Haze PS3-only in '07

Console now "lead platform" for Ubisoft's next-gen sci-fi shooter--but still not exclusive; game to counter Halo 3 this fall, new screens inside.

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With Killzone 2's release date still very much up in the air--more information is expected at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in July--it looked like there would be no PlayStation 3-exclusive first-person-shooter counterweight to Halo 3 this fall.

That is no longer the case.

This morning, Ubisoft revealed that the PS3 is now the "lead platform" for Free Radical's forthcoming shooter, Haze. Originally set for a release on the Xbox 360, PC, and PS3 this spring, the game will now debut solely on the PS3 this fall.

Haze

MantelCorp wants you!

In fact, the fact sheet provided by Ubisoft no longer lists the PC or Xbox 360 versions of the game, prompting some speculation that it may become PS3-exclusive. The UK Haze site for the game also only bears the PS3 logo, although the American Haze site still sports the Xbox 360 and PC-DVD logos at its bottom.

When contacted by GameSpot, Ubisoft reps were somewhat cagey. "Haze is leading on PS3, but no exclusivity for any platform has been officially announced," a spokesperson said. This leaves open the possibility that the game could arrive on the 360 and PC sometime in 2008.

Set in the year 2048, Haze foresees a near future where megacorporations dominate the planet with private armies. Players assume the role of a soldier for one corporation, Mantel, which outfits its troops with high-tech weaponry and biomechanical serums. For more information, check out GameSpot's latest Haze impressions.

839 Comments

  • Strongman98

    Posted May 28, 2007 5:59 am GMT

    IT nice to see another exculsive for the ps3 but even though we just got another one, the ps3 has some heavy hitters coming i, LIKE SOCOM: CONFRONTATION

  • nev70

    Posted May 28, 2007 2:18 am GMT

    It makes perfect sense to have it PS3 for 07 any shooter going up against HALO is going to suffer badly ( the Beta confirms this 600,000 gamers and 20 million games played in a week ! ) It WILL though be out for the 360 early 08 without a doubt ! shooters do so well on the 360 / pc . 08 should be great HAZE early 08 then dare i say it GEARS 2 late 08 !

  • guitarfreak2005

    Posted May 28, 2007 1:57 am GMT

    Face the facts - games are now becoming multi-platform in this generation. Why? Because it takes a hell of alot more money to make games nowadays. I mean, look at Killzone 3.. (Yes, 3. Killzone 2 was on PSP, remember?) $40,000,000+ USD? Seriously. Developers have to look at other consoles now to make a profit rather than "staying true".

  • RFOM

    Posted May 27, 2007 3:05 pm GMT

    Benshki, read the dam article. It clearly says that theres a chance (and in my oppinion a big chance) that this game will be a ps3 exclusive and if it isnt, 360 and PC will probably have to wait till sometime in 2008. Now that doesnt mean anything you'll obviously have halo you can wait till 2010 probably but this game looks pretty dam good so halo better watch its back

  • Dizzy-P

    Posted May 27, 2007 12:38 pm GMT

    seen as though i got suspended for makin some xbox fanboys cry i'll jus comment the game and say i fink it will be an exciting game and yes i fink it will easily rival halo 3 if not surpass it seen as though theres not much difference between the 3 halos plus dont forget this will be the 3rd halo so they shud of been able to make sum major improvements which they havent and haze is a new game not a sequal so they dont have an older version of it to work from but it will be great (better than halo)

  • justincoool

    Posted May 27, 2007 11:42 am GMT

    xbox fanboys can say whatever they want about Playstation 3...because Playstation 3 games and the network keeps getting better!!!! keep talking trash man, it has only helped the most innovative and reliable console buds!!

  • Benshki

    Posted May 27, 2007 9:41 am GMT

    p00phead, sorry dude, not an exclusive, unlucky, try again next time ok?

    satanyoka, how it failed peopels expectations when it isnt out yet is beyond me, if your talking about the beta then clearly your ignorant to the fact people havent played the full game. Get a clue?

  • Nstl

    Posted May 27, 2007 1:36 am GMT

    It will come to pc and PS3:-) So im glad:-)

  • KnightsofRound

    Posted May 27, 2007 12:39 am GMT

    I'm not trying to be anti-360, because I'm not, but this game looks waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than Halo 3.

  • hockeybum

    Posted May 26, 2007 10:23 pm GMT

    I'm really interested/excited in this game, but the guy in the Q&A is definitely not getting his answers across well. He keeps saying things about Nectar as if it's the only special thing to the game and doesn't really mention anything that'll really buy me into it. Luckily for them, I'm a sucker for good graphics.

