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South Korean developer NCSoft, known for MMOs like Throne & Liberty, is said to have canceled several projects in development. According to Korean outlet MTN, the studio halted work on three projects, codenamed Pantera, H, and J.

Pantera seems to be connected to NCSoft’s iconic Lineage franchise, while Project H has been identified as Project Skyline by Korean media – a MMO using Sony’s Horizon IP.

Thanks to resumes of ex-NCSoft employees as well as old job listings, it’s known that the game was being developed in Unreal Engine 5 for PC and mobile. Early work on the title seemed to have begun in 2021 with over a hundred people working on the title in 2023.

Late in 2023, Sony signed a partnership agreement with NCSoft, similar to the one it signed with Stellar Blade developer Shift Up. Given the similar timing, Sony might have expected the MMO to be ready in 2024.

Back then, Sony’s departing president Jim Ryan commented that the partnership with NCSoft “advances our strategy to expand beyond console and broaden PlayStation’s reach to a wider audience.” A MMO for PC and mobile would have fit the bill.

NCSoft is not doing very well financially at the moment with leadership having informed staff that 2025 is a make-or-break year for the company.

It’s worth noting that this is a completely separate project from the Horizon online game that’s in development at Guerilla Games.

Horizon MMO among several games reportedly canceled at NCSoft

NCSoft has reportedly stopped development of a Horizon MMO as part of a series of cancellations.

www.si.com

 

[AFBT88]

Old man yells at cloud and ...
But can we please back to the era meaty single player campaigns? You can't convince me that the big focus on GAAS hasn't hinder the output of Sony single player games.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

It’s worth noting that this is a completely separate project from the Horizon online game that’s in development at Guerilla Games.

^^ before you fake gamers and tourists become too gleeful, it’s not this one. It’s a different MMO

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

The Horizon game is cancelled??

 

[ManaByte]

Old man yells at cloud and ...
But can we please back to the era meaty single player campaigns? You can't convince me that the big focus on GAAS hasn't hinder the output of Sony single player games.

With all of Sony's first party GAAS games being cancelled, and with the time it takes to develop a AAA single-player game, we're probably only going to get Intergalactic, Ghost, and Wolverine for the remainder of the PS5 generation. Spider-Man 3 will launch on PS6 and you won't see the Bend game or Sony Santa Monica's game until then.

 

[Dazraell]

 

[FeralEcho]

Playstation right now:

 

[GymWolf]

Concord really devastated sony plans uh...

Fairgames is next hopefully (and if cthulhu exist, jade raimond OF page is next after that )

 

[Kenneth Haight]

Thank fuck

 

[GymWolf]

With all of Sony's first party GAAS games being cancelled, and with the time it takes to develop a AAA single-player game, we're probably only going to get Intergalactic, Ghost, and Wolverine for the remainder of the PS5 generation. Spider-Man 3 will launch on PS6 and you won't see the Bend game or Sony Santa Monica's game until then.

Scary how realistic this sound...

Unless they reuse all the assets and shit from the cancelled gaas and we get frankestein games with no soul.

Btw you forgot cringe fedex simulator 2.

 

[SJRB]

Of all the Live Service shit Sony is working on, a Horizon MMO actually kinda makes the most sense.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

With all of Sony's first party GAAS games being cancelled, and with the time it takes to develop a AAA single-player game, we're probably only going to get Intergalactic, Ghost, and Wolverine for the remainder of the PS5 generation. Spider-Man 3 will launch on PS6 and you won't see the Bend game or Sony Santa Monica's game until then.

This wasn’t the Horizon online game that AFAIK is still in development at Guerilla games (for now). This was a MMO from NCSoft.

 

[Fake]

Concord was our real savior.

 

[zapper]

only marathon will survive.
horizon has a chance to save itself only if it is like mh but for noob and even there the chances are low and it must be d1 on pc

 

[Begleiter]

Smart move, honestly. Should've done it sooner. Horizon isn't a world that could have sustained an MMO.

 

[Kurotri]

Sony wanted TWO of those?

 

[GymWolf]

Separate game?? How many fucking horizon games are they making??

 

[Rudius]

How many Horizons did they need?

 

[Fake]

How many Horizons did they need?

Herman: Yes.

 

[GymWolf]

How many Horizons did they need?

 

[Nonehxc]

^^ before you fake gamers and tourists become too gleeful, it’s not this one. It’s a different MMO

Call me a precognitive fuck, but I think that pic clearly depicts true native gamer Titty McAussie in a few years.

 

[Radical Dreamer]

Horizon Online will be cancelled too lmao

 

[Tajaz2426]

These bitches were trying to take all of my money and then blame me that I didn’t buy remakes. Nah, son.

 

[Ozriel]

Old man yells at cloud and ...
But can we please back to the era meaty single player campaigns? You can't convince me that the big focus on GAAS hasn't hinder the output of Sony single player games.

NCSoft makes MMOs and isn’t known for ‘meaty single player campaigns’. Their game would not have had an impact on Sony studios either.

 

[kaizenkko]

This was Master Ryan last shot.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

Laugh all you like but in the end the only Horizon online left standing will be the Chinese clon.

Sony should offer 400M for the IP and change its name before they publish it.

