Breaking News! 🚨 Jade Raymond, the so-called “visionary” behind Haven Studios, has reportedly abandoned ship faster than a rage-quitter in a *checks notes* Payday-esque heist game! Is anyone *really* surprised? We all knew this live service pipedream was doomed from the start. I mean, really, who asked for this?
So, Haven Studios was slaving away on Fairgame$, a game that sounded about as original as a loot box in a AAA title. They showed it off back in May 2023, probably hoping to trick people into thinking it was something other than a generic cash grab.💰💰💰
According to Bloomberg (those guys are always sniffing around for drama, aren’t they?), Raymond bailed a few weeks after the first external test. Let’s be real, those tests probably went about as well as a root canal without anesthesia. 😬 PlayStation’s official statement was some corporate mumbo jumbo about being “deeply grateful” and wishing her “all the best.” Yeah, sure they are. They’re probably popping champagne now that they don’t have to pretend to care about this project anymore. 🥂
Fairgame$ was supposed to be one of Sony’s grand live-service adventures. Remember that whole “we’re going all-in on live service” phase? Yeah, that aged like milk left out in the sun. 🥛🔥 It joins the ranks of other legendary failures like Concord (already dead!), The Last of Us Online (thankfully canceled!), and a God of War multiplayer game (seriously, who thought that was a good idea?). Oh, and let’s not forget The Great Web, the Spider-Man multiplayer game that’s probably stuck in development hell with all the other abandoned projects. 🕷️🕸️
But hey, at least we got Helldivers 2! (Don’t worry, we’ll find a way to complain about it eventually.) And Bungie’s Marathon is still supposedly happening. Supposedly. 🙄 Fairgame$, on the other hand, got pushed back to 2026. Which, let’s be honest, probably means it’ll never see the light of day. ☀️➡️🌑
Before she was running Haven Studios into the ground, Raymond was at Ubisoft, where she worked on games like Assassin’s Creed II, Splinter Cell: Blacklist, and Watch Dogs. So, basically, she’s been involved in a lot of games that people either loved or hated with a burning passion. 🔥❤️🔥 And let’s not forget her time at EA, where she led the charge on the canceled Star Wars game Project Ragtag. Talk about a resume of broken dreams! 💔 Apparently, she didn’t respond to requests for comment. Probably too busy packing her bags and deleting her LinkedIn profile. 💼💨
Fairgame$ is still technically in development for PS5. But let’s be real, it’s probably just a bunch of code gathering dust on a server somewhere. 💻➡️🗑️ Maybe they’ll just re-skin Knack and call it a day. 🤷♂️
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