HORIZON GAMEPEDIA


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Game Developer Timeline

  • 1993: Orange Games founded
  • 1995: Digital Infinity founded
  • 1998: Formula Game Development founded
  • 2000: All three merge to become Lost Boys Games
  • 2001: Merged with IconMediaLab
  • 2003: Acquired by Media Republic
  • 2003: Renamed to Guerrilla Games
  • 2005: Purchased by Sony Interactive
  • 2017: Horizon Zero Dawn released
  • 2017: Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds released
  • 2022: Horizon Forbidden West released

Game Developer History

Guerrilla is the result of a merger between three Dutch video game studios: Orange Games, Digital Infinity, and Formula Game Development. Orange Games was founded in 1993 by Arjan Brussee; Digital Infinity was founded by Arnout van der Kamp in 1995; and Formula was founded by Martin de Ronde in 1998 and sold to Lost Boys in 1999.

The three studios merged, forming Lost Boys Games as a subsidiary of Lost Boys on 1 January 2000. In 2001, when Lost Boys merged with Swedish media company IconMediaLab, Lost Boys Games was spun off into an independent entity. Media Republic acquired 75% of Lost Boys Games in 2003. Shortly thereafter, in July 2003, Lost Boys Games was renamed Guerrilla to reflect the style of its new parent company.

Guerrilla signed an exclusive development agreement with Sony Computer Entertainment in March 2004, that would see future development solely for Sony's line of video game consoles, the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 3. By late 2005, many companies, like Eidos Interactive, eyed purchasing Guerrilla; ultimately, Sony Computer Entertainment bought out the entirety of Guerrilla in December 2005.

On 28 February 2017, Guerrilla released Horizon Zero Dawn on the PlayStation 4. The game received widespread positive acclaim from various critics. An expansion, The Frozen Wilds, was released on 7 November 2017. By February 2018, over 7.6 million copies had been sold, increasing to over 10 million a year later, making it one of the best-selling PlayStation 4 games.

The sequel, Horizon Forbidden West, was first revealed at the 2020 PS5 Future of Gaming event on 11 June 2020. The game was released on February 18, 2022 on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.