… Horizon Hunters Gathering is only the latest in a string of live service failures from Sony , the most notable of them being Concord . …
Despite what the live service push announced some time ago, PlayStation Studios CEO Hermen Hulst is reportedly not forcing teams to develop live service games. …
… It was a very interesting talk in which Patterson shared opinions on topics such as the backend failures that have plagued many live service games , the industry-wide rush to create even more live service games following the explosive success of a few, and the advent of AI . …
… Black Desert continued its dependable live service performance at KRW 61.6 billion $41.3M , essentially flat quarter-on-quarter. …
… Especially when considering that multiplayer games have never exactly been PlayStation's forte, and this live service push started by Jim Ryan years ago has always been about hopping on a trend to try and find a way to create a cash cow Fortnite-like game. …
… Games like the failed live-service shooter Highguard from former Apex Legends developers and, more recently, Bungie's Marathon , which has more SteamDB searchers than actual players , are only a few examples of games falling afoul of the community's perception. …
… In December 2025, cloud services provider SADA Systems filed a lawsuit with the New York Supreme Court , seeking $852,630 for nearly three years of unpaid Google Cloud Platform services dating back to September 2022. The services were cancelled in April 2025 due to non-payment. …