Sony has cancelled Fairgames, ending plans to release Haven Studios' competitive heist shooter on PS5 and PC. Haven will remain open, with no layoffs tied to the cancellation.
The studio's next role will include helping other PlayStation developers. In a statement to Bloomberg quoted by Kotaku, PlayStation said Haven would focus on collaborating with teams across PlayStation Studios while also exploring new creative opportunities.
The cancellation follows a test that fell short of Sony's expectations. According to an internal note reviewed by Bloomberg and quoted by IGN, executives Sean Decker and John Doyle said player feedback and retention results were mixed. They also cited difficult market conditions for PvP shooters in explaining the decision to stop development.
That ends a project publicly introduced more than three years ago. Haven announced Fairgame$ on May 24, 2023, describing a multiplayer game in which crews would rob the ultra-rich. Its pitch combined competitive PvP with sandbox systems intended to reward creative approaches to heists, so it was not simply a co-op robbery game. The announcement explicitly named both PS5 and PC.
Haven was founded in 2021 and acquired by Sony in 2022, before releasing its first game. Founder Jade Raymond left in 2025, though work on Fairgames continued. The cancellation now leaves that debut unreleased, but Sony's decision to retain the team separates the game's fate from the studio's future.