An unannounced MMO primarily based on PlayStation’s Horizon sequence has reportedly been cancelled, with this being one which was within the works at South Korean writer NCSoft.
This MMO – which is seemingly separate from the Horizon multiplayer recreation that is reportedly within the works at Guerilla itself – was first reported to be a factor again in 2022, with the studio behind video games like Guild Wars and Throne and Liberty engaged on it as a part of a partnership with Sony.
Now, nevertheless, South Korean publication MTN – which was additionally the supply of that 2022 report – is seemingly reporting that NCSoft’s Horizon MMO has been cancelled, assuming a translation that comes through ResetEra is correct.
The report cites a “feasibility overview” at NCSoft having been adopted by the canning of this recreation – codenamed Undertaking H – in addition to some others, with H and a undertaking codenamed J being cited as having “already disappeared from the corporate’s organisational chart”.
VG247 has reached out to PlayStation for remark.
“The choice to cease improvement of ‘Pantera,’ ‘H,’ and ‘J’ was made on the finish of final 12 months, and in the beginning of the 12 months, the event staff members had been reportedly notified to organize for inside transfers,” the report’s translation provides, “Within the case of ‘H’, it’s reported that the staff shall be transferred to Lineage’s IP headquarters after the event workplace is disbanded.”
This information would come not lengthy after Sony cancelled stay service video games within the works at Bend Video games and Bluepoint Video games, the latter of which was reportedly a God of Struggle stay service factor. That was simply the most recent little bit of dangerous information for the stay service push PlayStation launched into a few years in the past, which has to date produced Helldivers 2, and never a lot else by way of huge successes, with many titles being cancelled earlier than they’re even launched.
