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The NCSoft-developed Horizon MMO may still be in development, though recent rumors allege it has been canceled.
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The journalist who reported the NCSoft cancellations recently confirmed that the now-shelved Project H, which many believed to be a Horizon MMO, is completely unrelated to Horizon.
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In addition to the Horizon MMO, PlayStation has a Horizon co-op multiplayer game in its live-service pipeline.
Contrary to previous reporting, the horizon The MMO isn't canceled after all. Several of PlayStation's live-service projects have been scrapped in recent years, and rumors claim that the alleged horizon An MMO developed by South Korean studio NCSoft was the latest addition to this list. However, new developments suggest that horizon The MMO is safe, at least for now.
One of the many upcoming projects based on horizon The IP is rumored to be a live-service MMORPG. The horizon The MMO is a collaboration between PlayStation and NCSoft, the developer behind MMORPGs Guild Wars 2, Blade and Spiritand originand has been in development since late 2022. While neither the company has announced or mentioned anything. horizon A few of NCSoft's previous job listings mentioned a job in the codenamed MMO, NCSoft Project Skyline. Illustration for Project Skyline was made with the correct font used for horizon logo, indirectly confirming the game's association with the franchise.
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What to expect from the Horizon franchise in 2025
Fans of Horizon, the hit post-apocalyptic PlayStation studio game franchise, can expect a lot of potential new content to be released in 2025.
position of horizon The development of the MMO was recently called into question after a report that NCSoft's financial problems had caused it to cancel its upcoming games, including one dubbed. Project H. Many speculated at the time Project H was horizon MMO and believe it is no longer in development. However, journalist Seo Jeong-geun, who reported on the NCSoft cancellation, clarified in a recent email that Project H “There was nothing to do horizon“So, it looks like the Horizon MMO is still in the works.
Horizon MMO has apparently not been cancelled, the previously-rumored Project H was a separate game
Considering that PlayStation canceled two direct-to-service projects from first-party teams Bend Studios and Bluepoint Games last week, it's understandable why many speculated on this development. horizon The MMO was discontinued. In the early years of the PS5 generation, PlayStation had a lofty ambition to release 10 live-service games by 2026, but many of them, including Naughty Dog's The last of us online The project ended in a stalemate. Moreover, the catastrophic failure of consent Last year reportedly led to PlayStation taking a long, hard look at the remaining live-service titles in the pipeline.
While the horizon While the MMO is one of the few PlayStation Live-Service projects that has avoided cancellation (for now), it's not just interesting. horizon Direct service project in development. Guerrilla Games has been working on A for a long time horizon A co-op multiplayer game, which is the studio's next release and may launch in 2025. horizon Since the MMO has only been in development for about two years, it will likely be released at the end of the PS5's life cycle. Whenever it does, though, it should be interesting to see how different it is horizon Looking at MMO and co-op games.
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The Horizon franchise follows Aloy as she is forced to battle a series of powerful, giant robotic creatures in a post-apocalyptic landscape. The third-person action-RPG has already seen a sequel to Horizon: Forbidden West and gives players the freedom to explore the open world as they see fit.
