Publishers aren't ready to let go of live service game development with a recent report finding that 33% of publishers are currently working on one.

Another Sony live service game, a massively multiplayer game (MMO) set in Horizon’s world, has reportedly been canceled. Sony has reportedly canceled a live service massively multiplayer game (MMO) set in Horizon’s world.

According to a new report, Bend and Bluepoint developers knew their projects were being canceled at the same time everyone else did.

Sony reportedly shelves yet another one of its live-service games, marking its 11th such project cancellation in only three years.

Reports noted that two live service games being developed at Bend Studio and Bluepoint Games were scrapped, and the staff found out the day of.

PlayStation was once aiming to have 12 first-party live service games all operating by 2026, with revenue from these games providing over half of Sony Interactive Entertainment's revenue. Of course, Sony's thought process back in 2022 — the majority of its games are big and increasingly expensive single-player titles that don't generate recurring revenue,

The teams at Bend and Bluepoint reportedly found out their projects had been canceled at the same time as everyone else.