  • p00phead

    Posted May 26, 2007 9:10 pm GMT

    yes finally another ps3 exclusive

  • satanyoka

    Posted May 26, 2007 6:28 am GMT

    Haha 360 fanboys are scared since Halo 3 didn't live up to their expectations.

  • 42316

    Posted May 25, 2007 10:37 pm GMT

    i hope they bring it to pc

  • conti027

    Posted May 25, 2007 9:10 pm GMT

    awww no computer

  • T_K_14

    Posted May 25, 2007 6:26 pm GMT

    I've grown to trust Free Radical since TimeSplitters 2. So I think this will be good. Don't count it out because it's not Halo.

  • Jiggynutz1977

    Posted May 25, 2007 6:11 pm GMT

    How about all the bashers just stop posting! I hate looking at the comments, everyone leaves here now as it's just garbage. Talk about the game and not comparing the consoles that most people don't even own. I have all the consoles and love something about all 3. It's about the games and by the end of the year all the consoles will have a reason to own them. If I had to rank the systems right now I'd place the Wii 3rd due to it's lack of power and games that are too kid oriented. Yes, the PS3 is lacking games right now, but by the end of the year that will change. How about we all just wait till E3 and then we'll talk.

  • camarozl1

    Posted May 25, 2007 6:07 pm GMT

    freerunner01,hey rmember microsoft was tweking the xbox live, for more than a year and sony started a breand new online experience, with the network so if you remember, when you play regular xbox games is just like playstation network, all the great feature of live is not found in the xbox, because i use to have it and now i have a 360 and a ps3 just give it some time, one year to be exact, with all the update the ps3 is getting i think it will be good i don't know to be on par with the 360 but i know it will be good because so far they adress so many issues.

  • Albanian_Killa

    Posted May 25, 2007 4:32 pm GMT

    Haha Finally, a game too good for the 360 that it'll take time before they make the game crappier for the 360 due to the dvd format lol I think this game has good chance against Halo 3. Halo 3 isn't like a "wow" game. Haze will be sick, I can't wait till it comes out.

  • hovan316

    Posted May 25, 2007 3:25 pm GMT

    Halo 1 was good, better on PC.
    Halo 2 was the same thing with blury-er graphics, too short. Let's see what the Vista version will be.
    Just tried Halo 3 beta and it's like watching "Back To The Future: Part 3. The same thing again with OK graphics, certainly not up to par with 2007 GPUs. Sorry to say, but I won't jump on the hyped bandwagon...Halo 3 won't give you anything different...that's the problem with Microsoft X360 games...they are extremely generic, same as the original Xbox.

  • sostra

    Posted May 25, 2007 3:09 pm GMT

    Haze, Halo 3 it's all good. Ill be playing both!!

  • RamiRaider

    Posted May 25, 2007 1:53 pm GMT

    this game has no chance in heck against halo 3

  • Triscuit

    Posted May 25, 2007 12:44 pm GMT

    It looks like F.E.A.R. and Crysis got together and had a baby. And then that baby stole a Warthog...

  • jac494

    Posted May 25, 2007 11:41 am GMT

    This is for the unbelievers...

    Is Haze multiplatform? You only mentioned PS3 last night at the conference.

    Doak:So we're going to be on 360 and PC but at the moment our big focus is PS3. Part of that is the company's heritage of working on PlayStation 2 with the TimeSplitters franchise, and just wanting to do something new. I think that launching a new brand on PS3 is a good place to do that.

  • jac494

    Posted May 25, 2007 11:31 am GMT

    Oh contraire...

    Free Radical's David Doak has told Eurogamer that Haze is being developed for multiple formats after all - it's just leading on PlayStation 3. "We're working on development on all platforms, so we will bring the other ones along," Doak told us at UbiDays in Paris yesterday. "It's just looking at the way to best get a return on the investment of making the game."

    Uh oh PS3 owners better call the WHAAAAMBULENCE... I can already hear the whining.

  • davidtabor5

    Posted May 25, 2007 11:28 am GMT

    Who really thinks that Ubisoft of all developers would release a exclusive for the ps3 not saying it wouldn't happen its just not probable remember assassins creed.

  • pixelsword

    Posted May 25, 2007 11:18 am GMT

    NEWSFLASH!

    Halo ain't that great; as a matter of fact, this game ripped-off more sci-fi than any other game I've ever seen.

  • game_player721

    Posted May 25, 2007 10:42 am GMT

    I agree with all of you. I mostly agree with eezzy_rider, Benshki, xchannelsx, Paul265, and nev70. It's great that Sony is fighting back at Halo 3 but who would get a PS3 just to play Haze (wtf)???? It is rivaling Halo 3..........

