PlayStation has cancelled Fairgames, the live-service heist shooter from Haven Studios, according to a Bloomberg report published today, November 10, 2026. The game — announced in 2023 and never shown in full gameplay — is done, three years after its reveal.
Bloomberg reports that PlayStation made the call after the results of a recent playtest fell short. An internal note from PlayStation executives Sean Decker and John Doyle, verified by Bloomberg, put it bluntly: "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. Combined with challenging market conditions in the PVP shooter genre, we have made the difficult decision to cease development on the game."
Haven Studios is not closing. PlayStation told Bloomberg there will be no layoffs as a result of the cancellation. Instead, the studio will shift its focus to collaborating with other development teams across PlayStation Studios, while also exploring new creative opportunities. What Haven works on next has not been announced.
What Fairgames was
- Revealed on May 24, 2023, at the PlayStation Showcase, as a competitive heist game where players join an underground movement to rob the ultra-rich
- In development for PlayStation 5 and PC at Haven Studios, the Montreal studio founded by Jade Raymond in 2021 and acquired by Sony in 2022
- Shown only in cinematic trailers since its reveal — footage that appeared to come from a playtest seemingly leaked online in September 2026, the first gameplay anyone had seen
- Raymond left Haven in 2025 while development continued, after earlier reports that external playtests had been poorly received and the game had slipped to 2026
Why this matters
Fairgames was one of the flagship titles of PlayStation's big live-service push, and its cancellation is the latest setback in that strategy. Concord flopped so badly that PlayStation pulled it from sale and shut down developer Firewalk Studios. Helldivers 2 remains the one clear success from that era, and Bungie is still working to grow Marathon's player base. Sony has said live-service games remain an important part of PlayStation's future — but it clearly does not want to add another struggling multiplayer shooter to the mix right now.
PlayStation has not publicly commented on the cancellation on its own channels yet — the news is known so far through Bloomberg's report and the internal email. For players, the practical result is simple: there is no Fairgames release to look forward to, because the game never launched. For Haven, the question now is what the studio builds next — and whether PlayStation's live-service era has any big bets left at all. Photo: a PlayStation 5 console with DualSense controller, by Howardcorn33 via Wikimedia Commons (CC0, public domain).
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