Horizon Hunters Gathering Ditches Live Service for Co-op
Guerrilla Games is reportedly overhauling its live-service title Horizon Hunters Gathering. Negative player feedback from early playtests has led to the removal of live-service elements. The game is now shifting to a more traditional co-op multiplayer experience with a reduced scope.
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The live-service elements of Horizon Hunters Gathering are reportedly being stripped out following 'poor feedback' as new details emerge about several canceled PlayStation titles
Guerrilla Games is reportedly overhauling its upcoming live-service title Horizon Hunters Gathering, removing its multiplayer-focused features and shifting to a traditional cooperative multiplayer game with a story mode and smaller scope due to negative playtest feedback. This change comes as part of Sony's broader, and reportedly troubled, initiative to push its single-player focused studios into the live-service market, with several other PlayStation live-service projects, including a God of War game from Bluepoint and an online Spider-Man title from Insomniac, having been canceled.
Horizon Hunters Gathering reportedly scrapping live service elements following closed beta
Guerilla Games is reportedly overhauling its upcoming game Horizon Hunters Gathering, removing live service elements like microtransactions following negative feedback from its closed beta. The game will shift to a more standard co-op multiplayer experience with a smaller scope. Its fate remains uncertain as it must impress PlayStation executives by December.
Rapport: Sony skrotar live service-inslagen i Horizon Hunters Gathering
Sony and Guerrilla Games have reportedly canceled the live service elements for Horizon Hunters Gathering, opting instead for a more traditional co-op campaign experience. Development was restarted in June with a new goal to remove live service features, and the project faces potential cancellation by December if it fails to impress stakeholders. Meanwhile, work on Horizon 3 has also begun with a small team.
Sony gives up on yet another live service game as Horizon Zero Dawn 3 news leaks
Sony Interactive Entertainment's live service game strategy continues to falter, with the Horizon multiplayer spin-off, Hunters Gathering, reportedly being retooled into a traditional co-op game due to poor testing feedback. Many of Sony's planned live service titles have failed or face uncertain futures, leading to speculation about the delay of future single-player Horizon titles.
Horizon Hunters Gathering Being Rebooted, Live-Service Elements Removed
Horizon Hunters Gathering is reportedly being rebooted by Guerrilla Games, with all live-service elements being removed and the game's scale reduced. This move signifies a shift away from Sony's recent focus on live-service titles.
Sony are rebooting their live service Horizon game as a more traditional co-op affair, claim sources, with a proper Horizon Forbidden West sequel still years away
Sources indicate that Guerrilla Games is rebooting its live service game, Horizon Hunters Gathering, into a smaller, more traditional co-op multiplayer experience with a story mode. This change comes after negative reception to the original concept, and some staff are being reassigned while a small team works on a new single-player Horizon title. PlayStation CEO Hideaki Nishino previously stated the company's commitment to live service games, despite several recent setbacks in the genre.
Guerrilla is reportedly overhauling Horizon Hunters Gathering to make it more of a traditional co-op game
Guerrilla is reportedly overhauling its live-service game Horizon Hunters Gathering due to negative player feedback. The game is being redesigned to function more like a traditional co-op experience.
Report: Live-service removed from Horizon Hunters Gathering following negative player feedback
Guerrilla Games is reportedly removing live-service elements from its upcoming co-op title, Horizon Hunters Gathering, due to negative player feedback. The game is being redesigned as a traditional multiplayer experience with a story mode and a reduced scope. This change follows PlayStation's broader challenges with live-service games, including cancellations and studio closures.
Horizon Hunters Gathering is reportedly no longer a live service game following negative feedback
Horizon Hunters Gathering has reportedly been rebooted to remove its live service elements following negative feedback from early playtests. Developer Guerilla Games is overhauling the game into a more traditional multiplayer co-op experience with a story mode and smaller scope. This marks another setback for Sony's live service ambitions, with the game needing to impress executives by December.
PlayStation reportedly reworking live service Horizon Hunters Gathering into a smaller, more traditional co-op game…
PlayStation is reportedly reworking the live service game Horizon Hunters Gathering into a smaller, more traditional co-op experience with a story mode due to negative feedback from playtests. Developer Guerrilla Games has until the end of December to impress higher-ups with the changes, with many developers potentially being reassigned to other projects.
Horizon Hunters Gathering Rebooted After “Negative Player Feedback” With “Far Smaller” Scope – Rumor
Horizon Hunters Gathering is reportedly being rebooted by Guerrilla Games due to negative player feedback from closed playtests, shifting away from a live-service model to a more traditional co-op experience with a smaller scope. This change follows Sony's reassessment of its live-service initiatives after the failure of Concord, with the future of Hunters Gathering dependent on impressing executives by December. The next single-player Horizon game is still years away and likely to skip the current console generation.
