Little is known about the nature and scale of the first two projects believed to have been canceled, other than their code names (“H” and “J”). Based on previous rumors, some suggest that Project “H” (or “Project Skyline”) was an MMORPG based on the Horizon franchise that NCSoft was developing for mobile and PC, elements which were however never made official. The only certainty is that NCSoft and Sony Interactive Entertainment announced a strategic partnership in November 2023, a partnership which particularly concerned mobile.
On the other hand, the MTN journalist explains that the last canceled game, the “Pantera” project, was an incremental game based on Lineage M. NCSoft would have ultimately judged that this title would cannibalize the audience of Journey of Monarch, which is based on Lineage W “. The termination of these projects was decided at the end of last year, and the members concerned were asked to prepare for internal reassignment from the beginning of this year “, we can read.
Recall that NCSoft ended the year 2024 by announcing the formation of four independent subsidiaries which will operate autonomously under the aegis of NCSoft. Due to enter into operation on February 1, 2025, these subsidiaries are named FirstSpark Games (Throne and Liberty), BigFire Games (the competitive shooter LLL), Ludius Games (the strategy game Tactan: Knights of the Gods) and NC AI, a department dedicated to proprietary artificial intelligence technologies.
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