Abstract

• Fairgame$ delayed to 2026, in keeping with newest rumors.
• Haven Studios’ first challenge with minimal particulars.
• Dwell service challenge bulletins proceed amid cancellations.

In Might final 12 months, Sony unveiled Fairgame$, a heist recreation, as one in every of its reside service tasks gestating in one of many firm’s first-party studios.

Whereas no launch date was given, a brand new rumor has surfaced stating that the sport has been internally delayed to 2026.

Fairgame$ Is The First Venture From Haven Studios

The most recent rumor comes from Big Bomb’s Jeff Grubb, who has leaked correct data earlier than. Talking within the newest Sport Mess podcast, Grubb mentions that so far as he is conscious, Fairgame$ will not be launched this 12 months, and has been pushed again to 2026.

Clearly, it is arduous to refute this for the reason that recreation would not have a launch window in any respect. The reside service recreation was introduced in 2023, and is in growth by Haven Studios, the Canadian growth home co-founded by Murderer’s Creed co-creator Jade Raymond. The studio was acquired by Sony in 2022 regardless of not having launched a single recreation to retail. Nonetheless, the corporate is credited as a help studio for the much-maligned and history-making flop from Firewalk Studios, Harmony.

There’s little identified about Fairgame$, and it is official description reads: “Welcome to Fairgame$ – your likelihood to rob the wealthy and rebalance the scales. Fairgame$ is a aggressive trendy heist recreation the place you group as much as break into unique areas and steal the cargo. The twist? You not solely must outsmart guards and safety programs – you additionally compete towards different groups. Crews that extract with probably the most loot and aptitude may simply rise to the highest of Fairgame$. Take it ’til you make it – who will you recruit first in your crew?”

Sony’s reside service push have been making the rounds within the information recently, although not in the way in which the electronics large would have appreciated. Final month, phrase acquired out that Sony canceled two reside service video games, one primarily based on God of Warfare.

For each recreation that succeeds, like Helldivers 2, many others falter. Simply this previous 12 months, Harmony, XDefiant, and extra reside service video games shut their doorways. Nonetheless, if it really works, the income stream is large enough that studios can actually work on one recreation for years and nonetheless thrive.

We’re nonetheless in February, so there’s an opportunity we will hear extra about Fairgame$ within the coming weeks.