Ubisoft has pulled the release dates issued earlier this week for the Xbox 360 and PC versions of Haze, stating that the game is only confirmed for PS3.
"Haze is only confirmed for the PS3. Neither PC or Xbox 360 are confirmed platform releases," the company said.
"Officially Haze is a PS3 lead development, PC and 360 versions are not confirmed at this time. There was an error in a release schedule which went out, which is causing a lot of confusion right now."
The Free Radical-developed
While mooching around E3 last month, Shigeru Miyamoto dropped in to see Haze, the futuristic shooter from TimeSplitters creator Free Radical. But, according to dev legend David Doak (co-founder of Free Radical and ex-Rare designer) Mr. Mario wasn't too keen on all the drugs and death.
"Cliffy B dropped by to see Haze," Doak reveals in his column for the latest issue of Edge magazine. "He liked the drugs and the violence. Mr. Miyamoto dropped by to see Haze - and he didn't."
Miyamoto, of
Aug 16, 2007
Free Radical is concerned about Haze. With the developer's much-quoted leanings toward more mature gaming, challenging censorship boundaries and raging against monkeys, it's worried that we might be forgetting to ask some important questions.
What about leading man Shane Carpenter's defection halfway through the game? And what impact does his switch of sides, from super-tech Mantel Corp. army to rebel force The Promise Hand, have on the gameplay? We've been shipped up to Free
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
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
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
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
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Every console fanboy’s most favorite/dreaded time of the month has come again. The NPD sales chart is here and with it comes news of the frontline on the console war, at least for the US side. Though Nintendo DS seems cemented in the top spot, the number one home console in the second month of 2010 was the 360. The Wii was close behind it, with PS3 in trailing that by a small margin.