 

[FreeY$L]

Man, im tired of horizon. I played the PS5 upgrade for first game, and it looked amazing, but sickeningly boring to play, i imagine the 2nd game is similar.
Why are they pushing this franchise so hard?

 

[Buggy Loop]

Concord really devastated sony plans uh...

Fairgames is next hopefully (and if cthulhu exist, jade raimond OF page is next after that )

Concord was the pillar of the house foundation at Sony it seems. Whole thing is crumbling. How many more gaas titles to cancel or flop?

Just you watch

This whole GAAS crashing down will have cost ~$2B to Sony

 

[jm89]

Meh.

Atleast this didn't wast studios that could have been making games single players games for ps5.

 

[SmokedMeat]

You mean there was yet another Horizon game in development?!

 

[Felessan]

Old man yells at cloud and ...
But can we please back to the era meaty single player campaigns? You can't convince me that the big focus on GAAS hasn't hinder the output of Sony single player games.

What does NCSoft have to do with it?
It was never part of "single player campaigns" part

Smart move, honestly. Should've done it sooner. Horizon isn't a world that could have sustained an MMO.

Yeah, and MonHun doesn't have heavy online/gaas elements

 

[nial]

It's funny (well, not really) how people are focusing on Sony here, without realizing that this is NCSoft cancelling a lot of stuff because they're about to fucking die.

According to NCsoft executives, if the group does not recover by 2025, the studio will no longer have a future. The Korean giant continues its restructuring, sabotaging new game projects to strengthen other development teams.

De nouveaux projets sabordés chez NCsoft, des équipes de développement réaffectées

Selon les cadres de NCsoft, si le groupe ne se redresse pas en 2025, le studio n'aura plus d'avenir. Le géant coréen poursuit ses restructurations, saborde de nouveaux projets de jeux pour renforcer d'autres équipes de développement.

www.jeuxonline.info

 

[DForce]

I didn't realize they had TWO. Jesus... lol

 

[Parazels]

Monetization of Horizon on the verge of psychosis.

Can they leave the franchise alone for several years?

 

[JCK75]

I find Horizon to be one of the most forgettable franchises Sony has in recent years and I'll never understand why it's the one they keep trying to spin off.

 

[Gonzito]

This next generation has been absolutely embarrassing for Sony, I cant believe they are acting so poorly

 

[Radical_3d]

Concord literally the best thing that ever happened to that tumorous limb that is modern day PlayStation. Can’t wait to see the dummy crash of Fairgames in slow motion.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

It's funny (well, not really) how people are focusing on Sony here, without realizing that this is NCSoft cancelling a lot of stuff because they're about to fucking die.

De nouveaux projets sabordés chez NCsoft, des équipes de développement réaffectées

Selon les cadres de NCsoft, si le groupe ne se redresse pas en 2025, le studio n'aura plus d'avenir. Le géant coréen poursuit ses restructurations, saborde de nouveaux projets de jeux pour renforcer d'autres équipes de développement.

www.jeuxonline.info

Sure, people shouldn't focus on the owner of the IP, who decides which projects greenlight and who deems it a great idea to have not one but TWO Horizon multiplayer. A seamless plan.

 

[mdkirby]

Seriously what the actual fuck we’re Sony thinking/doing these past few years. So so so much wasted time, money, potential. Lots of people should be fired over this shit show.

 

[SHAKEZ]

How many fucking games do they need from this franchise? Holy shit.

 

[Loomy]

Seriously what the actual fuck we’re Sony thinking/doing these past few years. So so so much wasted time, money, potential. Lots of people should be fired over this shit show.

Lots of people were.

 

[vkbest]

Lots of people were.

Sure, probably the people who were forced to make those games instead firing the people who are forcing them

 

[Spyxos]

Would be quite good if not every 2 game that is and was in development at Sony had something to do with Hoirzon. Such a boring series. Part 1 was still interesting, but after that the story was completely over.

 

[yogaflame]

On the bright side it looks like there really is a massive reform happening at Sony PS right now. Well ps5 is a long way to go and lets just take this ps5 pro era as a relaunch of ps5 and hopefully more focus on single player exclusives..

 

[Neolombax]

They really are milking this franchise dry, aren't they? Robot dinosaurs are cool, but so are shooting space Nazis, and I liked the latter way more. Why can't they make Ghost of Tsushima/GoW Ragnarok type of games, a single player game with a pretty good side mode like MP or a rogue-lite mode?

 

[Bernardougf]

Old man yells at cloud and ...
But can we please back to the era meaty single player campaigns? You can't convince me that the big focus on GAAS hasn't hinder the output of Sony single player games.

Anyone denying this at this point is just a pathological shill

 

[Loomy]

Sure, probably the people who were forced to make those games instead firing the people who are forcing them

No, there were people over at SIE who lost their jobs. Remember when Connie booth and a bunch of her team was fired?

 

[Cakeboxer]

 

[Fabieter]

What a shitshow at playstation

 

[Roman Empire]

Not surprising. Playstation was never known as a paragon of multiplayer games, so it's not surprising their live-service initiative went south after Concord's monumental failure.

Playstation, stick to your guns with a few online games here and there. Simple as that.

Imagine the billions burnt in projects that will never see the light of the day? No way this money couldn't have been invested in more important projects.