Guerrilla's Online PS5 Horizon Game Survives Sony Cull | Push Square
Critics of Sony’s live service initiative are having their suspicions affirmed lately, as the platform holder struggles to get its projects off the ground. While the excellent Helldivers 2 has launched to great success, Naughty Dog’s standalone adaptation of The Last of Us has been unceremoniously scrapped, while Firesprite’s upcoming Twisted Metal reboot was recently canned and London Studio shuttered entirely. The latter was working on a co-op fantasy game.
But despite layoffs at Guerrilla Games last week, the platform holder is pushing ahead with its multiplayer Horizon game, which has been acknowledged by the Dutch developer in recruitment drives, following years of rumours. While little is known about the nature of the title, well-connected Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier says it wasn’t cancelled as part of the firm’s recent restructuring.
It seems there may be multiple online Horizon games in the works, with rumours pointing to some kind of Monster Hunter-style co-op entry as well as an MMO, which is being developed by Korean specialists NCSoft. Sony, as per usual, is keeping any announcements up its sleeve – but for now, it sounds like work is continuing in earnest on this expansion of the popular franchise.
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Factions got canned but this bland game MMO will see a release…
What unique experience is this only semi-popular ip going to provide? Can it entice enough people away from the heavy hitters of its genre? Sorry, but in this over saturated market that is what you have to ask yourself.
I think that releasing this is a waste of money tbh.
Guerrilla is great team but I don't think anyone is looking for this much Horizon. I like
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