Posted Jun 20, 2007 at 01:12PM by Enrico S. Listed in: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Games for Windows Tags: Ubisoft
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Ubisoft announces release schedule: Haze confirmed as a timed release exclusive - Image 1 


A lot of talk has been coming from gamers on whether or not Haze will be a PS3 exclusive. Now it seems this game will indeed be timed exclusive for the said console with the release dates of Xbox 360 and PC versions slipping into the TBA category.

You might recall that in a previous article we posted, Haze for both platforms was listed for a November 30 release - only seven days after the release of the PS3 version. Ubisoft is now announcing that there have been some inaccuracies with the info/listing they divulged. What kind of "inaccuracies" you ask? Well as insinuated above, the November 30 release dates are wrong, with Ubisoft adding that there's actually no concrete release dates planned for the Xbox 360 and PC copies yet.

It's quite interesting to see how this will turn out. Will Ubisoft give the PS3 versions enough exclusivity time to see if the market for the said console alone could sustain profits? If it indeed delivered, would the said company consider keeping the title exclusive to the PS3? Only time will tell.


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   by o well (Unregistered) - 2007-06-20
 » hmm

well neither the 360 and especially the PC is lacking in shooters, so while it is a cool looking game, this won't have much affect on sales for the 360 or PC, but all the better for the PS3.

Still with Halo 3, Gears 2, Crysis, CoD 4, Huxley, BF: Bad company, HF 2, and others no one is really lacking.


   Re: God (Unregistered) - 2007-06-20
 » stupid newb

Shut up newb
360 is full of autoaim newb games...
learn2play newb
gg newblet

   Re: you call urself god? (Unregistered) - 2007-06-20
 » you call urself god?

ur an idiot! get a life! just that alone!

and 360 isn't n00b games idiot! not even ps3 only wii u idiot! newblet you shouldn't even be allowed to talk.

   Re: x360 (Unregistered) - 2007-06-21
 » whatever

The ps3 could use a good shooter since FEAR was the biggest piece of crap. And from the looks of it sony is about to have a diaper full

   Re: TNC-Menace (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » Umm Fear is not the best shooter on PS3

Resistance and rainbow six vegas put Fear in the corner that it belongs in Resistance is the best fps i've played follwed by Half life,Unreal and CS

and Halo is fun playing at my freinds house but quickly gets bland and then i go online and its a hack fest of glitches and steroid taking master chief who won't die and lol at the headshot in halo....which won't in halo 3 so halo fans can actually learn to snipe properly the hard way
   by te (Unregistered) - 2007-06-20
 » wfsd

Yes it may actually be an exclusive!!!

   by this should be exclusive (Unregistered) - 2007-06-20
 » should be exclusive because...

it would bring competition. I doubt that anybody would buy haze for the 360 when HALO 3 comes out. Making it a PS3 exclusive will make a battle between Halo and Haze. It wouldnt make sense if it were on the same console as the competitor! Come on Ubisoft, make it exclusive to the PS3, cause we all know it is 50 times better than HALO


   Re: teh not so 1337 g@m3r - 2007-06-20
 » .

You just finished saying "doubt that anybody would buy haze for the 360 when HALO 3 comes out" then say "we all know it is 50 times better than HALO". If that is your logic, then why is Halo 3 going to sell more. You make no sense.

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   Re: 666 (Unregistered) - 2007-06-20
 » 666

He said that because Halo is overhyped. People should not get run over by the Halo hype train.

   Re: Noin (Unregistered) - 2007-06-20
 » ...

You dumb*****, he didn't mean the sales, he meant this:

-The games are pretty much the same, but Haze being more mature
-360 Fanbots are blinded by Halo 3, so they will ***** on Haze and not buy it (cause they will say that Haze is a lame Halo3 copy and it aint worth *****)

You need to learn how to think, whore...

   Re: dotfade (Unregistered) - 2007-06-21
 » stupid halo haters

you halo haters are so stupid you just keep going on about hype but there is no way a game with only hype going for it could get so many preorders and have so many hardcore fans, as if what you say is true players would have lost interest when they saw that the first game didnt live up to the hype.

do you have no logic?

   Re: Neuromancer (Unregistered) - 2007-06-21
 » dur dotfade

HALO 3 is nothing BUT hype... if you don't mind the fact that they decided to go with modifiying HALO 2 instead of actually creating a new game, that you're an idiot.

   Re: Skyler (Unregistered) - 2007-06-21
 » lol

to the n00b who says hype alone isnt selling more coppies of halo, sequels to games/movies etc always sell more
   by ! (Unregistered) - 2007-06-20
 » ?

halo indeed does suck, except the halo combat evolved for pc, all else is overhyped crap,
warhawk > halo
haze i hope will be ps3 only, but thats kinda iffy considering how ubisoft has been dealing with ps3 games, * cough cough rainbow six delayed since march cough cough* and such


   Re: Quest (Unregistered) - 2007-06-20
 » Well...

i really think that Ubisoft is just testing their waters. They want to see the reactions of the video game community, seeing how xbox owners react (so far seemingly like they don't care) and how the PS3 owners react (very excited, a possible victory). Also, they are going to give Haze enough time as an exclusive to see if the game turns around any profit. And if the game does really good, expect a lot more exclusive titles from Ubisoft for the PS3, thats what they did with the 360. So to all the PS3 owners (myself included) buy Haze so we can finally get the loving embrace from Ubisoft and some actual good games.

