Haze is not 'gold' but still glitters

Whilst playing Haze in an exclusive hands-on session at GameCity 07, it is revealed that Haze is still being worked on. Previously sites like Gamepower Australia (http://www.gamepower.com.au/?aid=2728) had said Haze had gone gold.

PS3 Attitude reveal what the game looks like right now and their expectations for a release before Christmas.

[Apocwhen]

"However, David was keen to point out that they should still have it ready and available for Christmas."

Fingers crossed. Looking forward to play this one when it's released.

[doomsonyman]

AGREED i hope this is good

[LSDARBY]

One less game to buy in November, Phew

[gtgcoolkid]

It sounded like they are pretty much done. Just trying to "gloss" it as they have little bit of time so why not use it.

[socomnick]

Don't expect much its gonna be garbage.

[Dpa]

Just like Goldeneye and the Timesplitters series were, right?
Idiot.

[Liquid Ocelot]

How did you come to that conclusion socomnick is it because it's a PS3 exclusive?

[Apocwhen]

I forgot you played the finished game, even though it's not completed yet...

[mesh1]

folls like dpa think that the team that left rare was responsble for making goldeney this is major lie/mistake thes esony driods have feed their brains to belive AL i can say about that is HAHA right the core ppl rare members are still in rare end off.

[sonarus]

haze may not be the most promising ps3 exclusive but it will be a decent game. Not less than 8.0 by most reviewers. Graphically the game isnt very impressive to me. About unpar with halo graphically and at most jst a little bit better than halo.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

All devs make crap games and that is a fact. You guys have to much faith in this game saving the PS3. Goldeneye was their first hit and Timesplitter's was multiplat for you to assume this game will be good while none of you have played it is just "dee dee dee" I just call it a Halo clone I have never said it was a crap game because that would be "dee dee dee" kinda like you are now.

[SabreMan]

i just can't resist mmmmust try your comments are always worth reading

oh sod it IGNORE button it is

you buffoon why bother ??

[wangdiddy82]

one of the guys playing the game had a 80's mullet.. SWEET..

Anyway i hope this game does come out in dec..Too many good games coming out in nov for the ps3.. I dont wont any of them to get shadowed out. I think haze will sell a lot better in DEC...

[xaphanze]

Garbage? From a company that is famous of making stunning FPS games? mmmm....

[pwnsause]

socomnick, your a controversial guy arent you??

[socomnick]

heh wow 32 disagrees lol naw im sure the games gonna be good hope you guys enjoy it I only said its garbage because I don't like developers that talk smack. These guys talked smack about halo and gears of war games that they could never ever even get near.

[PS3 Limps on and on]

Theres's no demand for it in the United States, even with thr 40GB. And now Haze is delayed? Time to move on people.

[Premonition]

That better be sarcasm cause if not, get that FFXIII avatar out of here, you dont deserve a PS3.

[PS3 Limps on and on]

I'm a PS3 fan but I'm just saying the truth. No point in lying or making things up.

[fopums]

or its your opinion.

[mesh1]

good to see ur brain is working again lighting

[Lucreto]

Yes it is sinking in the US but it will have it up in Europe, Japan and the rest of the world.

I know a lot of people who bought 360's as they waited for the PS3 to drop in price now that it has they have traded in the 360 and got there PS3's.

[aiphanes]

Demand for bluray and the PS3 is way up...look at amazon...look after november 2! The PS3 has not been out over a year yeat and they sold over 6 million units,,,aboiut to hit 10 million by end of year....and teh Xbox 360 has not hit 12 million yet after 2 years!!!

[Skerj]

Dude Lightning you're always all over the place, stop being so flaky. Mesh1, I don't even think you have a 360 as I rarely see you post in 360 specific topics and when you do it you reference the PS3.

[Baba1906]

lightning you should stop changing your mind every month. doesn't make every believable. anyway my ps3 is not dying. on contrary its doing better every month.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Hes a Playstation diehard on the verge of saying "f**k it I'm going 360, I want to play somthing" and he just pisses some of you PS3/Droids off and that to me is gold :-)

[pshizle]

its about time you relized it =)

[zonetrooper5]

I thought it was coming out in Decemeber anyways?

[DolphGB]

...it was planned to hit US stores on November 19th. This might be a struggle now, but we'll see - I expect it'll still hit before Christmas and maybe by the end of November. In fact, I'll go for the 30th right now and worldwide to boot...

[Hades1337]

It better come out before Christmas. Say what u will, but this is one of my most highly-anticipated games for this year. Seems as though it will though.

[zonetrooper5]

How did someone disagree with my question?

