Det er efterhånden et par år siden at Haven Studios' Fairgames blev afsløret som et af de mange live service-projekter Sony igangsatte under Jim Ryan, men den seneste historie om spillet var lettere negativt ladet.
Den påstod nemlig at spillet ikke havde formået at imponere under en nylig playtest, og at der derfor blandt andet blev arbejdet på en extraction-inspireret ny mode - men heller ikke denne har formået at vende narrativet internt. Ifølge Insider-Gaming er den nyeste playtest heller ikke gået som håbet:
"Haven Studios' latest playtest of a pre-alpha version of Fairgames continues to struggle to 'find the fun', according to sources familiar. Last week, Haven Studios ran another playtest under the codename 'espresso' for Fairgames, but according to those involved, the game is still struggling to find its fun factor and still has a long way to go in development."
Og Henderson og kompagni har set et hav af screenshots fra playtestere, der havde til opgave at engagere sig i spillet, og resultaterne har været... ja, ikke gode:
"Screenshots of the game's playtest Discord showed a massive amount of negative player feedback, with players criticizing game-defining features like movement, NPC's, the class system, and more. Others who played the game tell Insider Gaming that they either played a few games and stopped, or teammates would leave mid-match and not play again because the game felt incomplete or boring."
Det vil angiveligt kræve store investeringer for at få spillet i form, eller også kan det være at det bliver lukket ned?