- Sony and NCSoft’s Horizon Zero Dawn MMO has reportedly been cancelled
- The MMO was codenamed ‘Project H’ but was understood to be a Horizon spin-off
- Project H’s cancellation comes on the heels of Sony having two unannounced live service games
Sony’s Horizon Zero Dawn massively multiplayer online game (MMO) from publisher NCSoft has reportedly been cancelled.
According to South Korean publication MTN (via ResetEra), three projects 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 notice of decision 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 reportedly included in the list, raising questions as to whether the development of ‘Pantera’, also known as ‘Raise Lineage M,’ will actually be stopped.”
In particular, Project H has long been reported to be an MMO based on Guerrilla Games’ dystopian RPG, Horizon Zero Dawn. It is understood that the developers working on the project have since left NCSoft, and those who did not leave after the cancellation were moved to different company projects.
The cancellation of Project H follows on the heels of Sony canceling two unannounced live service games, a God of War spin-off from Demons 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 canceled, there is another Horizon Zero Dawn project 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 co-op game and, according to leaked screenshots and gameplay from 2023 (via Reddit), will have a more cartoony art style that’s different from the hyper-realistic graphics we’re used to.
