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Josh Broadwell

Fans already love the Horizon Forbidden West DLC’s new machine

Guerrilla gave a short look at one of the Horizon Forbidden West DLC’s new machine mounts, and fans can’t get enough. The new mecha-beast is called a Waterwing, and as you’d expect from a name like that, it helps Aloy glide underwater and fly through the air.

“The Waterwing is a medium-sized flying machine that can dive deep underwater,” Guerrilla said in the tweet announcing it. “It is highly maneuverable and, when disturbed, is an unrelenting foe.”

Aloy learned to dive and swim in Forbidden West, though with normal human speed. The Waterwing looks poised to be a significant asset in underwater exploration, though like every other machine Aloy can tame, you’ll need to bend the Waterwing to your will before you can take to the air.

Fans are looking forward to the challenge, though.

“STOP IT it looks amazing!!!” one user wrote on Reddit. “The bit with the lightening was chef’s kiss We’re so spoiled with beautiful graphics 😍”

“I AM SO HYPE LETS GO” another said.

One wondered if you could pet the machine – unlikely, and possibly not a good idea anyway – while another said they’d love to see Guerrilla implement missions that use the Waterwing’s unique abilities to interact with the environment.

The 56-second clip is some of the only Burning Shores footage Sony and Guerrilla have released ahead of the DLC’s April 19, 2023, release date on PS5, and comes just after the studio posted an in-depth discussion about the challenges of rendering all those clouds Aloy can fly through now.

Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF

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