Lol, this site makes no sense most of the time.

[IdontTakeSides]

haha I think you got a disagree bcuz of ur avator and they didn't bother to read what you said..

Ne ways it was suppose to come out on Nov..ohh well..Uncharted and Assasins creed shall occupy my time till it arrives...

[Bonsai1214]

do you remember those days when we could have an intellegent discussion? you know, before those preteens came and ruined everything.

i don't mind a month delay if its for extra polish. it should be worth the trade off.

[WAR_MACHINE77]

I don't see what the fuss is. If I have to wait a week or two to get the game but with all the bugs completely worked out then I say its worth it.

[Ashta]

The release date for HAZE has been November 27, 2007 and it has been set at that date for months now. Also, the article never mentioned that the game was delayed but is being polished just to make sure that everything is worked out and running fine. Nothing in there about a delay.

Besides, The Nov. 27th date still falls well within the realm of "In before christmas" and considering they haven't ever claimed that they would ever miss that announced date why assume that they would?

We still have 30 days before the release date so that means we still have about 3 good weeks of testing they can get in before they start manufacturing and shipping.

Remember, Assassin's Creed just went gold two days ago and it is slated to come out two weeks before Haze. So, unless Haze doesn't announce its gold status in the next 2-3 weeks then the game should be finished as promised.

[gtgcoolkid]

I don't understand how these people are getting at delayed status from. Its been Nov 28th for so long now. I think it will remain there.

[Naruto]

so where does it said Haze is delayed?

2)how do know there no demand for 40GB if it come out on Nov 2

3)so a dead console outsold the 360 2-1 in europe so is that what are you trying to say?

also Haze was always set for NOV 27 or 28

[scrillakiller]

why do u guys even talk to lightning.he aint no playstation fan never was.he owns a 360 cant u tell hes always flaming ps.get a life lightning and after u get that get a playstation3 and get rid of the X3weakly

anyhow i think this game looks great and im so happy the games here cuz sony knows weve been waiting

[mesh1]

WHY IS THIS PIKE OF poo game being hyped out sooo much its getting disgusting tbh haze is awful at best.

[IdontTakeSides]

No game has been hyped like HALO 3..and we all know how that game turned out..mediocre to say the least....

when Haze a multi plat game no one was complaining it sucked...Free Radical has never dissapointed im sure they won't this time around...

[scrillakiller]

youve played it i see.please elaborate on the story for us.were all anxious to know.please people stop calling a game bad because its not on ur wack x3weakly console.i hate xbot but u dont hear me saying mass effect will suck.honestly i dont know as ive never played it.ive played good xbox games but would never buy one

[travelguy2k]

i disagreed with you by accident, it was ment for mesh, gave you a bubble to make up for it :)

[Shaka2K6]

May aswell be the best fps this year or Unreal 3(best on PS3).

[Lightning Mr Bubbles]

I can't find one. Anyway, I just brought home Rathcet & Clank Future. Pretty damn sick. If you can make games like that on the PS3, it shouldn't be dying.

[Ju]

Stop bubbling. It ain't dying. They had a bad week, that's for sure. But I guess people are waiting. Also, US land is Halo land. That calms down now, too. Ratchet will certainly have an impact (that game is insane, I agree). Uncharted and Haze before Christmas, and a $399 price tag is all it needs, IMO. (and CoD4 and Assasins is a bonus)

[athlon770]

right in the terms of use, it states you can not have multiple active accts at the same time, and here you are with two seperate accts and even posting in the same article with both. That is kind of a blatent missuse of the AUP dont you think....guess we can look forward to Lightning 3rdacct once these first two are banned.

As for the PS3 dying, considering it is only a couple million short of the 360 in sales already, well fans such as yourself just need to realize that the 360 is not the cream of the crop anymore. There is a new contender in town and no matter how much bashing you guys do, he is going nowhere but up.

[otherZinc]

"no game was hyped like HALO 3", you sound ridiculous. Halo earned its hype: Halo 1 sold off word of mouth, Halo 2 broke sales records for entertainment, and Halo 3 broke more entertainment records for entertainment.

This cant be accomplished on hype, it delivered, its the most played game online of any console by far and still is: Halo is proven and don't you forget it.

Its impossible to sell the way Halo has sold for 3 consecutive games, it makes me laugh when I hear Halo is mediocre. I could never hate on a game that much, games are my hobby, I give respect & credit where credit & respect is due.

