In Horizon Forbidden West’s new story trailer Aloy saves ‘a dying planet’

Horizon Forbidden WestThe follow-up of the highly-received Horizon Zero DawnThe release of, which is just a month away, has been announced. Guerrilla Games posted a story trailer Wednesday. Horizon Forbidden West, which digs into the game’s narrative, including the new challenges and mysteries Aloy faces, and the allies she’ll get to face them with.

Forbidden WestAloy is fighting through the postapocalypse. The world has become populated with warring factions of humans and machine enemies. Humanity is facing a new threat. A terrible plague that threatens starvation unless somebody intervenes. Aloy heads west to find answers and encounters a fearsome band of rebels, led by Regalla, as well as terrifying new machines — a number of which are working together with humans. These mysteries must be solved by Aloy to save the world.

The story trailer — made from a mix of cutscenes and gameplay — once again shows off a number of Aloy’s new abilities, initially shared in a 14-minute gameplay reveal in October. She uses her new skills to traverse crumbling buildings in the trailer. The Wild BreathGlider-like, it dives in the ocean and battles both machines and people.

The trailer also reveals new information about the game’s supporting characters. Sylens will return; new characters Hekarro, the Chief of the Tenakth tribe, and Tilda, whose backstory is one of the game’s mysteries, will be introduced. Aloy will be joined by his allies. Horizon Forbidden West. In the trailer, she is accompanied by crowd-favorites Varl (son of Nora War-Chief Sona) and Erend (captain of the Carja Sun-King Avad’s Vanguard). According to the PlayStation Blog, Aloy will have new allies in Zo, Alva and Kotallo.

Horizon Forbidden WestLaunches February 18th on PlayStation 5 & PlayStation 4.