Haze

Despite the unenthusiastic and often mediocre reviews and scores given to Haze, according to Develop, the game developers news site, Haze has come in as a new entry at number 12,just under Rock Band, the highest climber. It even beat the mighty Age of Conan which has come in as a new entry at number 13. Now that's not bad for a game with overall below average mixed reviews. Perhaps this is another indicator of reviewers being out of touch with what gamers in the real world get their kicks from.

Highlights this week include Wii Fit (Nintendo Wii), Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC), and Haze (PS3). Check out the full list of new video game releases (USA) for the week of May 18, 2008 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Sony PS2, PSP, Nintendo DS, and PC!

Haze script writer Rob Yescombe has dismissed all speculation that Haze would become anything but a PlayStation 3 exclusive, running contrary to earlier reports by Ubisoft that Haze was a PS3 exclusive just "for now."

"Those other versions aren't being worked upon," Yescombe responded when queried about the possibility of future PC and Xbox 360 versions.

"It's PS3 exclusive," he added.

Yescombe also stated that he wasn't

Ubisoft has told CVG that the official stance on Haze remains that it's exclusive to PS3 for now, in response to recent reports that the FPS will never come to 360. Stories on the 'net today report that unnamed Ubisoft spokespersons attending the Play.com Live event in Wembley Stadium, London, over the weekend confirmed that the nectar-fuelled shooter will only ever appear on PS3.

According to Gamestop Haze will be releasing May 21,2008.

Haze, developed by Free Radical Design, was previously scheduled for a fiscal Q4 release, which would've been sometime in the January-March quarter. Ubisoft said in an earnings release Wednesday it would raise 2008-2009 sales forecasts to €1 billion (about $1.5 billion) because of the game's delay, up from previous guidance of €975 million (about $1.4 billion). Ubisoft recently delayed upcoming war games Tom Clancy's End War, Brothers in Arms and Far Cry 2 into next fiscal

Dec 12, 2007 Ubisoft has offloaded its weekly release schedule, revealing a handful of delays for its 2008 shooters Far Cry 2, Haze and Brothers in Arms. As if we didn't know already, the French publisher has confirmed that Free Radical shooter Haze won't make it into the shops this year, and is now destined for release in "early 2008". Meanwhile Far Cry 2 has seen a month delay, putting its release back to March - though from what little we've seen of it so far we'll be impressed if it even

Ahead of Ubisoft's fiscal 2008 first half results expected November 20th, Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter has predicted the company will announce full year sales estimates of €825 million ($1.21 billion), as Assassin's Creed, Haze and its casual lineup lead a strong holiday lineup.

Pacific Crest Securities' Evan Wilson says new version of Nintendo's portable complete; holiday release torrent creating retail woes. Wilson notes that not all games will be affected by insufficient retail space. Clearly, the end-of-year squeeze creates limited space at retail, which limits the size of initial orders of games with less publicity and reorders of games with lower quality. He anticipates games with high preorder rates such as Guitar Hero III, Call of Duty 4, Assassins' Creed, Mass Effect, WWE, and Rock Band to be less affected by insufficient retail space. Titles that could be at risk of getting squeezed, he continues, include Haze, Kane & Lynch, and Uncharted.

Oct 22, 2007 Korn, in a buzz of extra-curricular activity, has written an exclusive track for Free Radical's forthcoming FPS Haze. Yes, Korn the rock band. No, theyre not dead. Korn's track is to air on the radio waves and video next month, to coincide with the launch of Haze on PS3. You'll be able to buy the track from online music download sites, too. We havent heard the tune yet, but theres evidence of lots of Korn hair. "Gaming for me is a religion and Haze is the shit!" said Jonathan