- Sony and NCSoft’s Horizon Zero Dawn MMO Reportedly Has Been Canceled
- The MMO was codenamed ‘Project H’, but was understood to be a spin-off of Horizon.
- The cancellation of Project H comes just after Sony canceled two unannounced live service games.
sony Horizon Zero Dawn Publisher NCSoft’s massively multiplayer online (MMO) game has reportedly been cancelled.
According to South Korean publication MTN (via ResetEra), three projects that were in development at three separate studios under NCSoft were scrapped, including titles codenamed ‘Pantera’, ‘J’ and ‘H’.
“It is understood that some of NCsoft’s new games and live games have received a decision notice to stop development or service as a result of a feasibility review,” the report reads.
“Games under CBO Lee Seong-gu, including ‘Pantera’, ‘H’ and ‘J’, are reported to be included in the list, raising questions about whether the development of ‘Pantera’, also known as ‘Raise Lineage M’, will actually be stopped.”
Project H, in particular, has long been reported to be an MMO based on Guerrilla Games’ dystopian role-playing game. Horizon Zero Dawn. It is understood that the developers working on the project left NCSoft and those who did not leave after the cancellation were moved to different projects in the company.
The cancellation of Project H comes just after Sony canceled two unannounced live service games, a god of war split of demon souls‘ remake developer Bluepoint Games, as well as an unknown multiplayer title from days gone by creator Bend Studio.
While NCSoft’s MMO has been cancelled, there is another Horizon Zero Dawn project that is now being worked on at Guerrilla Games, currently known as Horizon online.
It doesn’t have a release date yet, but it’s described as a cooperative game and, according to leaked screenshots and gameplay from 2023 (via Reddit), will feature a more cartoon-like art style, different from the graphics. hyperrealism that we have. We are used to it.
