Sony has canceled Fairgame$, an upcoming live-service shooter in development at Haven Studios in Montreal. No layoffs will result from the cancellation. Haven staff will instead support other PlayStation projects.
Haven, founded by former Assassin's Creed veteran Jade Raymond, had reworked the Fairgame$ concept multiple times over three years. Jade Raymond left the studio in 2023, when the game was delayed to 2026.
The cancellation followed a playtest with mixed results. "While the test demonstrated strong operational excellence, live ops readiness and community engagement, player feedback and retention results were mixed and fell short of the goals we had set," PlayStation executives Sean Decker and John Doyle said in a memo. "Combined with challenging market conditions in the PVP shooter genre, we have made the difficult decision to cease development on the game."
Fairgame$ was designed as a competitive multiplayer heist game where players rob billionaires. Creative director Mathieu Leduc described it as delivering "a fresh multiplayer experience that rewards creativity and mastery" with "emergent sandbox gameplay."
The cancellation reflects Sony's shifting approach to live-service games. In May 2023, Sony halved its planned live-service output, prioritizing quality over quantity. That came after announcing an initial goal of 12 live-service releases. Naughty Dog's The Last of Us multiplayer game was canceled in December 2023. More recently, Sony shut down Concord after poor launch performance and closed its developer Firewalk. At the end of 2024, Sony confirmed it had canceled multiple projects, including a live-service God of War title.