PS5 Live Service Game Fairgame$ Reportedly Delayed

In Could final 12 months, Sony unveiled Fairgame$, a heist recreation, as certainly one of its reside service initiatives 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 Challenge From Haven Studios

The most recent rumor comes from Big Bomb’s Jeff Grubb, who has leaked correct information earlier than. Talking within the newest Game 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 because the recreation would not have a launch window in any respect. The reside service recreation was introduced in 2023, and is in improvement by Haven Studios, the Canadian improvement 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. Nevertheless, the corporate is credited as a assist studio for the much-maligned and history-making flop from Firewalk Studios, Harmony.

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

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

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

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