PlayStation Is Reportedly Overhauling

Key Points:

• Horizon Hunters Gathering, a live-service spin-off of the Horizon series, received mixed reactions due to its genre and art style changes, leading to concerns before its release.
• Bloomberg reports that after poor playtest feedback, the developers are reworking the game to remove the live-service elements and focus on a traditional cooperative multiplayer experience with a story mode and smaller scope.
• The development team faces a critical milestone by December to secure executive approval, with many developers being reassigned to other projects pending year-end evaluations.
• This rework contrasts with PlayStation's recent struggles in the multiplayer live-service market, where several high-profile multiplayer spin-offs were canceled or shut down shortly after launch.
• The next single-player Horizon game is still in early planning stages, with a small team working on it, and it is expected to be years away from release as most of the main Forbidden West team is occupied with Hunters Gathering.