Business veteran Jade Raymond founded Haven Studios in 2021, and it was acquired by PlayStation in 2022. Now, just some years later, and earlier than the staff has launched its first sport, an online heist shooter named Fairgames, Raymond has exited the corporate.
Bloomberg broke the information, revealing PlayStation management didn’t give Haven workers a motive for her departure, however notes that it occurred a number of weeks after an exterior take a look at of Fairgames. The publication’s sources say some builders at Haven “had been involved about how the sport was obtained and its progress.”
Lots is using on Fairgames as a part of PlayStation’s push for live-service video games. Though many have since been delayed or canceled in development, PlayStation is on the lookout for one other hit like Helldivers 2, however has stumbled with latest releases like Concord, which shut down lower than two weeks after its launch, and a lukewarm reception to Bungie’s upcoming Marathon, which is now in scorching water on account of plagiarized art.
“Jade Raymond has been an unimaginable associate and visionary drive in founding Haven Studios,” a PlayStation spokesperson instructed Bloomberg. “We’re deeply grateful for her management and contributions, and we want her all the most effective in her subsequent chapter.”
“[PlayStation is] dedicated to supporting Haven Studios and excited to proceed the journey” with the brand new studio co-heads, Marie Eve Danis and Pierre-François Sapinski.
Raymond beforehand spent a decade at Ubisoft as a producer for the early Murderer’s Creed video games earlier than becoming a member of EA in 2015 as the pinnacle of Motive Studios. She left Motive in 2018 to hitch the now-defunct Google Stadia as head of Stadia Video games and Leisure. Following her stint at Google, Raymond created Haven in 2021. A number of Stadia executives adopted her there, and it was revealed that very same yr, Haven was already engaged on a brand new PlayStation-exclusive sport. Roughly a yr later, in 2022, PlayStation acquired Haven, and now, Raymond is shifting on to one thing else.
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