Haze Never Coming Out on Xbox 360
by Patrick Steen on March 15, 2008
News coming straight in from Play.com Live in Wembley stadium is final confirmation that Haze will eternally be a Playstation 3 exclusive.
The full game is playable at the event - that’s right, the full game and Kev Lochun will be giving a preview this weekend. It’s looking clean and sharp, and overdosing on Nectar is a pleasing yet disorientating experience.
While playing through the game we got speaking to two independent Ubisoft reps. When asking both on whether the game will ever come out for the Xbox 360, they said in a resolute fashion that the game is not just a PS3 timed exclusive, but will never make its way onto any other platform.
This result is apparently a recent decision, but final. Sony must have paid Ubisoft/Free Radical a nice little packet to bag this one.
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on March 15, 2008 12:43 pm
Great news. I can’t wait to play Haze. It’s about time a good shooter includes co-op splitscreen since CoD4 & UT3 developers were too lazy to do so.
on March 15, 2008 2:05 pm
good, iv been hoping it wouldnt
on March 15, 2008 2:47 pm
How then is it a timed exclusive? Is it a timed exclusive if it’s never going to any platform? Isn’t it just… exclusive?
on March 15, 2008 2:52 pm
PS3 and PC maybe….????
on March 15, 2008 3:40 pm
This is good news, PS3 could use more games, I’ve been looking forward to Haze for a long time and this sounds great to me.
Haze has so many elements never before seen in an FPS I’m just so excited.
on March 15, 2008 5:20 pm
im just glad to see Sony actually paying money to get some exclusives. i hate exclusives in theory, but i do realize they need to do something to draw people to the console. hopefully Haze turns out good.
on March 15, 2008 6:32 pm
Free Radical Rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
on March 15, 2008 6:37 pm
It was originally “exclusive”, which was presumed to be a timed exclusive. This appears to not be the case from the two Ubisoft reps we spoke to.
on March 15, 2008 8:49 pm
Curious that every dev. diary, even the most recent Sci-fi channel piece, shows 360 dev kits next to the game.
on March 15, 2008 11:19 pm
Why is it good news that it’s exclusive? No matter what console it comes on, most gamers have more than one console anyway so it makes no different. I’d say must gamers own two consoles then three. Makes me laugh…:)
on March 16, 2008 12:21 am
Paying for talent isn’t Sony’s style. We all know who has to buy their talent. You’ve gotta make up for lacking hardware somehow.
on March 16, 2008 5:53 am
I wish this (fairly generic looking) shooter will just come out on the PS3, be good or bad, I don’t care, but just already be done with so we all can enjoy some Time Splitters 4.
I love Free Radical, but I expected a little more with Haze, it is taking too long for what it is offering for shooters.
(Side note: Smart move though when you think about it, keep it on PS3 where the competition in the FPS department is slim, on the 360 this thing wouldn’t make a blip on the Xbox live activity charts)
on March 16, 2008 9:26 pm
Good, too many good games coming out on the 360 this year to have to bother with haze.
on March 16, 2008 9:33 pm
Was so much sony fanboy dribble I thought I’d try and balance things out :P
on March 17, 2008 3:48 pm
Exclusivity is good news because in the case of a good dev, the potential for the game is increased.
Games designed and optimized for one console can in most cases be higher quality than games designed for two systems in mind.
This game was canceled for other platforms and they will have much more time to concentrate on the Ps3 version (obviously).
Many gamers do own more than one console, I used too, but my xbox 360 got one red light, error E74 and I don’t plan on getting another one.
on May 21, 2008 9:59 am
This is good news