It looks like Sony has given up on asking its first-party studios to try and make live-service games and instead, focused on collaborating with companies that specialize in the genre. Aside from Bungie, which PlayStation acquired last year, it's reportedly working with the South Korean game developer, NCSoft Corporation, on a Horizon MMO.
Although many believed that this might have been canceled already, similar to Naughty Dog's multiplayer The Last of Us spin-off and Insomniac Games' planned Spiderverse title, recent evidence shows that the partnership is still ongoing and could materialize into a notable entry into the MMO space.
All the talk surrounding the project started after NCSoft registered a new domain on December 5. "landofsalvation.ing", which hints at a potential title of "Land of Salvation", fits well within the Horizon series' game theme - a series set in a post-apocalyptic future in which man, nature, and machine have all learned to live together following catastrophic event fueled by human greed and ingenuity.
Furthermore, the registration comes shortly after Sony and NCSoft confirmed their strategic partnership. This massive collaboration is expected to leverage NCSoft's technological capabilities and Sony's global leadership in entertainment, promising to deliver new and enjoyable experiences to audiences worldwide.