PlayStation Plus Extra subscribers can access a ton of games with their membership, from contemporary hits such as Death Stranding, The Witcher 3 and Demon's Souls, to cult classics like Gravity Rush 2, Nier Replicant and Rez Infinite. While around a dozen new games are added every month, Sony removes a similar number of titles once partnership deals expire. While this system makes sense for third-party games, I always found it odd when Sony removed first-party PlayStation exclusives from its own service.
Indeed, without any explanation whatsoever, Sony removed Horizon Zero Dawn from the PS Plus Extra library in May, followed by sequel Horizon Forbidden West in September . However, if the latest rumours are to be believed, at least we now know why Sony may have removed the former. According to a listing discovered on the Entertainment Ratings Software Board website (ESRB), Sony is about to release a remastered version of Horizon Zero Dawn for PS5 .
While the rating doesn't list any of the technical changes made to the blockbuster PlayStation game, it does appear to confirm that a release is imminent. The PS5 version of the hugely popular PlayStation 4 and PC game would likely feature upgraded visuals, improved ray-tracing, a performance boost and DualSense support. Needless to say, if Sony is planning to make money from the new and improved version of Horizon Zero Dawn, it makes sense why the game and its sequel would be removed from PS Plus Extra.
Of course, there's always a.