Imininingwane eyengeziwe mayelana ne-MMO esekelwe ku-Guerrilla's Horizon Franchise ivele ku-inthanethi ngohlu lwemisebenzi emibili emisha.
Umcwaningi wegeyimu yevidiyo u-Kurakasis uye ku-Twitter/X ngasekuqaleni namuhla ukuze acacise “konke” abakwaziyo kuze kube manje mayelana nomdlalo ozayo, okuhlanganisa namahemuhemu okuthi kuzoba “i-MMORPG ukunemba”. Baphinde babelane ngemininingwane yokufakwa ohlwini kwemisebenzi okubonakala kuqinisekisa ukuthi igeyimu ekuthuthukisweni ingase ibizwe ngokuthi “Izwe Lokusindiswa”.
"Umdlalo manje usuqinisekisiwe ukuthi uyathuthuka, njengoba isisebenzi se-NCSoft sithumele uhlu lwemisebenzi ku-LinkedIn enophawu lwekhodi yegama elibhalwe ngendlela efanayo nelogo yemidlalo ye-Horizon," kusho uKurakasis. "Ithuthukiswe ngaphansi kwe-codename Project Skyline, negama lekhodi lokuqala elithi Project H."
Umdlalo ubonakala uza ku-PC nakuselula - akushiwo lutho nge-PS5 noma uhlu lwemisebenzi okwamanje iyatholakala ku-intanethi - futhi ithuthukiswa ku-Unreal Engine 5. "Kulindeleke ukuthi yethulwe kamuva kakhulu kune-Aion 2, okulindeleke ukuthi ikhishwe ngo-2024/2025". Kucatshangwa ukuthi babalelwa ku-140 abantu abebesebenza kulo mdlalo ngoSepthemba 2023.
"Le phrojekthi ithuthukiswe esigabeni se-IP sika-Sung-Gu Lee's Lineage futhi iholwa ngu-Hong-Young Choi phambilini owayeyinhloko yezokuthuthukiswa kwe-Lineage W," kwengeza uKurakasis. "Le phrojekthi yaqala cishe ngo-2021, ngokusho komsebenzi wangaphambili we-NCSoft ku-LinkedIn naku-Facebook."
“I-NCSoft ibhalise isizinda salokho okubonakala kuwumdlalo onesihloko esithi Land of Salvation. ILand of Salvation KUNGENZEKA kube yisihloko esisemthethweni se-Horizon MMO,” kusho uKurakasis. “Lokhu kucatshangelwa kuncike ekutheni iwona kuphela umdlalo esingamenyezelwa esiwaziyo ongadalulwa maduze. Kunjalo, kungaba ngomunye umsebenzi esingawazi.”
Ukuvuza kuza ngemuva kwamasonto ambalwa Umshicileli we-Sony kanye ne-Guild Wars u-NCsoft umemezele ukusebenzisana kwamasu, okuhloswe ngayo "ukunweba ngale kwekhonsoli nokwandisa ukufinyelela kwe-PlayStation kubabukeli abaningi".
Inhloko ye-NCsoft u-Taekjin Kim kanye no-Jim Ryan ka-Sony basayine lobu budlelwano, nezinkampani manje sezimiselwe "ukuhlanganyela emikhakheni ehlukahlukene yebhizinisi yomhlaba wonke, okuhlanganisa neselula" ndawonye.
Yize kungekho mininingwane eshiwo, lezi zinkampani ezimbili zithe "zihlola uhla lwamathuba angahle abe khona ngenhloso yokugqugquzela ukusebenzisana kwamasu". Lokhu kuzobandakanya "ubungcweti bezobuchwepheshe" be-NCsoft kanye "nobuholi bomhlaba wonke emkhakheni wezokuzijabulisa" bakwaSony.
Yize kungekho muntu owake wakhuluma ngalokhu, umbiko wangonyaka odlule wathi I-MMO esethwe ku-Sony's Horizon IP yayisemisebenzini kwa-NCSoft.
