ANNOUNCEMENT: Horizon Steel Frontiers
What was revealed and what to expect — concise briefing
Horizon Steel Frontiers was announced at G-Star 2025 as a new MMORPG developed by NCSoft in collaboration with Guerrilla. The title is described as a cross-platform, large-scale multiplayer game built for mobile and PC and marketed through NCSoft’s Purple platform. For primary details and the official statement see the official PlayNC Steel Frontiers teaser and the Sony Interactive press release.
Core facts at a glance
The game is set in a region called the Deadlands (in-world inspiration: Arizona and New Mexico), focuses on cooperative and competitive machine hunting with thousands of players, and allows player-created characters rather than the single-player protagonist. Confirmed platforms listed in announcements: PC, iOS and Android.
Nov 12–13, 2025
Reveal at G-Star 2025: NCSoft and Guerrilla published a developer commentary/teaser; platform list and core mechanics were described in that material and press releases.
Pre-alpha footage
Footage shown in the developer video is described as pre-alpha and highlights new combat mechanics, mount use, and machine part interactions.
Machine gallery — quick reference
Select a machine to view mechanics or lore points shown in the announcement footage (summarized from the developer commentary).
Slaughterspine
Tallneck
Fireclaw
Interactive loadout — configure reach vs. damage
Slide to balance ranged reach against melee damage. This simplified model uses values illustrated from developer commentary about weapon variety (bows, blades, machine weapons).
Ranged reach
50
Melee damage
50
Tip: the teaser footage and commentary emphasize a mix of new melee-focused combat and retained ranged options; the slider reflects choosing a player role for a hunt.
Developer quotes (announcement video)
Jan-Bart van Beek — Studio director, Guerrilla
“With Steel Frontiers, you can step into this world anywhere, anytime.”
Van Beek describes the Deadlands and the shared frontier with thousands of players, combining cooperative machine hunts with tribe-based competition.
Sung-Gu Lee — Executive producer
“The core concept of Horizon Steel Frontiers can be summed up in one phrase: the thrill of taking down colossal machines.”
Lee cites new MMORPG mechanics including picking up machine-dropped weapons, carrying them on mounts and placing traps on damaged parts with the Pullcaster.
Interactive map — Deadlands (inspiration area)
Map is provided for orientation and shows the southwestern U.S. area cited as the creative inspiration for the in-world Deadlands. It is not an in-game map.
The content covered the announcement and confirmed details: NCSoft and Guerrilla revealed Horizon Steel Frontiers at G-Star 2025; the project is described as an MMORPG for PC and mobile platforms and set in the Deadlands; developer commentary and the official brand site provide the source material linked in this piece.
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