Horizon Forbidden West will be released on Feb. 18, but images reveal someone other than developer Guerrilla Games is already playing a build of the game on a PS4.
As VGC reports, images of the game being played started circulating on social media yesterday, but most have now been removed due to a report from the copyright holder. Such removals only help to confirm these were real shots of the game being played.
The leaked build is thought to contain all the content from the final game, but is missing some art assets. As to how the game is being played, you may remember last month we reported that it’s now possible to jailbreak a PS4 with a USB stick. So whoever got their hands on this build is most likely playing it on a jailbroken PS4 running firmware version 9.00.
The leak is a blow for Sony as this is a huge release for the company next month on PS4 and PS5. How much of a blow depends on if the leak can be contained and information about the game being shared publicly curtailed. So far, it seems as though nothing has been divulged about the content beyond a few images. Let’s hope it stays that way.
