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Luke Kemp

After Payday 3's fumbles, Fairgames just might turn out to be the heist game that I crave

Criminals with monkey masks emerge from purple smoke to steal valuables from a cowering group, from the Fairgames reveal trailer, with a GamesRadar+ frame that reads 'PS5: Five Year Anniversary'.

You're probably asking yourself one of two questions; either "Is Fairgames still coming out?", or "What the heck is Fairgames"? I don't know whether you're pronouncing it with the stylized 'Fairgame$' dollar sign or not, but I can tell you that the answers are, respectively, "apparently, yeah", and "you've come to the right place for an answer". Little is known about the game but, ironically, in a way that tells us a lot.

There's no point trying to hide from it: on the surface, the signs for Fairgames are Not Good. Announced in 2023 via a CGI trailer that could have been lifted from a pitch presentation, nothing has been seen or heard of it since. No screenshots, no gameplay footage, no release date, no developer interviews; nothing. This year, two key figures from developer Haven Studio – founder Jade Raymond, and game director Daniel Drapeau – left the company. There are reports and rumours that responses to playtests have pushed back internal dates, not to mention it follows in the wake of PlayStation immediately pulling the plug on Concord, Marathon's indefinite delays, and the cancellations of other live service games and studio closures. Like I said, bad signs – but I still have hope for this.

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