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Why Robin Makes Batman Better Oh man. Oh man. Words cannot express this, whatever this is. Just watch. No, on second thought. Don’t, just don’t.
While the PlayStation.com blog says that Haze runs at 720p, the game’s creative lead Derek Littlewood begs to differ, saying the game runs at 576p, letting the PS3 upscale the game. Says Littlewood:
Remember the dark days? The PlayStation Store update Thursdays with nary a downloadable worth the background download? Long gone, we hope, forever! This week, there’s plenty of stuff to slake your download thirst, with demos for Haze, GRID and The Bourne Conspiracy joining extra content for PixelJunk Monsters, Guitar Hero III and Rock Band. Some of the media released over the past couple weeks, including some from Sony’s recent event in London can now be watched on The Big Screen, including that lovely looking Mirror’s Edge trailer. The full list is post jump!
Europe is already knee deep in Haze demo enjoyment, but North Americans will get their fill of Ubisoft’s first person shooter starting tomorrow. That is, provided that your fill of Haze is the game’s first level and a sampling of drop-in, drop-out four-player co-op. It may have the most hyphens of any PS3 game to date. The official PlayStation.blog brings word on what to expect, including voice chat—noteworthy that it’s off by default—and the ability to set up private co-op games. Welcome shielding against internet douchebaggery!
HAZE lifts on PSN demo tomorrow [PlayStation.blog]
newVideoPlayer("HazeKorn.flv", 463, 387,""); In this “mature-rated” video Jonathan Davis of Korn talks us through his decision to write a song about Ubisoft’s upcoming shooter Haze. It is the first time he’s ever worked on music for a game. To prep he said he watched the trailer about fifty times. What? Ubi didn’t give him any gameplay love!
newVideoPlayer("hazekorn.flv", 463, 387,""); Here it is, Korn’s original song inspired by Ubisoft’s upcoming shooter Haze. The song, which has the same name as the game, is available for purchase on online music sites or you can catch it on the enhanced CD version of the Korn untitled album which hit Europe, Japan, Australia and New Zealand on April 21.
Remember Haze? It was the cross-platform game that went PS3-exclusive last year (when it was originally supposed to be released). Now it’s slated for a US launch on May 20th and it’s got a demo to boot—with 4-person, drop-in drop out multiplayer (all on top of a more standard single-player experience).
Whether or not Haze looks like just another FPS or something better, the still undated demo will give us all a chance to decide for ourselves before the game comes out. It reminds us a lot of what Criterion gave us with Burnout Paradise—a small, robust chunk of the entire gameplay experience. Good stuff.
Hear the one about the boy who cried Haze? Cried about a release date too many times, so when the game actually did appear, nobody believed him, and the game bombed at retail. Wise words. Those unable to heed the teachings of Aesop, however, may as well know that Ubisoft have announced a May 23 release date for Free Radical’s very yellow shooter. That’s for Europe. No date as of yet for the US or Australia, but if precedent’s anything to go by, it shouldn’t be too far off May 23. Europe getting Hazed May 23 [GameSpot]
G4 has been spending some time with a build of Haze on the Playstation 3 and created this video to show off some new bits of in-campaign play. I know the buzz on this game has been waxing and waning, but I remain intrigued with both the game’s story and mechanics.
Ubisoft’s no obligation promotion with retailer GameStop sounded like a cheap-arse gamer’s dream. Buy Haze for PlayStation 3, beat it (or give up on it) in a week, then trade it in for something else. No cost to you, miserly gamer. That dream has been shattered, according to MTV Multiplayer, as Ubisoft has pulled the plug on the too good to be true deal, chalking up the whole thing to miscommunication between it and the Canadian version of GameStop, known as GameStop.
