US EditionSony Live Service Woes Continue as PlayStation Executive Jade Raymond Exits Fairgames Developer After External Test Sparked Concern
- Jade Raymond, founder of PlayStation-owned Haven Studios, left the company in early 2025 shortly after an external test of its first game, Fairgames.
- Her departure followed concerns among developers about Fairgames' reception and progress, while PlayStation offered no official reason for the exit.
- Fairgames, a live-service multiplayer heist shooter originally planned for fall 2025, faced a delay to spring 2026 amid PlayStation’s broader struggles with live-service titles.
- PlayStation named Marie-Eve Danis and Pierre-François Sapinski as co-studio heads and stated it remains committed to supporting Haven Studios despite setbacks.
- Raymond’s exit and Fairgames’ delay signal ongoing challenges for PlayStation’s live-service strategy, which has seen multiple cancellations and underwhelming launches recently.
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Sony Live Service Woes Continue as PlayStation Executive Jade Raymond Exits Fairgames Developer After External Test Sparked Concern
Jade Raymond has left Haven Studios, the Sony-owned developer behind online multiplayer shooter Fairgames, with the game reportedly delayed following an external test in yet another blow to PlayStation's live service ambition.
Haven Loses Studio Founder, And Fairgames$ Gets Delayed
Probably not the best news you are looking for right before your new game releases…. Jade Raymond is known leading teams on Assassin’s Creed and Watch Dogs. Jade got a chance to open a whole new studio for Ubisoft, Toronto, which created Splinter Cell: Blacklist, and then she also helped create the Star Wars branch […] Source
Playstation - Jade Raymond has left PlayStation's Haven Studios
Jade Raymond, the founder and head of Sony Group Corp.’s game developer Haven Studios, has left the company. PlayStation leadership didn’t give Haven staff a reason for her departure, but it came several weeks after an external test of Haven’s first game, the online shooter Fairgames, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Some developers at Haven were concerned about how the game was received and its progress, said the people, wh…
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