completion of the final quest.

 

[Johnny Concrete]

How much does it cost?

What's the file size?

My guess is 40 for both questions

Edit: I was wrong, it’s 20 euros

 

[jm89]

It's £15.99 in the uk. Cheaper then i expected.

 

[Heisenberg007]

This suit is freakin' fire

Daenerys Targaryen vibes

 

[RJMacready73]

It's £15.99 in the uk. Cheaper then i expected.

thats a bloody bargain if true

 

[Punished Miku]

It's £15.99 in the uk. Cheaper then i expected.

Surprising honestly. Cheaper than the Frozen Wilds if I remember correctly.

 

[Kerotan]

20 euro what a bargain Day 1.

 

[Valonquar]

It's $20. OK I can stomach that I guess

 

[nightmare-slain]

£16 is a good price. I'll wait for the complete edition once it's on PC and selling for £13 (what Horizon Zero Dawn is going for right now)

 

[Dr_Ifto]

pre-order for a dlc? LMAO

 

[The Cockatrice]

My goty 2022 but I wont get the DLC. Maybe in 2-3-4 years when it drops on PC Ill double dip the full package when its cheap and play this baby with max visuals.

 

[Kvally]

$19.99? Done. Pre-ordered. Now unlock.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

This must be shorter than I expected for $20. Oh well, gonna preorder.

 

[Umbasaborne]

Still refuse go show gameplay i see? Either they are hiding something or its coming in hot

 

[Putonahappyface]

I'll buy for £16.

 

[lh032]

heard its 19.90 d0llars only, pretty surprise with the pricing.
Day 1.

 

[Spyxos]

Do you need the base game?

 

[scydrex]

Want it but i think i will wait for reviews or impressions first. The DLC of the first was $20 also so it's not cheaper.

 

[Kvally]

Do you need the base game?

Good question. I hope I don't have to download the game again.

 

[Doctor Hades]

This is getting a physical release, right, because the steelbook special edition of Forbidden West I own for PS5 has an empty disc holder and I always assumed that was reserved for the DLC expansion.

 

[Rockman33]

Wasn’t a fan of forbidden west. But 19.99 for a DLC of this scale seems pretty great.

 

[Punished Miku]

Do you need the base game?

You need to have completed the base game and have that save file apparently.

 

[Heisenberg007]

$20 is a huge surprise. I had prepared myself for $40.

 

[Spyxos]

You need to have completed the base game and have that save file apparently.

This is quite weird, I sold my game and I can only hope that I still have my savegame. That would be very stupid if you had to start over without a savegame.

 

[Heisenberg007]

This is quite weird, I sold my game and I can only hope that I still have my savegame. That would be very stupid if you had to start over without a savegame.

It is a DLC, so kind of makes sense. Sucks, but makes sense.

 

[Spyxos]

It is a DLC, so kind of makes sense. Sucks, but makes sense.

Frozen Wilds dlc could be played without a savegame.

 

[jaysius]

She should get something for those burning shores.

 

[Kvally]

You need to have completed the base game and have that save file apparently.

Well, I completed the base game, and I still have my save file. I deleted the game only from my PS5 when I was done.

 

[Roman Empire]

Will there be more titty armor?

 

[Heisenberg007]

Frozen Wilds dlc could be played without a savegame.

I only played it once, and I honestly don't remember whether that was possible or not. I'm going to take your words for it.

I (vaguely) remember that you had to be at a certain point in story for the DLC area/mission to unlock.

 

[Lokaum D+]

 

[Musilla]

 

[PanzerCute]

Hope they fired the writers of the sequel and hired new people for this DLC. Writing was so bad in Forbidden West... (and so good in Zero Dawn)

 

[Kvally]

I would like a hot coffee mod.....

 

[Spyxos]

I only played it once, and I honestly don't remember whether that was possible or not. I'm going to take your words for it.

I (vaguely) remember that you had to be at a certain point in story for the DLC area/mission to unlock.

I think you're right, a savefile was needed there as well. I could have sworn I didn't need one.

 

[Thirty7ven]

20$ ?!?!?

So a really small expansion?

 

[Fbh]

This seems to confirm it's actually coming out on the intended date and isn't delayed.
So it's still weird that this is coming out in less than a month and they have yet to show anything other than the announcement trailer.

Also $20 is nice on paper but with current Sony prices it makes expect this will be some 2-3 hours side adventure.

 

[mrmustard]

Surprisingly cheap.

 

[jm89]

This seems to confirm it's actually coming out on the intended date and isn't delayed.
So it's still weird that this is coming out in less than a month and they have yet to show anything other than the announcement trailer.

Also $20 is nice on paper but with current Sony prices it makes expect this will be some 2-3 hours side adventure.

Hoping it's not too short, for comparison ghost of tshushima iki island was pretty beefy for similar price.

 

[Mephisto40]

Insta buy, providing it actually gives you a decent amount of content to play through

I'm guessing it requires story completion because of one of the abilities you get right at the end of the game

I don't really see the point in pre ordering DLC though tbh, seems a bit silly, it's not like they are going to sell out of downloads is it

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[Kvally]

Insta buy, providing it actually gives you a decent amount of content to play through

I'm guessing it requires story completion because of one of the abilities you get right at the end of the game

I don't really see the point in pre ordering DLC though tbh, seems a bit silly, it's not like they are going to sell out of downloads is it

I only did it for the pre-order bow and outfit.

 

[kikii]

This suit is freakin' fire

Daenerys Targaryen vibes

simp

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

Pre-ordered with the $20 credit I got from PlayStation Stars, pretty nifty service.

 

[saintjules]

This must be shorter than I expected for $20.

How do you know?

 

[Mr Hyde]

I'm ready for Burning Shores. Hopefully Guerilla releases some gameplay soon. Loved Forbidden West so this being PS5-exclusive is very exciting.

 

[Fbh]

Hoping it's not too short, for comparison ghost of tshushima iki island was pretty beefy for similar price.

Yeah I hope you are right. Iki Island was pretty good in terms of content and quality.

I'm just skeptical about the $20 price specially with how Sony has been dealing with pricing since the Ps5 launched. With $70 games and paid next gen upgrades I don't see why they'd only charge $20 for this unless it's a fairly small package.
Then again I don't need some massive new area, a well paced and more linear 5-6 hours story would be cool too.

 

[Corndog]

Hope they fired the writers of the sequel and hired new people for this DLC. Writing was so bad in Forbidden West... (and so good in Zero Dawn)

Zero dawn wasn’t good. They only decent thing is some of the world building. The quests and plot were boring.
I haven’t played forbidden west so I can’t directly comment on that. Just seems a lot of people didn’t like it.

 

[Skifi28]

How about a trailer with some actual info on the content, length of the experience etc? At least tell me something about your product if you want me to pre-order it.