  • limitt45

    Posted May 25, 2007 10:39 am GMT

    Diablo2343 in one of your post. you said that the makers of HAZE are having no mayor issues working on the ps3.So why the hell are all the other developers B!#$%ing about how hard it is developing games for the ps3.maybe if they spent less time complaning and more time working theyed get the games done on time.

  • eezzy_rider

    Posted May 25, 2007 9:53 am GMT

    futuristic shooter with a tyranic gigantic global company that controls everything?
    NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE!!!11

  • Benshki

    Posted May 25, 2007 9:07 am GMT

    I may be kind of half asleep or perhaps the living dead, but im i the only one who read this article and thought "wtf is haze?" because this is the first ive heard of it?

  • xspawn69

    Posted May 25, 2007 7:10 am GMT

    At Ubisoft's recent press event held in Paris, Haze developer Free Radical told CVG the game is in development for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC and not just PS3 as has been reported.

    During the Haze section of the Ubidays conference, the impressive-looking shooter was unveiled as PS3 lead with no other systems mentioned.

    Haze was originally announced for all three systems in 2006 but the lack of any other system being mentioned for over a year, and the fact that the TimeSplitters team has a massive PlayStation heritage, seemed to point the finger of exclusivity at Sony and PS3. This isn't the case though. During an exclusive interview Free Radical's Dave Doak told us that while the game is leading on PS3 there are also Xbox 360 and PC versions coming

    from computerandvideogames.com.... just to clear things up. Not that gamespot being late with news is a shock

  • xchannelsx

    Posted May 25, 2007 6:15 am GMT

    I see a dark future for the ps3, you sony fanboys need MGS so bad!!!

  • Supabul

    Posted May 25, 2007 4:54 am GMT

    Why are they using Haze as a rival to Halo 3 it's not even exclusive. People will buy bought game's anyway. Unless your a Fanboy, and only own one console.

  • nev70

    Posted May 25, 2007 4:51 am GMT

    SONY FANBOYS TAKE NOTE THE PS3 IS THE WORST SELLING HARDWARE IN N/A @ THE MOMENT (NPD SALES )

  • TTDog

    Posted May 25, 2007 3:40 am GMT

    @Scolopendra; a) The PS3 sales are not increasing anywhere or do you choose to ignore facts that don't fit your ideal world, 82,000 in the US being less than the GBA and half the number of the 360, in Europe sales dropped 82% after week 1 and continued to drop; b) Every game shop I enter has piles of PS3's with a nice coating of dust and I have only seen one person leave a shop with 1 (and he looked like he'd been caught buying hard core donkey scan mags).

    So its safe to assume that a) 5.5million units have not been sold, b) Its not selling better than anything apart from the Gamecube which has been discontinued.

    It may pick up when they drop the price, reintroduce rumble and get some more decent software but right now it blows.

  • Scolopendra

    Posted May 25, 2007 3:19 am GMT

    For those of you XBOX fans. Let's look at facts. PS3 shipped in quantity of 5.5 Mil units worldwide on the date of 31 March 2007 which is the end of fiscal year for Sony. You can obtain this info from Sony annual report. As far as it's public company audited by independent auditors I doubt they're lying in their reports.

    Shipped doesn't mean sold. But tell me anybody do you see unsold stacks of PS3 anywhere? I doubt it. So, we're safe to assume that 5 mils are already sold. And now we're almost two months after 31 March. So, I suppose it is safe to say that at least 5.5 Mils of PS3 are sold at this very moment. Where you see 3.1 here?

    And again facts. PS3 selling better that PS, PS2, PSP, XBOX, XBOX 360 if you'll take the same moment of lifespan for each console. So, where it's sales are sluggish? It's more succesfull yet than XBOX 360 - that's fact.

    Wii is selling much better. True. Also true that Wii is losing it's momentum drastically right now just look at the sales charts in Japan, USA and Europe while XBOX 360 sales are steady and PS3 sales are increasing.

    And it's all without any breaking title for the platform. What will be when blockbusters are will be relesed for it? What will be when PS3 exclusive blockbusters are will be released for it?

    As it was said once: Do not underestimate the power of PlayStation.

    Good day to everybody, Play Beyond.

