PlayStation Cancels Fairgames, Live-Service Shooter From Jade Raymond’s Former Haven Studio

PlayStation has reportedly canceled Fairgames, the long-in-development live-service shooter from Haven Studios, according to Bloomberg. Jade Raymond founded Haven in 2021, and Sony acquired the studio the following year. Development continued after Raymond departed in 2025, but the project now appears to have reached its end.

The report says PlayStation does not plan to lay off Haven employees as a result of the cancellation. Instead, the studio will move on to supporting other PlayStation first-party teams. The decision reportedly followed a recent test involving thousands of players that failed to meet Sony’s expectations.

In an email to employees cited by Bloomberg, PlayStation executives Sean Decker and John Doyle said the test showed “strong operational excellence, live ops readiness and community engagement,” but that player feedback and retention fell short of the company’s goals.

“Combined with challenging market conditions in the PVP shooter genre, we have made the difficult decision to cease development on the game.”

PlayStation announced Fairgames in 2023, but shared relatively little about it afterward, prompting speculation about its progress. Sony has also scaled back its live-service ambitions since announcing plans to launch more than 10 such games by March of this year.

Several other PlayStation projects have faced setbacks or changes. Naughty Dog’s Last of Us multiplayer game was canceled, Bungie ended active development on Destiny 2, and the live-service Horizon spin-off Hunters Gathering is reportedly being overhauled after receiving poor playtest feedback.

Although the reported cancellation brings another PlayStation live-service project to a close, Haven’s employees are expected to remain with the company and support other teams.

Source: Bloomberg

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