Remember Sony’s Fairgame$? It Still Exists, And Is Reportedly Delayed – Forbes
FairgamesSony’s fraught relationship with live service games now has shrunk quite a bit with cancelations or in one instance, taking an entire game offline (you know the one, do I even need to say it?). Now, we are circling back to one announced almost two years ago now with literally nothing spoken about it since, Fairgame$.The Fairgame$ trailer first debuted in May of 2023 with a cinematic trailer that seemed to blend a hero shooter with a heist game like PAYDAY. That spot got a Concord-level like to dislike ratio, as it stands, 4.2K to 54K, just horrific.Now, we have word about the game, not from Sony, or developer Haven Studios led by Jade Raymond, but from journalist and insider Jeff Grubb, who says the game has “slipped” to 2026 as Sony continues to build out its live service future.Of note, it was never even officially announced that Fairgame$ would launch in 2025, and if it’s out in 2026, even early that year, that would be around three years since its debut and again, we’ve gotten nothing official from it since then. Many have taken bets (myself included) that if Sony was to announce yet another live game was going to be cancelled, it was this one. Maybe it still should be.All the ingredients are here for another epic disaster:Worst case scenario, Fairgame$ is straight up cancelled. Best case, it launches and is badly received. Maybe I’m not giving it a chance, but at this point I think we all can see a disaster coming from a long way off, while we can also spot future hits the same way (Marvel Rivals, for one). It is hard to see this story ending positively at all.Follow me on Twitter, YouTube, Bluesky and Instagram.Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy.One Community. Many Voices. Create a free account to share your thoughts. Our community is about connecting people through open and thoughtful conversations. We want our readers to share their views and exchange ideas and facts in a safe space.In order to do so, please follow the posting rules in our site’s Terms of Service. We’ve summarized some of those key rules below. Simply put, keep it civil.Your post will be rejected if we notice that it seems to contain:User accounts will be blocked if we notice or believe that users are engaged in:So, how can you be a power user?Thanks for reading our community guidelines. Please read the full list of posting rules found in our site’s Terms of Service.
