Overview
- Multiple outlets report that Guerrilla Games has begun converting Horizon Hunters Gathering from a live‑service title into a smaller, traditional cooperative multiplayer game with a story mode.
- The change follows poor feedback from closed playtests earlier this year that critics said flagged the live‑service design and scope as key problems.
- Sources say the overhaul started in June, many developers were reassigned to other projects, and the remaining team has until December to show progress to PlayStation executives.
- The project is not officially cancelled but faces clear risk of being shelved if it cannot meet the December milestone and win executive approval.
- The decision fits a wider pattern for PlayStation's recent live‑service efforts, highlighting the company’s struggle to turn large online projects into sustained hits and the effect those struggles have on studio staffing and the timeline for mainline single‑player games.