{"id":928327,"date":"2026-08-20T01:15:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T06:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/20\/playstation-reportedly-overhauling-horizon-hunters-gathering-following-negative-feedback\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T01:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T06:15:11","slug":"playstation-reportedly-overhauling-horizon-hunters-gathering-following-negative-feedback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/20\/playstation-reportedly-overhauling-horizon-hunters-gathering-following-negative-feedback\/","title":{"rendered":"PlayStation Reportedly Overhauling Horizon Hunters Gathering Following Negative Feedback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment <\/p>\n<div id=\"innerContent\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vgchartz.com\/articles_media\/images\/playstation-reportedly-overhauling-horizon-hunters-gathering-following-negative-feedback-651783_expanded.jpg\" alt=\"Entertainment PlayStation Reportedly Overhauling Horizon Hunters Gathering Following Negative Feedback\" width=\"641\">\n                <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/n4g.com\/tips?url=https:\/\/www.vgchartz.com\/article\/468769\/playstation-reportedly-overhauling-horizon-hunters-gathering-following-negative-feedback\/&#038;title=PlayStation Reportedly Overhauling Horizon Hunters Gathering Following Negative Feedback\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s2.n4g.com\/gen\/nb-16x16-icon.gif\"><br \/>\n                 <\/a>\n           <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>by <b><br \/>\n       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vgchartz.com\/author\/359048\/william-dangelo\/\">William D&#8217;Angelo<\/a><br \/>\n       <\/b>, posted 16 hours ago <span>\/ 1,093 Views<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer Guerrilla Games have reportedly started to overhaul the\u00a0tactical three-player co-op action game,\u00a0<em>Horizon Hunters Gathering<\/em>, following\u00a0<\/span><span>negative player feedback, according to people familiar with the company\u2019s plans that spoke with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-08-19\/playstation-reboots-horizon-hunters-gathering-as-live-service-strategy-struggles?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4NzE0MjM0MSwiZXhwIjoxNzg3NzQ3MTQxLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUSzBOVElSS1YyVjUwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCMUVBQkI5NjQ2QUM0REZFQTJBRkI4MjI1MzgyQTJFQSJ9.W2rmW_r4vHOvYW2YsXBRftk6tzRuk5-lCzHVi21wLDU&#038;leadSource=article-gifting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg&#8217;s Jason Schreier<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The people said the developer has been working to reboot the game since June. The plan is to remove the &#8220;live-service component and turn it into more of a traditional cooperative multiplayer game with a story mode and a far smaller scope.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The game has not been cancelled, however, the studio has told staff they will have through December to impress executives with their next milestone. Many of the developers on the game have been reassigned to a different project that will also be evaluated at the end of the year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JubgL46Xkmk\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><em>Horizon Hunters Gathering\u00a0<\/em>was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vgchartz.com\/article\/466969\/playstation-and-guerrilla-announce-tactical-co-op-game-horizon-hunters-gathering-for-ps5-and-pc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> for the PlayStation 5 and PC in February of this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The next mainline single-player Horizon game &#8220;is still far, far away,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/jasonschreier.bsky.social\/post\/3mtgqc7yjqk2g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to Schreier. This is due the nearly all of Guerrilla Games having worked on <em>Horizon Hunters Gathering <\/em>for the last few years.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><em>A life-long and avid gamer,\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vgchartz.com\/author\/79\/william-dangelo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">William D&#8217;Angelo<\/a><em><span>\u00a0<\/span>was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TheAlphaTomato\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube channel<\/a><em>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/trunkswd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitch channel<\/a><em>. You can follow the author<\/em><em><span>\u00a0<\/span>on<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/trunkswd.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bluesky<\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Entertainment More Articles<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vgchartz.com\/article\/468769\/playstation-reportedly-overhauling-horizon-hunters-gathering-following-negative-feedback\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n William D&#8217;Angelo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by William D&#8217;Angelo , posted 16 hours ago \/ 1,093 Views Publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer Guerrilla Games have reportedly started to overhaul the\u00a0tactical three-player co-op action game,\u00a0Horizon Hunters Gathering, following\u00a0 negative player feedback, according to people familiar with the company\u2019s plans that spoke with Bloomberg&#8217;s Jason Schreier. 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