Summary
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MMORPG Horizon was canceled at the end of 2024.
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Codenamed Project H, the MMO game is said to have been in development at NCSoft since at least late 2022.
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Sony is understood to have canceled the project following a feasibility study. Guerrilla's own Horizon multiplayer game is believed to still be in the works.
Sony quashed the rumours skyline MMO, suggests some recently emerged evidence. The supposedly abandoned project is believed to have been the only future skyline 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 skyline The MMORPG was in the works at NCSoft, one of the Far Eastern country's largest developer-publishers. 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 listings referring to Project H since then.

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NCSoft's employment is said to have come to an end, with a mid-January 2024 report from MTN claiming that the company has canceled the game. The decision to shelve Project H is understood to have come from Sony, the Japanese gaming giant scrapped the idea following a recent viability review. The cancellation call was made near the end of 2024, while most employees 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 Sony reportedly canceled two other live games: A God of War multiplayer title from Bluepoint and an unknown project from Bend Studio.
Apparently Sony has canceled over 10 live-service games in 3 years
Project H is understood to be the sixth live-service title that Sony has dropped in 2024. In addition to the unprecedented failure of Concordiawhich was shut down within days of its launch in August 2024, Sony reportedly canceled Bungie's program as well. Destiny codenamed spin-off Refund and an unknown fantasy game from London Studio, as well as an untitled Neon Koi project. Additionally, the company is said to have dropped a new live service Twisted metal title that was in pre-production at Firesprite in February 2024.
List of PlayStation games with live services reportedly canceled by Sony
Design |
Developer |
Canceled year |
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Spider-Man: The Great Web |
Insomniac |
2022 |
The Last of Us Online |
Naughty dog |
2023 |
Unknown game |
OFFENSE |
2023 |
Concordia |
Firewalk |
2024 |
Payback (Destiny spin-off) |
Bungie |
2024 |
Twisted metal |
Firesprite |
2024 |
Unknown game |
Neon Koi |
2024 |
Unknown fantasy game |
London studio |
2024 |
Horizon MMO |
NCSoft |
2024 |
Unknown game |
Band Studio |
2025 |
God of War multiplayer game |
Bluepoint |
2025 |
A multiplayer Horizon game is said to be still on the horizon
Despite the alleged cancellation of Project HTHE skyline the franchise could still get a live game in the near future. That would be it skyline multiplayer title that is currently in the works at Guerrilla, which the studio itself confirmed at the end of 2022. This project may have started development as early as 2018, as Guerrilla's job postings suggest.
According to Game Rant's mid-2024 analysis of some of Guerrilla's job listings, skyline the multiplayer game may be targeting a PS6 release and therefore could skip the PS5 altogether. Sony's next-gen console is expected to hit the market between late 2027 and late 2028.

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