As Horizon MMO rumors continue, fans are in disbelief that it could be a PC and mobile title that skips PS5

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"Red flags ahoy"

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A fresh set of rumors about the Horizon MMO are making the rounds, and the implication that this could be a mobile and PC-only MMO that skips PS5 has some fans in disbelief.

There's never been any official confirmation that a Horizon MMO is in development, but since 2022, rumors of a collaboration between Sony and NCSoft on just such a project have been extremely prolific. What we know of the game comes from little more than job listings and insider business reports, but there's been just enough smoke to make the possibility of fire seem very likely.

"An MMO based on a game that originally came out only on PS but isn't getting a PS release but instead mobile. Red flags ahoy," as one Reddit user says. "Yaaaa, PC and Mobile is never a good sign for an MMO. Also NCSoft, not a good sign there either with their output and monetisation/P2W history," as another puts it. The Twitter responses aren't much kinder. 

Kurakasis is quick to note that early indications don't mean that the MMO will never come to PS5 - it just doesn't seem to be in development right now. Still, there's a certain level of disbelief that a game based on one of PlayStation's biggest properties might not even appear on a console. But honestly, that might not be too out of line with Sony's previously stated push into PC and mobile, and a different type of game could be a push to get non-PlayStation fans interested in Aloy's adventures.

Separate from the MMO, Horizon developer Guerilla is working on its own multiplayer spin-off. 

Dustin Bailey
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Dustin Bailey joined the GamesRadar team as a Staff Writer in May 2022, and is currently based in Missouri. He's been covering games (with occasional dalliances in the worlds of anime and pro wrestling) since 2015, first as a freelancer, then as a news writer at PCGamesN for nearly five years. His love for games was sparked somewhere between Metal Gear Solid 2 and Knights of the Old Republic, and these days you can usually find him splitting his entertainment time between retro gaming, the latest big action-adventure title, or a long haul in American Truck Simulator.