Sony’s ambitions live another blow when the inventive director Fairgames leaves Haven Studios in half of the development

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The fate of the upcoming PlayStation game live Fairgames He is again examined as a inventive director, Daniel Drapeau confirmed that he left Haven Studios to join Warner Bros. Games Montreal.

This is the second raucous out of summer, with Jade Raymond, founder of the studio, also leaves MayA few weeks after an external game test, he reportedly met with a summer answer.

“From this week I joined WB Games Montreal Inc. as a creative director,” Drapeau announced in Post LinkedIn. “I can’t wait to start this wonderful adventure with all the wonderful people here in the studio. I also want to thank Yves Lakhance, Logan A. Lesage and Bryan Theberge for their trust and support during the whole process. Now let’s do it!”

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The message occurs after a rocky time for the development of the game and incorrect industry speculation about its future. Last month, the analyst Michael Pachter wrongly claimed that the game was canceled, although it was later forced Return to his statement And admit that “he had no information about the game at all.”

Neither Haven nor Sony publicly commented on the departure of Dapeau.

Regardless, the message will hardly restore confidence in live ambitions in PlayStation. Sony announced plans in February 2022. Run over 10 service games live by March 2026Speaking later Push would bring games of different species to different recipients. He spent a immense studio purchase as part of Drive, bringing Destiny Developer Bungie, currently closed Firewerk studies and, of course, Haven Studios.

You will remember the fireworks AgreementOne of the biggest disasters in the history of PlayStation. Just a few weeks after he fired at the obvious low number of players, Sony decided to completely kill the game, and soon closed the development studio.

The Concord flop took place after Sony has already canceled the last game of multi -person NAMGHTY DOG. And at the beginning of this year, Sony reportedly canceled two unannounced live gamesOne title of the god of war in BluePoint, the other in the work on days has already passed the developer Bend.

On the other hand, Arrowhead’s Helldivers 2 He was a breakthrough hit and became the fastest selling PlayStation Studios game of all time with 12 million copies sold in just 12 weeks.

Fairgames – stylized as fairgame $ – is described as “a competitive modern attack game in which you connect to break into exotic locations and steal load.” The phrase is that you not only have to store guards and security systems, but you also need to compete with other teams. There is no word when it starts.

Vikki Blake is an IGN reporter, as well as a critic, columnist and consultant with over 15 years of experience in working with the world’s largest sites and publications. He is also a guardian, Spartan, peaceful Hillian, legend and eternally high chaos. Find her in Blues.

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