Another PlayStation Live Service game has reportedly been suspended

Sony has canceled its rumors Horizon MMO, some recently apparent evidence suggests. The supposedly acclaimed project is believed to have been the only upcoming one Horizon title that was not in development at Guerrilla Games, the Dutch studio that created the franchise.

In November 2022, South Korean outlet MTN reported that a Horizon MMORPG was underway at NCSoft, one of the country's largest developer-publishers in the Far East. The untitled game is said to have been given an internal codename Project H. While neither Sony nor NCSoft have ever officially confirmed this claim, the South Korean developer has posted job ads that refer to Project H since then.

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NCSoft's hiring spree is now said to have come to an end, with a mid-January 2024 report from MTN claiming that the company was suspending the game. The decision to put on the shelf Project H believed to have originated from Sony, with the Japanese gaming giant reportedly scrapping the idea as a result of a recent overhaul. The cancellation call was reportedly made in late 2024, while most of the staff working on the game began to be notified of this development in early 2025, when they began receiving new assignments. This was around the time that Sony was said to have canceled two other live service games: a God of war multiplayer title from Bluepoint and an unknown project from Bend Studio.

Sony is said to have canceled over 10 live service games in three years

Project H considered the sixth live service title that Sony scrapped in 2024. In addition to the unprecedented failure of Harmonywhich was shut down within days of its August 2024 launch, Sony is also reported to have canceled Bungie's Fate spin-off code name Refund and an unknown fantasy game from London Studio, as well as an untitled Neon Koi project. In addition, the company is said to have put a new live service on the shelf Twisted Metal title that was in pre-production on Firesprite in February 2024.

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A Horizon Multiplayer game is said to still be on the horizon

Despite the alleged cancellation of Project Hthe Horizon franchise may still get a live service game for the foreseeable future. It would be Horizon multiplayer title currently in the works at Guerrilla, which the studio itself confirmed in late 2022. This project may have begun development as early as 2018, as suggested by Guerrilla's job vacancies.

According to Game Rant's mid-2024 review of some of Guerrilla's job postings, Horizon multiplayer games may be aimed at a PS6 version and therefore may skip the PS5 altogether. Sony's next-generation console is expected to hit the market between late 2027 and late 2028.

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The Horizon series follows Aloy as she is forced to contend with a series of powerful, towering robotic creatures in a post-apocalyptic landscape. The third-person action RPG has already seen a sequel with Horizon: Forbidden West, giving players the freedom to explore the open world as they wish.