Haze

Free Radical Acquired by Crytek

by Shak Hussain - February 4th, 2009

Crytek has reportedly acquired the British studio, Free Radical Design, including all of the business and assets. Which means we may see a next-gen TimeSplitters game with Crysis quality very soon. Cameron Gunn of administrators ReSolve Partners said; “We’re very happy to report that late last night the sale of Free Radical to Crytek was completed, meaning we’ve saved 43 jobs”. Free ... Read More

Fate of Free Radical Design to be Decided Wednesday

by Shak Hussain - February 2nd, 2009

Free Radical Design was reported as going into administration at the end of last year, with many of the staff being laid off leaving about 40 employees only. The final fate of the company will be decided this week, on Wednesday 4th February. Administrator ReSolve has said that interest in the company has been "very strong". A number of company's have been rumoured to be interested in Free Ra... Read More

Rumor: Free Radical Goes into Administration

by Shak Hussain - December 18th, 2008

Word has been spreading today of the shock closure of TimeSplitters and Haze developer, Free Radical Design. Staff apparently arrived at work to find the door locks changed and a notice advising them to attend a meeting at a nearby Hotel at 12 noon today. Co-founder David Ellis is said to have broke the news of the closure to his staff. About 20 staff members were offered positions with Ellis' ... Read More

HAZE Co-op Patch now live

by Andrew Jeffery - June 11th, 2008

A Patch for Playstation 3 First-Person Shooter HAZE has been released which solves the problem some users have been having during Co-op mode as some times friend's are unable to accept invites. To install the patch all you need to do is simply load up your copy of HAZE and accept the Update. ... Read More

Haze developer dismisses critics over HD.

by Thomas Kerr - May 19th, 2008

Free Radical's creative developer Derek Littlewood has dismissed critics over the decision for the game not to run in a native 720p resolution. Littlewood told Ripten "We prioritise a nice smooth framerate over a different res" "Personally, I don't really buy the whole thing. People did the same with Call of Duty, they did the same with Halo, and they say with those games 'It's not running... Read More

Haze won't be running in HD.

by Sam Fletcher - May 19th, 2008

In a recent interview, the Creative Lead of Free Radical Games, has stated that upcoming PS3 FPS Haze, will not be running in HD. On www.ripten.com, Derek Little stated that, “We prioritise a nice smooth framerate over a different res.” The game will run in 1024×576(576p), rather than the HD standard of 1024×720(720p.) Little justified the decision by commenting on other big games o... Read More

Get Haze for free!

by Ashley Coomer - March 11th, 2008

Chains of GameStop in the US and Canada have a special promotion on currently. You’ll be able to get Haze for free… for a week, anyhow. If you pre-order the game then trade it in a week later, you’ll gain the full retail price back as in-store credit. There’s the catch – Haze could have up to four different combinations of experience as we mentioned in our recent preview of the game, ... Read More

Beyond the Haze

by Darren Lee Taylor - February 27th, 2008

After several key release slots, countless dates and fervent setbacks, Ubisoft and Free Radical have finally confirmed that highly anticipated shooter Haze will be available this May... In what could only be seen as an act of guts on behalf of Ubisoft Montreal, Haze was delayed pre-christmas after a three year production timeframe, due to problems in production. Now, finally, Ubisoft have confi... Read More