Last
week
it
was
revealed
that

Haven
Games
founder
Jade
Raymond
had
left
the
company
before
it
had
even
published
its
first
game,
a
live-service
project
titled
Fairgames,
for
Sony.
At
the
same
time,
a
Bloomberg
report
stated
that
feedback
from
a
closed-beta
for
the
game
had
not
been
good,
perhaps
hinting
at
why
Raymond
had
opted
to
leave.
Now,
a
source
who
has
played
the
game
has
shared
some
details.

On
last
week’s
episode
of
Sacred
Symbols,
former
IGN
journalist
turned
podcast
network
owner
Colin
Moriarty
reacted
to
the
news
of
Raymond’s
departure,
explaining
that
he
had
spoken
with
someone
who
had
played
the
game,
but
that
he
couldn’t
say
more
as
it
was
off
the
record.
In
this
week’s
episode,
Colin
said
he
had
contacted
the
person
again
and
asked
to
share
what
he
was
told.
The
source
agreed,
provided
they
were
kept
anonymous.

Colin
reveals
that
the
game
was
apparently
distributed
digitally
across
PSN
under
the
name
Project
Hearts
so
that
select
people
could
playtest
it.
He
does
not
know
how
many
people
were
allowed
into
the
test,
speculating
that
it
could
be
dozens
or
hundreds.

“It
was
described
to
me
as
something
like
a
battle
royale
crossed
with
an
extraction
shooter,
and
it
was
described
as,
like,
basically
you’re
dropped
into
this
open
city
as
a
party
of
3
or
4
players
fighting
against
other
parties
in
the
same
city
of
3
or
4,
and
you’re
trying
to
basically
get
to
these
arenas
with
vaults
in
them,
where
you
rob
the
vault
and
get
out
of
dodge.”
Said
Colin.

“The
gameplay
was
described
as
a
cross
between
Fortnite
and
The
Division,”
he
continued.

The
source
told
Colin
that
the
game
was
“super
clunky”
and
“it
feels
not
good,”
to
play

A
few
years
ago
Sony
announced
plans
to
heavily
focus
on
live-service,
incubating
multiple
projects.
So
far,
it
hasn’t
gone
well.
Helldivers
2
has
been
the
only
notable
success,
while
Concord
crashed
and
burned
almost
as
soon
as
it
was
announced.
Numerous
other
live-service
projects
were
officially
cancelled.
Meanwhile,
Marathon
from
Bungie
is
facing
its
own
problems
thanks
to
plagiarised
artwork
being
used
in
the
game.