Sony cancels live-service shooter Fairgames

The Fairgames cancellation won’t result in job cuts, and developer Haven Studios will now support other PlayStation studios, Bloomberg reports. The game was canceled following a recent test where “player feedback and retention results were mixed and fell short of the goals we had set,” according to part of an executive memo published by Bloomberg, which also cited “challenging market conditions in the PVP shooter genre.” Sony acquired Haven Studios in 2022.

Sony’s live service efforts have seen some success with Helldivers 2, which is also available on Xbox. Bungie’s Marathon, which launched this year, has had a rough start, but today the studio showed off some new features coming in a December update, including a new co-op PvE roguelite mode and a PvP deathmatch mode. Sony is also working on a live service Horizon spinoff, but recently rebooted it.