Aloy lives in a beautiful open world in Horizon: Zero Dawn.
Categories

Horizon: Zero Dawn’s new documentary shows how Guerrilla made such an impactful game

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
  • Updated
  • 2 min

Guerrilla Games‘ Horizon Zero Dawn is one of the best games released so far this year, and now you can see how the game was made.

Dutch public television has released a 47-minute documentary about the making of Horizon Zero Dawn. Its designer is Amsterdam-based Guerrilla, which Sony acquired in 2005. Horizon Zero Dawn sold more than 2.6 million copies in its first two weeks after its February 28 debut on the PlayStation 4, and the gaming community considers it one of the best games of the 2017.

Unlock premium content and VIP community perks with GB M A X! Join now to enjoy our free and premium perks. 

Join now →

Sign in to your account.

Written by

Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.