Haze Demo Coming Soon!

April 16th, 2008 by Sohrab Osati

I must say that I’m a big fan of demos because I get to try a game out before I buy it. Now some might argue that if you hadn’t played the demo, you wouldn’t have known the game is shitty and wouldn’t have pissed off $60. This works well for the company but now they have a pissed off gamer on their hand who is gonna go on every forum and tell everybody it sucks so in the end run, its a no go for companies.

On the flip side, what if you tried a game out and ended up loving in. In my case, it pushed me to purchase both Heavenly Sword (although I was going to anyways at some point but the demo helped me to it faster) but more so, really brought me into the world of Ratched & Clank, thanks to the demo. Now, they have a happy gamer who is more then pleased and is ready to preach to all his friends to try out the amazing game. So I think, it only hurts companies when demos are not released. Mostly if its not a massive title like Final Fantasy or Grand Turismo (although FF and GT games have always had demos so take hint?)

But this brings us to the Exclusive, yes I said Exclusive PS3 game, Haze. The game has been in lingo for such a long time. First going back to Multi-platform. Then back to PS3 exclusive. Then a delayed. But the guys at Ubisoft have smartened up a tad and are going to give the May 20th scheduled game a demo. Haze is poised to be a very unique game in terms it offering a verity of game modes (both offline and online) and an indebt multiplayer, but more so, Co-op that’s had fans very excited.

So if your skeptical about Haze (and im not, hence my pre-order already) look forward to this demo to give the a test drive. Having said, many companies end up fracking up demos. An example would be, The Simpsons game that was recently released. Instead of building up the player and getting them excited by putting them in an interesting level that really shows the game off like (Burnout Paradise or Ratched & Clank), the game started you off in a random boss battle. Heres to them not messing it up.

So hit the MagicButton for the official press release.

MEDIA ALERT: HAZE(TM) – *4 Player Co-op / Campaign Demo Incoming Exclusively for the PLAYSTATION®Network*

April 15, 2008 – Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, today announced the imminent release of a fully playable demo for Haze, the new first-person shooter set in a harsh future where war is never quite what it seems. Coming exclusively to the PLAYSTATION®Network in early May, this playable demo will give gamers a taste of not only the single-player campaign in Haze, but will also allow up to four-player, drop-in drop-out co-op play online. Developed by shooter experts Free Radical, creators of the critically acclaimed TimeSplitters® series, Haze is scheduled for release exclusively on the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system on May 20th 2008 in the US. Haze is rated “M” for Mature by the ESRB.