I also own a Wii and 360, so im no lame ass fanboy.

   Re: roca (Unregistered) - 2007-06-20
 » quest

totally agree
   by l4o (Unregistered) - 2007-06-20
 » Bummer

Dang, I was hoping the release dates would still be the same for haze even if it was a 7 day exclusive for ps3. Who cares... I don't see why everyones making a big deal about it being a timed exclusive even if it was going to be 7 days. I'll enjoy this game since I don't play on buying halo 3 anytime soon.

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   by Lanontscuz (Unregistered) - 2007-06-20
 » MS wallet

M$ already paid off GTA4 so hopefully theres a limit to there DIscover card lol and Ubisoft probably wanted a piece of that Mil. thats y they pulled it off there list.... just my 2 cents...its all i can afford

   by xman (Unregistered) - 2007-06-20
 » copy

who cares about this game. its just trying to be halo. nothing can top halo!!!
(sony):" sence we cant get it we will just copy it" just like we did GT and fortza!!!


   Re: Flying Spaghetti Monster (Unregistered) - 2007-06-20
 » what?

Gran Turismo came out a long time before Forza.
Gran Turismo - 1997
Forza - May 3, 2005

wait, I guess sony looked into the future and copied forza 8 years before it happened.

dumbass

   Re: Straight up hatin' (Unregistered) - 2007-06-20
 » Damn!

OWNED son! OWNED!

   Re: Boby Brown (Unregistered) - 2007-06-20
 » xman is a retard !!!

For the rest, Haze > Halo, big time !!! I also think Halo is overhyped... fans will be disappointed...

Haze + new blood in FPS, and it's looking really good !!! Can't wait to try this one ;)

xman is a retard !!! ask his mum, she will tell you !!!

   by xman (Unregistered) - 2007-06-20
 » Flying Spaghetti Monster

you are an ideoit forza came out 1997 and gt came out 2000. you di.ck. head!!!! sony did copy!!! get your facs right before you start flaming somebody you jackoff!! spit monkey


   Re: Straight Up Hatin (Unregistered) - 2007-06-20
 » Damn!

Son, who sold you that rock?

   Re: Folding Junkie! - 2007-06-21
 » Enough is enough!

I did not want to answer your childish rants but they are more innacurate every time.

GT + 1997
GT2 + 1999
GT3 + 2001
GT4 + 2004

Forza + 2005
Forza 2 + 2007

Now who copied whom? Your ignorance is stunning! Even more so when you tell somebody else to get their facts straight before you flame somebody.

xboy, you only wish to some day become a man! Go play with your Lego's!

   Re: datnizzle (Unregistered) - 2007-06-21
 » xman

Damn, it's offical X-man is a 12 year old dumba$$. Forza BEFORE GT - forza is a bad copy of GT.
   by xman (Unregistered) - 2007-06-20
 » Straight Up Hatin

shut up you cant even post a full comment. your a loser


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   Re: Straight Up Hatin (Unregistered) - 2007-06-21
 » Hate!

I COULD post a whole comment about what an annoying, immature, fanboyish piece of $hit you are but then again that would just be wasting board space now wouldn't it?

Enjoy yourself b*tches! It's a celebration!
   by Halo is a dinosaur, just like vista, zune and x360 (Unregistered) - 2007-06-20
 » MS sittin on their asses spewing out the same ol

CRAP...

I Just cant believe the comparison with hal0..
haze is so much more

emotion, consecvence, righteousness are themes in haze.

not just pointless killing, and story line that has been ass-*****ed by the machine

i guess if your some immature 13 y old you would like halo better.

but for all us mature-minded gamers who actually enjoys deep story lines, with characters that show emotion and a story that shows contrast and leaves some of the thinking up to the player, WE have HAZE

thank you free radical


   Re: . (Unregistered) - 2007-06-21
 » .

So youve never played halo then

   Re: . (Unregistered) - 2007-06-21
 » sony fanboys

its a shame people like you dont actually play halo maybe then youd see how good it is instead you just sit here and recite everything youve heard on qj about it like
halo is for 13 year olds or
its just pointless killing with no story

and u just guess that it has no emotion or characters. The idiocy of your comment is just astounding please dont bash something youve not tried and even if try it and dont like it who cares it just wasnt for you unless all those millions of halo fans are wrong.

   Re: datnizzle (Unregistered) - 2007-06-21
 » i played halo

I had the game for 6 months before I went back to single player after playing it for like 30 min. Single player SUCKS on halo, period. Timesplitters was always a better game than halo, now free radical is coming out with haze, and I can't wait. I bet they're not using an upgraded timesplitters engine to make it either. By the way look down you got an xbot saying halo2 wasn't as good as halo1, your prize franchise is in decline, and instead of changing it they slaped half a coat of paint on it and said, here you go xbots, buy it.

