PlayStation has canceled Fairgames, the online multiplayer shooter in development at Haven Studios since 2023, following a recent playtest that failed to meet internal performance expectations, according to GameSpot.
Sony Interactive Entertainment executives Sean Decker and John Doyle outlined the decision in an internal email to employees. While the test showed strong operational performance and live-operations readiness, player reception did not reach corporate targets.
PlayStation Cancels Fairgames After Years Of Silence https://t.co/eWNJTuYmfr pic.twitter.com/8giKZSmtxq
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,
Sean Decker and John Doyle, PlayStation Studios executives
The executives also pointed to challenging market conditions in the PVP shooter genre
as a driving factor behind the termination, according to Insider Gaming. The title had undergone multiple reworks during its multi-year development cycle, including a pivot toward an extraction-style format reported earlier this year by Yahoo Tech.
Initially revealed at a May 2023 PlayStation Showcase, the competitive multiplayer game centered around an underground movement where participants targeted the ultra-wealthy by infiltrating heavily secured locations to steal valuable cargo while rival teams attempted similar heists.
Unlike other recent live-service cutbacks at Sony, the closure of Fairgames will not trigger job losses at the Montreal-based developer. PlayStation confirmed that there will be no job cuts as a result of the cancellation,
with staff instead shifting to other corporate projects. Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier noted that the studio would move to support other units within the corporate structure.
Haven will instead move to support other studios within the organization.
PlayStation spokesperson
Haven Studios was acquired by Sony in 2022. Jade Raymond left the studio in 2025.
BREAKING: PlayStation is canceling Fairgames, the online shooter from Haven Studios that was announced in 2023. No jobs will be cut as a result of the cancellation, PlayStation says. Haven will instead support other games in the org. https://t.co/vS8diAOhps
The cancellation follows a series of high-profile pivots away from multiplayer games across Sony’s first-party lineup. Following the commercial failure of Concord and the subsequent closure of Firewalk Studios, PlayStation halted multiplayer projects tied to The Last of Us, God of War, and Twisted Metal. Additional multiplayer contractions included a canceled Destiny project at Bungie in 2024 and a canceled multiplayer title at Days Gone developer Bend Studio in 2025.
Sony Cancels Fairgames, PlayStation's Live-Service Shooter Insider Gaming exclusively reported back in April that the game was struggling to "find the fun" in pre-alpha tests.https://t.co/AFR9vk3KYv