Free Radical's Haze, the high-action shooter that's also a political statement, will feature four-player co-op gameplay online, enabling you to blast through the entire single-player campaign mode with three tooled-up buddies. And, guess what, we've got some new screens and a teasing trailer to go with the fresh info. Hit the Images tab for new screens and and artwork, while you can watch the plot-hinty video below or on our movie page. ... » Read More

22 May 2007

Rumour: Haze PS3 Exclusive

PS3 News from N4G | Haze

Jeuxvideo reports that at the Ubisoft conference, Haze, the FPS developed in the studios of Free Radical, will be exclusive to the Playstation 3.

For the moment though, it appears that this is most likely going to be a timed exclusive. But it will be necessary to wait tomorrow more on this subject.

Concerning the play in itself, the developers showed a new trailer and explained the scenario: Mantel is a group which controls the world, the oil industry and the pharmaceutical industry. Mantel also produces a very powerful drug.

The game is due out this year.
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15 May 2007

Free Radical: Halo 3 is child's play

PS3 News | Haze

Critically acclaimed developer Free Radical, creator of TimeSplitters and now the murky future-shooter Haze, believes that next-gen games should push us into new, mature territory, and that devs should be looking "beyond the technology" and instead focus on changing what it means and feels like to play videogames. Using Bungie's blastacular Halo 3 as an example, Haze scriptwriter Rob Yescombe believes that "while Halo is brilliant, you're a teenager - the next-gen is about becoming more ... » Read More

8 May 2007

New Haze details and screens

PS3 News | Haze

Originally due to appear in the UK Official PlayStation magazine (on sale today) this Haze preview (right click and save here to download, 6.68Mb) showcases new images and details from Free Radical Design's next-gen debut - specifically a combat drug that produces some trippy psychedelic visual effects. There's new screens and everything. Please note this preview will NOT feature in the magazine you can buy in the shops. So download it while you ... » Read More

30 Apr 2007

New Haze Details Coming Next Week?

PS3 News from N4G | Haze

PS3 - Haze - New Haze Details Coming Next Week?

Not too long ago, we told you about a new viral website for Timesplitter's developers Free Radical's first next-generation project Haze. The website has since been updated a claims "The New Mantel Trooper Will Be Revealed Soon. Come Back on May 10th".
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30 Apr 2007

New Details About Haze

PS3 News from N4G | Haze

According to GameFront, Haze runs on its own engine at a framerate of 30 fps. Loading times and "intermediate sequences" are supposedly nonexistent. It has four gameplay modes: online, offline, LAN, and split-screen.

In single player, team members will be controlled completely by the computer. The main character seems to have undergone a name change. While he was referred to as Jake Carpenter in previous interviews, the GameFront post mentions him as "Shan" Carpenter.

Listed in the article are also some of the weapons and gear that will be available in the game.

Haze is slated for a multiplatform release on the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC. A specific release date has yet to be announced.
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20 Apr 2007

Secret Haze website uncovered

PS3 News from N4G | Haze

PS3 - Haze - Secret Haze website uncovered

Ubisoft's FPS Haze disappeared off the radar after being officially announced last May, but a year on and it's back - sort of - as the publisher launches a viral marketing-style website for Mantel Global Industries.

Haze is being developed for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 by TimeSplitters chaps Free Radical and is set in the near-future.
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19 Apr 2007

Haze: One new image and a whole lot of guff

PS3 News | Haze

After keeping a carefully low profile of late, Haze - the upcoming PS3, 360 and PC first-person shooter from Timesplitters developer, Free Radical - has popped its head out from cover but - before you get too excited - we should tell you that it's only in the form of a website promoting Mantel Global Industries - the corporation that plays a pivotal part in Haze's storyline. The site offers a truly bewildering amount of information on the make-believe company, but rather than trying to ... » Read More

18 May 2006

Haze first look

PS3 News | Haze

Haze is a new, next-generation first person shooter from Free Radical, who previously worked on the Timesplitters series. Those games were on the lighthearted side, but this isn't - it's a gritty, balls-out shooter with a furturistic world that's serious as a heart attack. In the brief non-playable demo we were able to take in, the game began with a helicopter ride over a South American jungle. The detail inside the chopper was intense - soldiers lolled about, the commander shouted and we ... » Read More

10 May 2006

Get a whiff of Free Radical's FPS Haze

PS3 News | Haze

• Haze E3 trailer (WMV, 9.66MB) - right-click to download Wednesday 10 May 2006 Free Radical, the creator of Time Splitters, has come clean and admitted that its new FPS will be called Haze. And as well as confirming the story that we uncovered earlier this week, it has also produced the very first screens and footage - right out of thin air. Set 25 years into a future that has seen governments contract out their wars to private armies, you play Jake Carpenter, a green grunt who recently ... » Read More

8 May 2006

Haze-y details of Time Splitters sequel

PS3 News | Haze

Monday 8 May 2006 Theories are circulating that Free Radical's previously un-named first-person shooter will be named Haze and will arrive on Xbox, Xbox 360 and PS3 in 2007. Created by the same team behind angular shoot-'em-up Time Splitters, the plot is said to revolve around a shadowy world of bio-medical modifications with the action demanding both tactical thinking and moral decisions. We'll have to wait for the doors of LA's E3 games show to open on Wednesday before we can get to ... » Read More