Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered Update V1589 📥
Here is where Update v1589 gets spicy. Upon installation, many mod users discovered that their "Skip Intro" and "Free Camera" mods stopped working.
Data miners discovered that Update v1589 ships with a new iteration of the Denuvo anti-tamper executable. While this doesn't affect the DRM status (the game still has Denuvo), it changed the memory addresses used by the popular HorizonLib mod framework.
The community reaction:
The most celebrated component of v1.58.9 is the aggressive rewrite of the game’s asset streaming logic. In previous versions (v1.55–1.57), players reported a progressive degradation of performance. You could play for 45 minutes at a locked 60 FPS, but eventually, the frame rate would stutter into the 30s, followed by a hard crash. horizon zero dawn remastered update v1589
What v1589 changes:
User reports: Across Reddit and ResetEra, players confirm that sessions that previously crashed every 90 minutes now run for 4–5 hours without incident.
Nixxes Software also used v1.58.9 to tweak the DualSense integration on both PS5 and PC (wired USB only): Here is where Update v1589 gets spicy
The sentiment surrounding v1.58.9 has been overwhelmingly positive. On Steam, the game’s recent review rating jumped from “Mixed” (72% positive) to “Very Positive” (84% positive) in the two weeks following the patch’s release.
Selected user quotes:
“v1589 turned my 3070 from a stuttering mess into a butter-smooth experience. Meridian no longer looks like a slideshow.” – Steam user TechHunterAloy User reports: Across Reddit and ResetEra, players confirm
“I was holding off playing The Frozen Wilds because of the HDR black crush. Now? It’s breathtaking. Thank you, Nixxes.” – ResetEra user Voltaic_Owl
“On PS5, the dualsense haptics for machine footsteps alone is worth the update. I felt a Scrapper before I saw it.” – Reddit user CarjaWarrior
The only consistent criticism is that the patch arrived six months post-launch, with some players arguing that the remaster should have shipped in this state.
No patch is perfect, and the community has noted that a few issues remain even after v1589: