Sony has canceled the upcoming live-service shooter Fairgame$, but there will be no job cuts connected to the game's closure. This is according to a report from Bloomberg today.

The game was in the works at Haven Studios in Montreal, a team founded by former Assassin's Creed veteran Jade Raymond. She left the studio back in 2023, and Fairgame$ was delayed to 2026 at the time. Now the game is scrapped entirely.

According to the report, Haven "reworked" the Fairgame$ concept several times in the past three years. The studio was reportedly planning to re-reveal it with a new game. Going forward, Haven staff will support other PlayStation projects, the report said.

Fairgame$ was officially canceled following a playtest that didn't show strong 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 seen by Bloomberg. "Combined with challenging market conditions in the PVP shooter genre, we have made the difficult decision to cease development on the game.”

Creative director Mathieu Leduc said in a blog post that Haven was founded with the goal of making games that its staffers wanted to play, and that’s why the team chose a competitive multiplayer game.

“Fairgame$ came from a desire to create a new type of PvP game with emergent sandbox gameplay. We want to deliver a fresh multiplayer experience that rewards creativity and mastery and delivers surprising stories each and every time you play,” Leduc said.

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