  • kalkhaja

    Posted May 25, 2007 2:27 am GMT

    hey nasser, this game (haze) IS only on PS3

  • Comingcurse

    Posted May 25, 2007 1:28 am GMT

    Honestly, the only reason this is probably leading on the PS3, then coming to the 360 later is opposition from MS. They probably gave Ubi a hassle because they didn't want it competing with HALO 3, and instead of pushing it back, Ubi probably decided to lead it on the PS3-bad news for MS because now it is an exclusive(at least for a limited time).

  • rocky2k32000

    Posted May 25, 2007 1:09 am GMT

    wow dupe576! i can see how sluggish the ps3 sales have been! seeing it's sold over 3 million even when so-so ports and not so good games have been released on it, and probably won't sell this fall? LOL! i seriously doubt your comment. maybe you should get your eyes off your crystal ball and see how well it is doing despite all the delays. then when the games actually come out..................hmmm

  • Pablo620

    Posted May 24, 2007 11:21 pm GMT

    Speaking of how sluggish PS3 sales have been, how about more PS3s were sold in the 1st 3 months than 360, PS1, and PS2. Yes PS3 is definitely dead

  • dupe576

    Posted May 24, 2007 9:29 pm GMT

    "Let's say that there are 6.5 million PS3s by fall. There will be over 12 million Xbox 360s. Halo 3 is predicted to possibly sell over 10 million. So, I ask this....Is UbiSoft arrogant enough to believe that a new franchise shooter debuting on a console that is already losing steam and can barely go head to head with GBA can compete with Halo 3? ROFLMAO!!"

    6.5 million ps3s by fall?? There are only 3.1 million sold so far.. you really think they are gonna double their numbers in a few months? Highly doubtful considering how sluggish their sales have been.. maybe they'll make 6.5 after chistmas but not by fall.

  • AvIdGaMeR444

    Posted May 24, 2007 9:19 pm GMT

    Let's say that there are 6.5 million PS3s by fall. There will be over 12 million Xbox 360s. Halo 3 is predicted to possibly sell over 10 million. So, I ask this....Is UbiSoft arrogant enough to believe that a new franchise shooter debuting on a console that is already losing steam and can barely go head to head with GBA can compete with Halo 3? ROFLMAO!!

  • bunnyman14

    Posted May 24, 2007 8:21 pm GMT

    It'd be sweet if the helmet craked like in the artwork...little details are nice

  • odmillan

    Posted May 24, 2007 8:01 pm GMT

    freerunner01, your comments are just plain stupid! That's like saying that you must pay for something in order for it to be good. Sorry man, but you sound like an Xbox 360 fan ... sad.

  • comthitnuong

    Posted May 24, 2007 7:57 pm GMT

    Haze looks like it has an incredibly deep story. The trailers have me pumped for it. Too bad I don't have a 360 though. Maybe this game along with some others this fall will convince me to get one. (a price drop would help too)

  • freerunner01

    Posted May 24, 2007 7:11 pm GMT

    O come on, if you want a good online experience 360 is a must!!! PS3 may be able to do it, but facts are facts adn XBL is more developed than PS3 online

  • goldeneye_basic

    Posted May 24, 2007 6:41 pm GMT

    Is this game really coming out this year? There wasn't much game-play footage in the trailers, none in trailer 3. This game looks fantastic though according to the screen shots.

  • whitey3221

    Posted May 24, 2007 6:17 pm GMT

    The truth is that Sony consoles are not FPS based they are more into the GTA's and Final Fantasy games. Resistance was a good game, but I just don't think that the Sony base gets nearly as excited as the Xbox base does about FPS's.

    Besides that sony has been losing exclusivity rights left and right. I would like to see somebody use the power of the PS3 to it's strengths, but the fact that the coding is more difficult in producing a PS3 game rather than and Xbox 360 is one of the biggest reasons that the roles from the previous generation have been swapped. Games are now being created on the 360 and ported to the PS3 a year later(with lower quality). Don't take my word on that check most of the games that have been released for the ps3 more than a month or two after they were released on the 360, they have lower scores on the ps3 being released that much later. I am not biased I have a 360 and a ps3, but I rarely play the ps3 (excluding resistance) except for ps2 games because there are no good ps3 games, and there is an abundance of good xbox 360 games. Yeah the 360 has been out for a year and all that crap, but honestly there has been *one* good game on the ps3 and they have not been able to hold onto exclusivity so the way it looks right now is that they have no chance in this race. Sorry sony fanboys look at the facts the Wii will win.

  • Diablo2343

    Posted May 24, 2007 6:16 pm GMT

    "During an exclusive interview Free Radical's Dave Doak told us (computerandvideogames.com) that while the game is leading on PS3 there are also Xbox 360 and PC versions coming. Doak added that the team hasn't had any major issues developing for Sony's machine either."

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