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Massive E3 Poster for PS4-Exclusive Horizon: Zero Dawn Pops Up in LA

"Earth is ours no more."

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One of the hallmarks of E3 is the massive posters that get draped across buildings in Los Angeles near where the show is held. As it turns out, one of those posters is already up, more than two weeks in advance of the start of the show. The poster is for Killzone developer Guerrilla Games' PlayStation 4 exclusive Horizon: Zero Dawn.

The poster shows off main character Aloy who is staring down a gigantic robotic creature. It also includes the tagline, "Earth is ours no more."

You may also notice that the poster does not include any mention of the game's 2016 release date. That doesn't mean the game is delayed, however.

Announced at E3 2015, the ambitious-sounding Zero Dawn has a full day/night cycle and players will get to explore forests, mountains, and "atmospheric ruins of a bygone civilization." There are also robot dinosaurs; the one in the poster is apparently called "Thunderjaw." Sony has also said Aloy was inspired by female leads in franchises such as Terminator and Game of Thrones.

Additionally, Zero Dawn will not have a multiplayer mode, though the game will have "certain social features in there" that will be announced later.

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Given that Sony is already advertising Zero Dawn in Los Angeles, we would expect it to be part of the company's E3 2016 briefing. The show is scheduled to start on Monday, June 13, beginning at 6 PM PST / 9 PM EST.

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one day with the tech available we have now - a man on stage at e3 will say ""you've seen the gameplay demo here on stage, its now available in the store"" an e3 section in the home stores just for e3 demos - they have it on stage- play on stage just release to the masses.......

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the poster is good,hopefully the gameplay is better than the last e3

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So... how can I purchase said poster?

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@lnception: You've got a place to put it?! It's bigger than my whole apartment!!!!

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@jbumi: Lmfao! I was leaning more towards a regular sized movie poster good sir hahaa

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Few times I've been so excited about a new IP. I hope this game delivers.

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I love the poster. It reminds me of the stupidly awesome cover art you'd find on 80's pulp sci-fi novels.

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PS4 will humiliate Xbone this E3. Gonna be funny.

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@silversix_: Unless they give an embarrassing presentation

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@rosinmonkekyx17: They could probably come stumbling out in clown costumes stepping on rakes at every turn and still win E3 at this point.

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@rosinmonkekyx17: Sony doesn't dissappoint DURING e3 conferences.

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@silversix_: Lol I remember a couple times they have

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I be surprise if this new game Horizon: Zero Dawn will surpass Uncharted 4 awesomeness in the long run but ether way, this is one of my PS4 most anticipated game, so please Guerrilla Games, don't screw this up.

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Of course the game is delayed, every game is delayed.

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Awesome! o.o

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maybe it is releasing this year after all... let's hope so.

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It hits my sweet spot. Hopefully the RPG elements are truly RPG-like and not Far Cry like which are actually pretty shallow as far as RPG elements go.

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I really can't wait for this game. Hoping that it will be great as uncharted/TLoU. But I bet it will be delayed to next year.

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Console exclusive? meh

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Please be good...I'm one of the few who enjoyed KZ Shadowfall even with it's hangups

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with so many moving things on screen (plants, trees, animals, robots and so on) I hope is has a solid super steady frame rate (I don't care that it's 30, I actually prefer it in third person games, but only if its solid) open world games are very demanding but since this a one system exclusive, they are no excuses

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@baral-o: You prefer 30FPS over 60FPS for 3rd party games? If so, please elaborate…

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@lozandier: not third party, third person

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@baral-o: Guerrilla Games does great from tech perspective; I still think that Shadowfall is one of the best executed FPS from tech perspective, and Killzone 2 and 3 were quite amazing for PS3 hardware.

Where GG failed so far was usually in characters and story - both were, well, predictable, cliche, not really memorable. I hope they have recruited some quality writers this time around.

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@nikon133: Cautiously optimistic about Horizon. Then I found out the senior writer of Horizon will be the guy who wrote Fallout New Vegas (my favorite game ever and better than 3 and 4). So the story hype for me is through the roof now.

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@nikolistary: Wow, that's valuable info! This is going to be one hard and painful wait :)

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@baral-o: There really is no excuse. Look how amazing the Gears games looked on the 360, or The Last of Us remastered. MGS5 was another amazing game that held a high framerate. And hey, Battlefront.

If they can do that with early to last gen games, then I'm happy. Rarely do these ultra 4k 200 FPS games on PC look all that much better. Some better lighting. More swirling dust. That's about it.

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Awesome. Hope it comes this year although there have been rumors that it may be delayed to 2017

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@tiberiu399: I hope not. If it does then Sony will have another weak exclusives year, other than uncharted 4 of course. They'll probably also reveal new games at E3

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@moose-fitz: Gran Turismo Sport will be huge.

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@moose-fitz: No Man's Sky.

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@Barighm: Yes, but I didn't mention no mans sky because it's also on PC.

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Awesome, been looking forward to more news on this game!

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I hope this is great. I like when devs do different things. I know Bungie can make FPS', try a hack n slash. Good luck with this Guerilla!!

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@cainetao11: Before Bungie made Halo/Destiny, but after Marathon, they made a pair of isometric tactical strategy games called Myth. Very popular at the time they came out. I wouldn't be surprised if Bungie today could still make a great game that wasn't first person, they just haven't been challenged by anyone to do so.

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@suicidesn0wman: I'm aware. I had them. That's why I didn't say strategy but hack n slash.

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@cainetao11: Rare was one of the very few developers trying and succeeding video games in different genres. That era of risks and experimentation is long gone,though.

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@cboye18: I agree. Its one of the pitfalls of losing the AA game development sector imo. It's either indies or AAA and we know with the latter its try to play it safe.

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@cainetao11: Sad but true...that's why this gen has been lackluster across both platforms to me.

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@bwats84: The indies have been pretty good though. They sacrifice graphics but a lot of them are still solid mechanics wise.

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@Barighm: I don't disagree but I didn't spend a grand on new consoles to play 2D indies. I want games that make use of the hardware and when there was an AA level of development we at least got games that pushed new ideas and were bigger than indies. Now? Its AAA or indie

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I really hope this game is good cus it does look cool.....i think they really need to nail this one and prove they aren't just a frack up......cus frankly I've never been impressed with killzone......

that said poster looks cool, I wish the team the best of luck though....as harsh as i may sound I do want Horizon to succeed....

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