Horizon Hunters Gathering

According to a Bloomberg report cited in the article, Horizon Hunters Gathering received "poor feedback" during a recent private player test, prompting Sony and Guerrilla Games to strip out its live-service elements and reconceive it as a smaller, story-driven co-op game. The decision was also influenced by the high cost and risk of live-service development and recent disappointing or canceled PlayStation live-service efforts such as Concord and other franchise projects. Answered

PlayStation and Guerrilla Games are stripping Horizon Hunters Gathering of its live-service elements and retooling it as a story-driven co-op game with a smaller scope. Development will continue with a much smaller team than originally assigned. Answered

Development will shift to a much smaller team than was originally assigned to the project. Previously the majority of Guerrilla Games was working on Horizon Hunters Gathering, but Sony and Guerrilla have scaled back to a much smaller development team, leaving only a "tiny team" to work on the next single-player Horizon game. Answered

The Horizon Hunters Gathering closed beta test takes place over the course of four days. It begins on The open beta begins on Friday 22nd May and concludes on Monday 25th May. Precise times have yet to be shared, but we will update this guide when that information is made available.