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Developer(s) | Free Radical Design |
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Director(s) | David Doak |
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Writer(s) | Rob Yescombe |
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Platform(s) | PlayStation 3 |
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Genre(s) | First-person shooter[3] |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Haze is a first-person shooter video game developed by Free Radical Design and published by Ubisoft worldwide and Spike in Japan for the PlayStation 3.[4] It was released worldwide in May 2008. Releases for Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows were cancelled.
The game takes place in a dystopian future, where the Mantel Corporation rules the world with a drug called Nova-Keto-Thyrazine - also called Nectar,[5] a "nutritional supplement" that enables soldiers to fight harder and smarter, but also induces a hallucinogenic effect, where soldiers are no longer cognizant of the real battlefield around them, instead viewing an idyllic, painless environment.
The game takes place over a three-day period as Mantel battles a group of rebels known as "The Promise Hand" which is led by Gabriel "Skin Coat" Merino, with the player assuming the role of Shane Carpenter, a 25-year-old Mantel soldier. After Carpenter witnesses the effect Nectar is having on his fellow soldiers, he turns rogue and teams up with The Promise Hand to take on Mantel.