10 Upcoming Video Games That Will Die At Launch
9. Fairgame$
It's never a good sign when a new game with some serious heavyweight talent behind it fails to drum up much immediate hype, and that was precisely what happened with the recent reveal for Fairgame$.
The live-service shooter produced by new outfit Haven Studios - headed up by Assassin's Creed co-creator Jade Raymond - was unveiled with a slick cinematic trailer at Sony's latest PlayStation Showcase and... barely registered a blip on social media.
It didn't help that the CGI trailer showed off not a single frame of actual gameplay, and its bright, saturated, neon-heavy aesthetic simply felt like a craven attempt to cash-in on the success of Fortnite.
Furthermore, there are a number of similarly-themed live-service heist shooters in the works right now - namely Hyenas and The Finals - ensuring Fairgame$, with its lack of released gameplay footage, feels a little too late to the party.
With there being so little interest in the game already, it seems destined to flop on launch and be quickly forgotten in the ether of generic live-service slop.
It'd be great to be wrong, though, if Raymond and her team can actually deliver the goods.