A new report claims that another major PlayStation live service game in development at an external studio has been canceled. The game is none other than the Horizon MMO that was reportedly in development at Korean studio NCsoft.

PlayStation announced a pivot to live-service games following the huge popularity of games like Fortnite. Fortnite is one of the most profitable games in the world thanks to the

Korean outlet MTN reports that the game, known as Project H/Skyline internally, has been canceled following a round of layoffs in October last year. That's not the only affected game, as another title codenamed Project Pantera, based on NCSoft's Lineage franchise, has also been canceled.

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The now debunked rumour stemmed from Jeff Grubb on the latest edition of his Game Mess Mornings show (as picked up by VGC ). Grubb had stated that "the two studios found out [about the cancellations] at the same time as everyone else".

SONY Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan left last year, and the company is still walking back many of his decisions. Before his departure, Ryan planned to increase PlayStation’s online offerings,

Reports noted that two live service games being developed at Bend Studio and Bluepoint Games were scrapped, and the staff found out the day of.

PlayStation was once aiming to have 12 first-party live service games all operating by 2026, with revenue from these games providing over half of Sony Interactive Entertainment's revenue. Of course, Sony's thought process back in 2022 — the majority of its games are big and increasingly expensive single-player titles that don't generate recurring revenue,