If you guys don't like the 360 or Halo, say it, don't be foolish and say they suck; then in the next sentence say how great Resistance, MotorStorm, Heavenly Sword, Lair, or Warhawk is. Those games were hyped before they were released, we played them and they were mediocre and didn't justify paying $600 for a PS3 (I don't give a damn about B-ray or HD-DVD, I just play the games).

Im looking for a reason to buy a PS3, don't see one, If there was one we would see games flying of the shelves, but they don't.

[gtgcoolkid]

I was actually reading until you said Resistance, HS and Warhawk as Mediocre. At that point you lost all credibility.

[Skerj]

Hah did you just dispute the Halo 3 hype? Excuse me while I divert my attention away from the Mountain Dew Halo 3 commercial to retort. While I can't speak for Lair and Motorstorm, I do own the other 3 and they ARE good games. Hell I'll do you one better game design is what my degree is in and also my career, and I don't like the Halo series. I wanted the game before a good chunk of the playerbase when it was in the stage of the 3rd person action genre on the PC/Mac. So when MS acquired Bungie and some features got scrapped and turned into a FPS, I was irritated.

I played the first, didn't like it. Everyone said 2 was way better, got it and played it. Still don't like it, and I've played through 3 coop at a friend's house and while better than the first two it's not the second coming of gaming that everyone made it out to be. Being a PC gamer alongside console games makes me super critical of FPS games since have have a crapton of them already. So hype ruined the series for me as I went in expecting like the penultimate of FPS gaming that would rival Deus Ex, Half Life 1&2, System Shock 1&2, Tribes 1&2, and the Unreal Tournament series for just plain multiplayer fun.

Truth be told I wasn't expecting much out of Resistance either because I didn't really care for the whole "alternate WW2" thing. I knew Insomniac's track record for making fun games but it wasn't until watching my friend play it that I decided to pick it up. Glad I did and I hope Haze turns out the same way as I had my doubts about this game as well. Free Radical has a pretty solid track record for me and looking through the videos and previews for the game I see they're trying to do something new. So we'll see in a few weeks despite whatever hype the game has or hasn't garnered.

[IdontTakeSides]

HAHA..isn't funny how this dude contradicted himself...without even realizing it..

Well the first Halo sold well based off word of mouth yes..and due to the fact that it was the stand out game at launch..

Halo 2 was hyped and it wasn't that good
Halo3 was Overhyped and it still wasn't better than the first..

now you are gonna mention about online..well it also has a single player with a story to tell...and as we all know the story was mediocre and short the graphics didn't leap bounds over Halo 2...heck it wasn't even in HD...

And I hate when you 360 fanboys say Warhawk has no single player..WOW..it's an Online ONLY game... but all we hear you guys talk about is how great Halo 3 online is.what about the single player dissapointed by it..so you don't bother to acknoledge it..and we all know Warhawk is better at online than Halo 3..more fun..to be exact..

Heavenly Sword was a great game..and while it's short I think the length was over exaggerated....

Lair I did enjoy for the most part controls didn't make thegame unplayable..I did finish it...

Resistance and Warhawk --well I don't need to get into what makes them so great..

Motorstorm- is the best arcade racer of the year..with the exception of Sega Rally..!!

[otherZinc]

ok, Resistance is better than mediocre, its about an 8.75 out of 10.
HS mediocre, Warhawk no single player=mediocre.

[gololo]

loved warhawk...i don't think is mediocre at all....good at what it is supposed to do, countless of hours of mp gaming...and HS I loved it but the story was a bit short and predictable, I wouldn't say mediocre but just good since the gameplay is well balanced and the graphics are beautiful. Now, I loved GoldenEye and TS, so I should like Haze...hopefully it will live up to the expectations....

[CaliGamer]

ShadowRun.........

[Shaka2K6]

Looking for a sign that x360 is still alive in Europe and Japan, because the PS3 destroys it sale-wise.
USA also after the failo 3 hype PS3 will continue to outCell that POS till the end of time.

[Sevir04]

to a one minded xbox 360 fankid.

to everyone else who played it it's a best and is reveired as the PS3's Premier killer app, and it single handedly sold 2/3rd of the PS3's 3 million in the first 5 months before it went world wide in march.

all you haters calling HS and warhawk mediocre, yea, warhawk does an outstanding job and was named multiplayer 2.0. a feat that many thought Halo 3 will get. i'm sorry but halo 3 is over hyped and over rated, and undiserving of the 10. it's graphics were sub par, gameplay was jankie due to frame rate issues and it's lag was undeniable online. and it was also short.

