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1UP Interview: Behind the Music of Haze

Even sandwiched between juggernauts like Grand Theft Auto IV and next month's Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Ubisoft's upcoming Haze has managed to attract a good deal of interest. But though gamers may not know it yet, one of the things clearly in Haze's favor is its musical score.

Developer Free Radical is an old hand at shooters, considering their critically acclaimed TimeSplitters series and tracing back to their founding in 1999 by former Rare employees fresh from working on GoldenEye: 007 and Perfect Dark. You can hear audio director Graeme Norgate's music in all those titles, and though he delegated composing duties for Haze, his influence still looms.

coolfool5817d ago

I often think that music is over looked in games, less so nowadays but still somewhat.

It goes without saying that a game without good music never creates the quality or the immersion for the gamer. I love how scores a becomming "bigger". Longer tracks without repetition, bigger sounds, more instruments with a lot more variation of texture to really take the gamer through as many emotions as possible.

These are some of the aspects I love the most about modern gaming.

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Top 10 Bad Games by Good Studios

Alex S. from Link-Cable writes: "When shopping for new video games you can often trust the name publisher or developer on the box to be an indication of the quality of the game. Names like Nintendo, Square Enix, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Capcom, Xbox Game Studios and Sega are world famous because they helped shape the industry by releasing some of the most defining video games of all time. Though sometimes even these great gaming houses stumble and put out a stinker."

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Gamerking821393d ago (Edited 1393d ago )

Splatterhouse remake . Loved the og’s at the arcade growing up . Hell the best thing about the remake was the og,s were included . And left alive by Square . That game had so much potential , but the gameplay was worse horrendous .

Game-ur1392d ago

once Great studios getting destroyed is actually common. happened with ND and Last of Us2, Bioware and Mass Effect Andromeda/Anthem, Bungle and Destiny .

BeRich2331393d ago

Fuse should have been on that list (Insomniac Games)

Yui_Suzumiya1393d ago

Splatterhouse remake kicked ass

merryja1392d ago

I personally don't like these games.

East76lands1392d ago

I'm pretty much certain that any Sonic game that comes out will be terrible, I've not enjoyed one since the original side-scrolling days of the MegaDrive.

HarryMasonHerpderp1392d ago

Then you might like a recent sonic "sonic mania".

jaymacx1392d ago

For this Topic it says Good Studios that make bad games. Sonic Team hasn't been good in years.

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Phoenix Down 76.1 – Haze

We bring death to Montel Williams.

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Phoenix Down 76.0 – Haze

Guns, drugs, and unnecessary war. Fun for the whole family.