Video game publisher announces they are working with video game developer Free Radical to create Haze, a next generation FPS set for release next year.
Ubisoft and video game developer Free Radical, known for their work on the TimeSplitter series, yesterday at E3 announced the development of a new first person shooter called Haze which is scheduled for an early 2007 release. Platforms which it is being developed for include the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Windows PC.
The storyline of Haze, said the two companies, is set twenty five years in the future and finds governments having sourced out their military operations to private corporations. Players take on the role of Jake Carpenter, a new soldier in the private Mantel army dispatched to a South American country to help put down a rebellion which isn’t quite what it seems. Features of the game include “stunning visuals, hyper-intelligent AI and realistic physics†as well as advanced, destructive weaponry and a variety of multiplayer modes.
“We are really pleased to be introducing this groundbreaking new intellectual property and to work with the best shooter developers on consoles,” said Tony Key, vice president of marketing at Ubisoft North America, in a statement. “With Haze, Ubisoft demonstrates its profound commitment to the next generation of video games and will definitely have a chance to deliver a top-notch shooter in one stunning package.”
