The name chosen for developer Free Radical's oft-delayed FPS Haze has become something of a self-fulfilling prophecy. While we were almost ready to get excited for the game to make its retail debut sometime before April, publisher Ubisoft broke news (and gamers' hearts) today by once more pushing the game out until an unspecified time during the coming 2008-09 fiscal year (read: after April).
The game's release date has become something of a running gag in certain circles, with Haze originally expected for the holidays before being brushed aside for what we were told was a final bit of spit polish. It would seem, however, from this latest news that Haze was in fact more sullied than previously believed. If there is one ray of sunshine to cast on this gloom it's that the delay has caused Ubisoft to raise its guidance for coming fiscal year to €1 billion (or nearly $1.5 billion in Earth currency) up from the €975 million previously forecast – though we're doubtful that Ubi's financial wherewithal will comfort those of you who have been told once again to wait your turn.














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"DENTAL PLAN! LISA NEEDS BRACES!"
Had Sony not been so high on Kutaragi's hot gas coming out his ears, they'd realize that building a monster that causes development headaches is a bad idea and would not have to deal with these delays.
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Splinter Cell: Convictions says hello....
Ubisoft is the new Take Two...
MY CAR WAS STOLEN EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. IT'S ALL THE PS3'S FAULT! SH*T!!!
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Well... keep waiting until blah blah blah....
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Now where is that copy of Super Smash Brothers Brawl.
i may not agree with what you say (as a ps3 fanboy) but i will defend your right to say it.
why do people get mad whenever fernando says something bad about the ps3? why does anyone care? if fernando doesnt like the system, its ok. he is not going to prevent people from buying the system. he is not going to assist in delaying games. let him speak how he feels because it should not be important to you
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Less than half the time, he adds something relevant or witty. The rest of the time, he's either calling people newbies to gaming or bashing Sony. He knows what behavior gets him jumped, so he knows how he can change. Don't defend someone who willingly jumps into the deep end with a fear of drowning.
Personally, he's annoying but so are many others. So I just laugh at the really dumb comments like above.
How is that possible? They keep telling us to wait...wait...wait to see the potential of the PS3 be unleashed unto the hungry public, but alas nothing has been released that says it can only be done on the PS3. Let's face it the PS3 is the same machine under the hood as the xbox 360 it just has an overhyped processor and Blue Ray. Thanks for lying to the general public and making those early adopting xbox 360 owners feel like crap.
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Second, Resistance's coop is 2 player split, 8 player online. Haze is four player split, big difference.
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so, you'd better go ahead and get that preorder in.
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I rather not know, and not think about it, then have false hope.
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Too Human = January 2006, 2007, 2008,????
Metal Gear Solid 4 = November, March, Q2 2008
SSBB = Nov 2007, Dec 2007, Feb. 2008, March 2008, ??
GTA4 = Oct 2007, March 2008, Q2 2008
Spore = 2006, 2007, 2008, ????
This isn't new to any platform. Games get pushed for one reason or another. The topic here is why was it delayed. To strength est profits for 08-09, Assassins Creed incredible success, true development problems/bug removal or something that we haven't heard of. Maybe they want to wait for GTA4/MGS4 to come out for the hopes that more systems will be there to sell it on.
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Too Human = Q4 1999, Q2 2000, Q4 2000, January 2006, 2007, 2008,????
Great way to ANALyze.
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Wait, I know! They want to release it the same day as Gears of War 2....yeah that would be a grrreat idea!!
lolz!!
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Nah... I only played through single player campaign. I tend to focus on just 1 or 2 MP games at a time. Wasn't interested in TimeShift's MP. Like I said though, I enjoyed single player. It's no BioSkock by any means, but it's a LOT better than Blacksite.
its a joke.
i was actually looking forward to this one.
oh well. ill just get it when it's out. no big deal.
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