New rumors suggest that Sony and LEGO may be collaborating to produce a Lego Horizon game based on Horizon Forbidden West and presumably Horizon Zero Dawn by extension. No official information about the game has been revealed, but LEGO Horizon has the potential to be one of the most fun and story-focused LEGO games to date.

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A reliable industry insider shares some new information about the rumored LEGO Horizon game, including its name and concept details.

LEGO’s Connection with Horizon

LEGO, Sony, and Horizon’s developers Guerrilla Games have already collaborated before. In May 2022, LEGO released an official 1,222-piece set of the colossal Tallneck with a mini Watcher and an Aloy minifigure following the release of Horizon Forbidden West. The $89.99 set got an overwhelmingly positive reaction to the point that it sold out on the LEGO site.

No other LEGO Horizon sets have been made since then, but fans have already produced mock sets of other post-apocalyptic machines, from the iconic Thunderjaw to the deadly Corruptor. Given fans' desire to see more sets made, a LEGO Horizon video game could be the perfect launch point to produce more official sets. Horizon’s awe-inspiring animalistic machines are ripe for the LEGO treatment.

LEGO Horizon Zero Dawn and Forbidden West

LEGO games have long been known to produce fun, comedic puzzle games based on popular film franchises and comic universes. Developed primarily by TT Games, the Warner Bros. subsidiary has never produced an adaptation of a popular video game franchise, with the exception of 2009’s LEGO Rock Band.

Recent LEGO games have embraced the open-world structure, becoming gigantic collectathons filled with numerous side quests and characters to unlock. A Lego Horizon game could be structured as a combination of LEGO Jurassic World and LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. The entire game could merge a simplistic version of both Zero Dawn and Forbidden West’s regions and allow players to play as machines to traverse the map.

Other video games have been featured in another TT LEGO game but weren't made into full adaptions. In 2015's LEGO Dimensions , several video games are featured, including Midway Arcade , Portal 2 , and Sonic the Hedgehog .

Playable Machines and Sidequests

TT could bolster the character pool with playable machines similar to how players could play as various dinosaurs in Jurassic World. Larger machines could play similarly to vehicles, with one player "driving" the machine and another operating its vast arsenal of weapons. They could even include a new version of the dinosaur customizer from Jurassic World to allow players to create their own machines, such as a hybrid of a Deathbringer and a Tallneck.

In terms of mission structure, each mission could be located at an important location such as Sunfall’s Sun-Ring. From here, linear story missions could be accessed while smaller side quests could be accessed elsewhere. For example, one story mission at the beginning of the Forbidden West section of the game could be focused on avoiding a rampaging Slitherfang similar to how players had to avoid T-Rexes in LEGO Jurassic World. Meanwhile, Cauldrons could remain as intricate mazes and puzzles as a way for players to unlock playable machines instead of accessing machine override codes.

LEGO games have always featured co-op multiplayer, but Horizon has always been a single-player game. In many missions, Aloy is the only character seen. To rectify this issue, perhaps a second player could embody overridden machines such as Burrowers, Clawstriders, or Watchers when another human character is unavailable. Of course, once free play is unlocked for story missions, player twos could play as whoever they want so long as they can fit in the setting.

LEGO Horizon and Beyond

A LEGO Horizon game has a lot of potential. It could be a bridge for younger gamers to get interested in the amazing world of Horizon Forbidden West and launch a new wave of complex LEGO sets never seen before, such as a giant LEGO Horus set. It could even set a standard for future LEGO adaptations of other beloved video game franchises, such as the long desired official LEGO Halo video game. Gamers will just have to wait and see what LEGO has in store for their gaming future.