Halo 3 deserves an 8, and nothing more. it was clearly a baised thing just reading all those reveiws handing out 10s like it was a christmas gift. i dont see how halo 3's story was better than the awesomely polished bioshock, and flawless like the Halflife series. or perfect in action like golden eye... and to top it off it's not even a next gen game because itr cant even support the standard next gen resolutions without upscaling.

as for haze i'm bumbed that it's not coming out till early december but it saves a bit of money for me one less game to buy that month, since i'm getting uncharted and COD4 eye of judgement. AC is probably a rental because i just wasn't happy with how it played when i was at E3 this year. very clunky controlls so i'll rent and see.

the premise behind haze is cool and the devs behind it are top notch with a proven track record so things for this game spells nice. i think Haze will be in the high 8.8s-low 9.3, and a guaranteed low score 6.0 from that sports reviewer on Gamespot... and a 7. 9 from 1up lol!!! everyone else will agree that this game will be amazing for PS3.

and on resistance it's a system seller and still is the best selling PS3 game out right now followed by Motorstorm. secondly the sequels to both those games have been confirmed by sony to be hitting shelves and making an appearance at E3 next year, so and Resistance 2 will sell in excess of 2 million best believe that.

[Maddens Raiders]

The sense that Sony is quietly casting a shadow across the gaming landscape where it left off with the PS2, and is staging to *march directly to the **front of the line without a single bullet fired? Yeah I thought you did -- this brand [PS] is all about class, performance and quality; believe me, it's all coming together now and it looks like that quiet confidence from the previous console battles is going to continue right along with the PS3. I am very satisfied with my PS3 purchases.

[mrbillybadass]

i have little doubt maybe even overall goty contender i have talked to someone who has actually played the demo they pay attention to every little aspect and the value of this game is astounding 2nd only to the orange box

[otherZinc]

wrong again, all I play is single player campaign, I beat HALO 3 about seven times by myself. I also beat it a few times on co-op with my son & daughter, 2 player co-op & 3 player co-op.

Story, you guys need to stop: they made books about the Halo Universe and this story is fantastic with a great ending when beaten on Legendary mode.

Halo has extra life when adding 1 of 13 (pull the pin is our favorite) skulls that you find in the campaign.

Again, I don't play Halo multiplayer, I played multiplayer enough to get the entry achievement, thats it. The only games I play multiplayer is: GHOST RECON:AW & RAINBOW SIX:VEGAS. I mention the multiplayer because its 1 of many elements that make Halo's replay value soar.

You are detected when you play co-op online campaign, thats what I was talking about. We have 2 360's at my house for co-op link mission games that have the co-op online or co-op link feature.

[Shenzilbur]

Well then, I see you like your Halo 3 quite a bit eh? I've "finished the fight" (even though I never began the fight on the other Halos) on my friends Xbox. Playing through co-op two times round and getting all those skulls. Thing is I am a PS3 owner, and I have to say you extremist 360 owners are the cancer that is killing gaming. Halo 3 was a FPS, a pretty good FPS, but an FPS nevertheless. There is something about Halo 3 that makes it unspectacular in my eyes, and the multiplayer just felt the same as Halo 2 (I own my friends on Halo 2 when I play with them). Thing was all those reviewers gave the bloody game perfect 10s when I would say there are plenty of FPS games out there which possibly surpass it. Halo 3 sold so well because it is an extremely well known franchise with a MASSIVE marketing/advertising plan. I would think, if Halo 3 never had any previous games and this game was the start of it's franchise it would have never had the reviews it has today.

Also, Haze looks fan-freaking-tastic. Has a type of story that has inspired me since Equilibriam. You know, that whole 1984 "you are being controlled" thing. Oh well I am going no where anymore so yeah...

[PS360PCROCKS]

This honestly is the one title this christmas I don't give a sh!t about...I have Halo 3, COD4, Uncharted, Ratchet, Mass Effect, Unreal tournament, Bioshock, Pgr4, Warhawk, Assassin's Creed...this is the last title I cared for honestly, I hate their immaturity and distaste to disrespect other developers's work, very very unprofessional.

[zonetrooper5]

If I was gonna get UT3 on either my 360 or PC and lets say I have a PS3. I would get UT3 on the PC as it would be the best version, it has free mods, can make your own maps etc. Better graphics, biggere online mutiplayer and free support.

[ninja_united]

omg im still in doubt about getting haze or not, i need to see more multiplayer footage and info.

[THE_JUDGE]

and I could care less what you compare it to. The plot and gameplay both look good some I'm sold!

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Bummer for the Delaystation

[Skerj]

I'm glad it's not Halo? I'm pretty sure the majority of sole PS3 owners are glad it's not Halo either o_O didn't want it, Resistance is already out.