The multiplayer heist shooter Fairgames from developers from the Canadian Haven Interactive Studios joined the list of closed game services of Sony Interactive Entertainment even before release.
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Let us remind you that Fairgames was presented in May 2023 and has not appeared in public since then, but this fall it appeared in closed testing under a dummy name (Project Espresso).
Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier reported in exclusive material publication, as a result of tests, PlayStation decided to cancel Fairgames. There will be no layoffs, but the studio will be transferred to support other teams.
Recent Fairgames testing didn’t live up to PlayStation’s expectations
PlayStation Studios head of game services Sean Decker and production manager John Doyle acknowledged in a message to employees that Fairgames’ recent testing did not achieve its goals.
“Given the challenging market environment for PvP shooter games, we have made the difficult decision to discontinue development,” Decker and Doyle explained in an internal email.
Fairgames was created for PC and PS5. Since the initial announcement, the game has been reworked several times – the project was preparing for a re-presentation under a different name (presumably Break In), but fate decreed otherwise.
PlayStation’s initiative to develop game services, which was supposed to release 12 projects by 2026, was largely a failure:
Bluepoint Games’ God of War project was canceled and the studio itself was closed; unannounced Bend Studio development – cancelled; Destiny offshoot codenamed Payback from Bungie – cancelled; shareware sci-fi online shooter Destiny 2 from Bungie – support discontinued, but not completely; new Twisted Metal from Firesprite (Horizon Call of the Mountain) – cancelled; multiplayer Spider-Man: The Great Web from Insomniac Games – cancelled; multiplayer The Last of Us Online from Naughty Dog – cancelled; cooperative online action in fantasy London from London Studio – cancelled, and the studio itself is closed; Fairgames – cancelled, and Haven Interactive Studios became a supporting studio; team hero shooter Concord from Firewalk Studios – closed a week after release, the studio was disbanded; Dark Outlaw Games studio – closed along with the debut game; Horizon Hunters Gathering – in development, but on the verge of cancellation; Marathon – still in service; Helldivers 2 is the only success of the initiative.
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