Haze. 4 player co-op. From the makers of Timesplitters (360 version)

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This looks like its going to be another really fun game especially with 4 player co-op.
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Current ship date 9/1/07
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Yes, I'm looking forward to it. It's coming to the PS3 this November, I believe. There's a few trailers for it on the PSN.
Nice to see the co-op. Probably be the only way I can finish most games on hard/legend/hell (etc) difficulty!
 
Yea this game only ships in November for the PS3. Its a timed exclusive. I think it will be out sometime early next year for the 360.
 
Dead_Poetic
Yea this game only ships in November for the PS3. Its a timed exclusive. I think it will be out sometime early next year for the 360.
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Oh I did not know that. hmm another reason I might have to get a PS3 in the near future. :sly:
 
I never thought Id hear you say that, Camaro. But yea, there are a lot of good FPS games coming to PS3 first. Haze and Unreal Tournament 3 being some of them.
 
Dead_Poetic
I never thought Id hear you say that, Camaro. But yea, there are a lot of good FPS games coming to PS3 first. Haze and Unreal Tournament 3 being some of them.
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Why not? I have nothing against the PS3 I am just waiting for it to come out with more games. I was already thinking of buying one when GT5 Prologue comes out.
 
The PS3 doesn't have any titles I'm looking forward to, that the 360 doesn't have already, with only 1 exception (GT5).

Now, I'm interested in seeing a gameplay video of Haze, because it looks sort of promising. The people who are making Crysis also pitched in on this title, if I remember correctly.
 
I think this game has some pretty cool concepts with the whole nectar thing – with your helmet (with nectar) on, everything seems colorful and tropical, but in areas when you lose it and have to fight without it, everything is foggy, gray, and generally depressing. When you take a dose of the juice you temporarily gain more powerful, yet if you overdose you go berserk, lose control of firing your gun, etc. Your teammates are supposedly the same way.

IMO, other than that, I think it just looks like yet another FPS, and I'm going to have my hands full with them this year (Bioshock, Halo 3, BiA, CoD4), so unless a potential demo changes my mind, this is going to be something I'll wait until next year to pick up in the bargain bin.
 
Robin posted a link to the following article in TVR's thread:

Haze PC and 360 Drop off the Map
Ubisoft confirms that only the PS3 version of futuristic FPS is currently in development, no plans to bring it to any other platforms.
Posted Aug 31, 2007 4:00 am PT By Emma Boyes, GameSpot UK
Ubisoft has told GameSpot that First Radical's sci-fi first-person shooter Haze is now being planned solely for Sony's PlayStation 3 platform.

Originally, Haze was slated as a multiplatform release for the PC, Xbox 360, and PS3 this spring. However, in May, Ubisoft announced that the PS3 had become the "lead platform" for the title and that the game would be released in November only for the PS3. At that time, Ubisoft noted that "no exclusivity for any platform has been officially announced."

Today, Ubisoft amended its statement, saying that currently only the PS3 version of Free Radical's shooter is in development. The France-based publisher also noted that it was still leaving the door open in the future for "new partnerships," but currently the game is indeed only planned for the PS3. A spokesperson said, "The official statement on PC and Xbox 360 is that these platforms are not confirmed."

The Web sites of both Free Radical and the official Haze site now only list the PS3 version of the game.
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So it looks like it went from Multi-platform release, to PS3 Timed Excluse, to PS3 Exclusive.

Of course at least that one spokesman left a crack in the door with "The official statement on PC and Xbox 360 is that these platforms are not confirmed." ... but for now I think its reasonable to say Haze is a PS3 exclusive until the next announcement.

For those who don't have or don't plan on getting a PS3 I'd recommend sending emails to Free Radical & Ubisoft telling them how much you want this game on the 360 and/or PC.
 
That sucks, looked like fun. I'll probably own a PS3 down the road, but I was looking forward to playing this sooner rather than later. Maybe I will shoot them an email...
 
toyomatt84
Now, I'm interested in seeing a gameplay video of Haze, because it looks sort of promising. The people who are making Crysis also pitched in on this title, if I remember correctly.
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There are a few gameplay clips on GameTrailers.com and GameVideos.com but recently Free Radical released a 6-min gameplay demonstration narrated by the Game Director at Free Radical.

Among other things, the demonstration shows and explains the use of some of the "Nectar" weapons, and how you can make the enemy soldiers fight each other (in some ways it reminded me of how you can get the Big Daddies in Bioshock to fight for you).

In addition, it shows how you can also steal their weapons while they are "Hazed" from the Nectar or hand combat, and then turn around and use their weapon against them, a nice realistic feature to have, as all the FPS games I've seen you can only get an enemy's weapon after you kill them.

Any way here is the link to that video:
Also, the following is an HD clip from the recent GC event where David Doak, co-founder of Free Radical and Director of Haze not only discusses the game, but confirms it is indeed a PS3 exclusive. The clip is also cut with footage of Haze:
If you want to see more gameplay footage I’d check out those two sites from time to time as they seem to get updates more regularly then most game sites.
 
I am sure Sony will be pleased with this as things have been mainly going the other way for them in recient times, hopefully this will generate more PS3 sales, especially for those who loved Timesplitters...

Robin
 
Never played Timesplitters, but 4 player co-op sounds like great fun... I always miss a sidekick when playing FPSs - Just knowing someone is next to you, (in game), makes me feel a lot better... (BS - I just scare far to easily)
 
EWillis
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/25771.html

New Haze trailer from FRD making a joke about the blurred rumbling controller from a few months ago. Says "exclusively on PlayStation 3 this Christmas" as well, so it looks like the PC and 360 versions are still coming.
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Unfortunately, no Hazy X-mas (looks like a late March release), but more confirmation that Haze is still very much a PS3 exclusive:

Here is an excerpt from an interview between Justin Pinter at PSU and Rob Yescombe and Derek Littlewood, developers of Haze from Free Radical from just over a month ago:

PSU: What was the reason behind dropping development on the Xbox 360 and PC?

Derek: From a development point of view, exclusive development is attractive because you can really focus on getting the best out of just one platform, rather than always needing to split your efforts across multiple versions of the game. And this is why exclusive PS3 development has been so useful to us, as the entire team has been able to work very closely with the PS3 hardware.

As for why the PS3 was our platform of choice, the company has a history of getting good results out of PlayStation hardware from our days working on the PS2, but also, out of the three platforms, the PS3 is still the youngest and so represented the best opportunity for us to get a game out into an uncrowded market where it was likely to get the best recognition.
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More details discussed in the official Haze thread on GTP.
 
I'd love to know what version of the game they took those screenshots from because the game doesn't look even half as good as that. I showed the demo to my brother and he thought I was playing a PS2 game. It really looks that bad. The textures in Goldeneye 64 hold up very well against this game.

Blah.
 

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