   Re: Manny151 (Unregistered) - 2007-06-21
 » I agree with Halo is a dinosaur

I'm 29 years old and I do prefer for my games to have a good story line and to be drawn into the game. Halo looks just a little too colorful for me. Red and blue enemies and rainbow colored laser beams. I just can't get into it. I prefer grittier looking games like Resistance and Gears, and Haze for that matter. And another thing, Haze is far from being a Halo ripoff, if anything it looks a little more like Crysis than anything and that's only in the jungle parts. Plus Crysis is not even out yet. That's my 2 cents
   by TheRaiderNation (Unregistered) - 2007-06-21
 » Haze=what games should really be

You know, if Free Radical put out more gameplay footage etc. People would undoubtedly see how great Haze actually is. I mean if Haze and Halo 3 got the same hype, Haze would seriously, no doubt just out sell it no competition. Thing is, Haze is a new game, that mostly only more indepth gamers are aware of. But Halo 3 is nearly a house held name, so obviously it is going to sell better. So in other words, I guess what I'm trying to say is, well if any of you say that halo 3 is better, just because of sales figures you are a retard, because more then likely the only reason people bought halo 3 was because it was branded with the name "Halo", kinda like Shrek 3, definatly wasn't as good as the 1st, but people saw it just because it was labeld "sherk". So yea.....

Also the only reason halo is so popular, is because all other xbox games were crappy and when halo was released, as pretty much the only good game on the xbox. It stuck out like a sore thumb.


   Re: someguy (Unregistered) - 2007-06-21
 » halo+what i think games should be

cant you just admit to the possibility that halo is just not for you and maybe people like it because it is so good.

If i look back through all my years of gaming there isnt a game i played nearly as much as halo1 the coop was amazing even just playing it the other day it still doesnt look old the story and the levels are rich with emotion and excitement the soundtrack is incredible and there are so many perfect gaming moments. like when your heading into the swamp to see what has the covenant so crazily trying to escape halo or when your running through snowy battle fields in the twilight pursued by the flood.
halo is so full of depth and imagination i wish more people would just try it before they slagged it off as a mindless killfest thats only popular because of all the hype.

halo 2 wasnt nearly as good but the multiplayer was incredible.

   Re: Neuromancer (Unregistered) - 2007-06-21
 » Halo 3 should have been a Halo 2 add-on pack

It's a joke. They just reused the Halo 2 engine and replaced the enemies and levels. Wow what an experience!
   by 88 movement (Unregistered) - 2007-06-21
 » Unreal 3

Did u here unreal 3 is also timed for ps3 lol.


   Re: Manny151 (Unregistered) - 2007-06-21
 » Yeah I read a rumor about that

Lets hope that its true. That would be great for Ps3 owners
   by xman (Unregistered) - 2007-06-21
 » nothing

can help a ps3 owner, only if they take back the ps3 and get a 360!!!!


   Re: nastradamus (Unregistered) - 2007-06-21
 » something is seriously wrong with you

you were here all last night posting your idiotic xbot talk last night and now you're at it again today? seriously, why do you spend so much time in the ps3 section if you hate it so much. i'll guess it's because you crapbox has crapped out on you for the third time (that's bound to happen with a ~10% failure rate) so you have nothing better to do.

   Re: Folding Junkie! - 2007-06-21
 » Take back my PS3?

I wouldn't sell it back to Sony! No amount of your saying that it is worthless will make it so!

The biggest thing that you fanboys don't understand is that if I wanted an XBOX 360 I would buy one. It's not like they cost too much! I just don't want it!

Now quit trying to sell me one and go play with yours.
   by $$$$$$$$$$$ (Unregistered) - 2007-06-21
 » to halo fans

dat sht is goin to be da same as halo 2 and da only diffrn. is dat gaylo3 is goin to be more gayer son.. get some real game like RFOM,HAZE,MGS4 , killzone2 but ohhh u cant b/c ur stuck with dat gaybox360


   Re: Replier (Unregistered) - 2007-06-21
 » You

douche bag. You can hardly speak english and form a sentence, much less tell a man that his console sucks. Also, if im correct, the 360 and wii are heavily outselling your foolish little ps3. Oh and btw, try to add more words to your vocabulary than "dat" "Gay" and apparently ***** doesnt have an I in it.

   Re: Datnizzle - 2007-06-21
 » ha

He said "more gayer son" priceless!!
And Replier I know you're a genius and all but maybe he left out the I so it wouldn't get x'ed out like in your post. But you knew that.....right?
Next time just say "Your grammar could be better, but you are absolutely right."
   by Pancakes! (Unregistered) - 2007-06-21
 » Cheeeese..

Haze!!!!!111

   by Pff (Unregistered) - 2007-06-23
 » ha

i bet haze will have no story at all and you will all be pwnd, so will the halo fanboys. both these games will suck.



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