Horizon Forbidden West Fan Gives PS5 Controller Custom Paint Job
2022 looks to be a rather stacked year for PlayStation owners. New exclusives are making their way to the console in abundance, such as the highly anticipated sequel to God of War, God of War: Ragnarok. The first major Sony exclusive to drop in 2022 though is Horizon Forbidden West, a sequel to 2015's post-apocalyptic adventure game Horizon Zero Dawn. As Horizon Zero Dawn was a game met with positive public and critical reception, having just recently surpassed a major sales milestone, the hype for the sequel was plain to see.
With new machines to fight and override, a new story for players to dig deep into and a whole new area to explore, Horizon Forbidden West has proven to be packed with changes and new content that make it stand out from the first game. Despite the Horizon games being a new and big success for Sony, there was no news of an exclusive PS5 console or controller being released alongside the game. This didn't stop one fan making their own though.
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The idea of an exclusive piece of hardware tied to a game release seems to be becoming a thing of the past for Sony. While the PC market is still releasing hardware tied to games, like the exclusive Halo Infinite AMD graphics card, and Xbox also released a limited edition console celebrating Halo Infinite, there has not yet been a limited edition PS5. Fans then have had to make their own wraps for consoles and skins for controllers, such as one Horizon Forbidden West fan that decked out their controller with a skin inspired by the game.
The controller design was posted to Reddit and features the Horizon Forbidden West logo in the central touchpad, and designs on either side of the
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