HAZE (video game)
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| Developer(s) | Free Radical Design |
| Publisher(s) | Ubisoft |
| Release date(s) | Q3 2007 |
| Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single player, Multiplayer |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Windows DVD-ROM |
| Media | DVD-ROM, BD-ROM |
| Input | Gamepad; Keyboard & Mouse |
HAZE is a first-person shooter video game developed by Free Radical Design, which was debuted at E³ 2006. It will be published by Ubisoft.
The game is currently scheduled for release in the third quarter of 2007 for the Sony PS3, Microsoft Xbox 360, and Windows platforms. According to Free Radical, Haze will have a 'serious' tone unlike Free Radical's TimeSplitters games which provide a more comical and laid-back gaming experience. Additionally, Haze will not include a mapmaker feature and will allow your character to jump, more departures from the TimeSplitters tradition. Online modes will include co-op and multiplayer.
[edit] Storyline
The game is set in the late 2040's, where no UN or NATO exist and governments are thus forced to contract their military operations to private military contractors. You play as Sergeant Jake Carpenter, a new recruit in the Mantel Global Industries army, who are fighting guerrillas in South America. Mantel Global Industries was founded by David Bloomfield, who also appears as a recruiter in the trailer[1].
Mantel Global Industries is also an multinational corporation with bio-medical expertise. This has led to the development of Nova-Keto-Thyrazine - also called NECTAR[2]. A nutritional supplement that enables soldiers to fight harder and smarter. Although as you progress through the game, you find out that there is more to Mantel and the "nectar" than meets the eye.
The game takes place over three days that will "change Jake forever." Mantel battles a guerrilla group known as The Promise Hand lead by a dictator called Gabriel "Skin coat" Merino; a brutal man who wears the flayed skins of his POW camp inmates.
[edit] Location
As seen in the trailer[3], the Corcovado mountain can be seen at the end of the trailer, with Christ the Redeemer. This hints that Brazil will probably be a location, as the game takes place in South America
