The download size for Horizon Forbidden West’s Burning Shores DLC has been revealed, confirming the amount of data gamers will need to download. Horizon Forbidden West came out in February 2022 with positive reviews, with a lot of praise given to the various improvements made from Horizon Zero Dawn.In December 2022, developer Guerrilla Games announced the Burning Shores DLC for Horizon Forbidden West at The Game Awards. Since then, Sony has been slowly revealing new details about this DLC, such as information on how Burning Shores takes advantage of the PS5 hardware. Now, the file size for the DLC has been revealed, confirming the amount of free space gamers will need on their consoles.As revealed by PlayStation Game Size, Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores will require players to download 16.763 GB of data. Its final size should be around 15 GB in the US, with players in Japan needing 14.921 GB for the game. As revealed in one of the replies to the post, Burning Shores will take up almost double the space when compared to The Frozen Wilds DLC for Horizon Zero Dawn. The Frozen Wilds was priced at $19.99, and it offered around 7-8 hours of main story content. As the Burning Shores DLC is also priced at $19.99, perhaps it too will feature a similarly long story, with additional side content for players to experience.
Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores will be available at midnight local time on April 19, with users running on Pacific Daylight Time getting access at 21:00 on April 18. Pre-load for this DLC should be live exactly 48 hours before its launch, so at midnight local time on April 17. Additionally, gamers who pre-order the Burning Shores DLC will receive the Blacktide Dye Outfit and Blacktide Sharpshot Bow as bonuses.
Fans should note that they are required to complete the main story of Horizon Forbidden West to access the new content. Horizon Forbidden West is packed with content, but its main story is not too long, especially when compared to other open-world games like The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Assassin's Creed Valhalla.
Sony is currently offering Horizon Forbidden West as a part of PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium. Subscribers in either of these tiers can play Horizon Forbidden West at no extra cost, allowing them to complete the main game before the Burning Shores DLC comes out in just a few days.
Horizon Forbidden West is available now on PS4 and PS5.
