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The Verge15-05-2025

Jade Raymond has left PlayStation.
Bloomberg has the story. Raymond, also a , had founded and led the PlayStation-owned Haven Studios, which has been working on a multiplayer heist game called Fairgames.
According to Bloomberg's report, Fairgames had been scheduled for a fall 2025 release, but that has been pushed to spring 2026.

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