An MMORPG based on Sony and Guerrilla Games' successful IP Horizon has apparently been canceled. The project was reportedly a collaboration between Sony and Guild Wars studio NCSoft.
Bear with me on this one. Back in 2023, Sony and NCSoft announced a "strategic partnership", and that partnership was reported to include a Horizon MMO, with leaker Kurakasis pointing to job listings for something called "Project H" (also "Project Skyline") in December that same year.
Now, however, Korean publication MTN (via Eurogamer) has reported that Project H has been canceled following a project review at NCSoft, along with several other titles in development at the company.
Of course, all of this should be taken with a pinch of salt, because Sony and NCSoft never officially announced the Horizon MMO in question, so naturally, it also hasn't officially been canceled.
However, cancelling such a project would fit in with what appears to be a wider retreat from the live service market on Sony's part. Earlier this week, the company canceled two live service games in development at Bluepoint and Bend, with the former reportedly being a God of War spinoff.
The retreat is likely inspired by the colossal failure of hero shooter Concord,...
