Sony’s ‘Horizon Zero Dawn’ MMO May Also Have Been Cancelled, Suggests New Report
- Sony has reportedly canceled the Horizon Zero Dawn MMO developed by NCSoft after an internal review following layoffs in October last year.
- NCSoft has faced financial difficulties, leading to the cancellation of other projects, including Project Pantera, which is based on its Lineage franchise.
- Guerrilla Games is still developing a separate multiplayer Horizon game, which has not been canceled despite Sony’s recent live service project cancellations.
- NCSoft co-chairman Kim Taek-jin emphasized the urgency for change in 2025, stating that without improvement, there may be no future for the company.
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Report: Sony and NCSoft's Horizon MMO Project Cancelled Amid Live-Service Shift
On Tuesday, a new report hit the internet suggesting the previously planned Horizon Zero Dawn MMO in collaboration with NCSoft has been cancelled. It has been less than a week since Sony announced the cancellation of two live service games. The first was a God of War live service-based title from Bluepoint Games (known for the Demon’s Souls remake on PS5), and another unknown title from Bend Studio (known for Day’s Gone). Marking the third major…
Horizon: Zero Dawn MMO reportedly cancelled
On the heels of Sony’s cancellation of a God Of War live-service game, the firm has reportedly also quietly culled a Horizon: Zero Dawn MMO. Mere weeks after it was announced that Sony Pictures is working on – among other things – a movie based on its own hit sci-fi videogame, Horizon: Zero Dawn, along comes a report that an MMO based on the same property has been quietly cancelled. Word of the cancellation originates from a Korean website, MTN,…
PlayStation live-service game apparently CANCELLED after God of War bombshell
A few years ago, PlayStation announced a pivot to live-service games following the huge popularity of games like Fortnite. Fortnite is one of the most profitable games in the world thanks to the live-service model filled with microtransactions. Sony Interactive EntertainmentThe Horizon series is one of PlayStation’s biggest IPs[/caption] Sony Interactive EntertainmentA number of Horizon live-service games were reportedly in development[/caption]…
"Horizon: Zero Dawn" MMORPG Title Cancelled - Dark Horizons
A massively multiplayer online RPG (MMORPG) title, based on Sony PlayStation and Guerrilla Games’ celebrated “Horizon: Zero Dawn” franchise, has reportedly been cancelled. South Korean news site MTN News (via VGC) indicates that publisher NCSoft has scrapped projects that were in the works – codenamed H, J and Pantera – at three separate studios. Project H, internally referred to as “Skyline,” is believed to be the working codename for the MMORP…
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