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Guerrilla reboots Horizon Hunters Gathering, drops live-service focus

Guerrilla has been rebooting Horizon Hunters Gathering since June to remove live-service elements and refocus it as a smaller-scale cooperative multiplayer game with a story mode. Some developers have been reassigned to another, unspecified project while a small team begins planning the next single-player Horizon, which is expected to be years away. The studio has a December deadline to convince executives to continue development on the rebooted title. Horizon Hunters Gathering was announced in February as a three-player co-op with brighter, Fortnite-like visuals and tactical, skill-based combat against Horizon’s machine creatures.

• Reboot work started in June to strip live-service mechanics and convert the game into a traditional cooperative experience with a story mode and reduced scope.
• Guerrilla has through December to satisfy executives and keep development on the rebooted Horizon Hunters Gathering moving forward.
• Some developers on the project have been reassigned to an unspecified different project while a small team is plotting the next single-player Horizon, which is expected to be years away.
• Horizon Hunters Gathering, announced in February, is designed as a three-player cooperative game with vibrant, Fortnite-like visuals and combat described as tactical, reactive, and deeply skill-based.