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For those of you who do not remember late last year there was some weird happening. Free Radical the studo responsible for the TimeSplitters Franchise was forced to close, but Crytek appeared from the horizon and swooped them up and transformed them into Crytek UK. Since then they’ve been working on Crysis 2.

Hoping the team would still be working on TimeSplitters 4 Crytek UK’s unofficial blog says they’re working on a FPS which isn’t TimeSplitters 4. The title which is currently in development is original and will have a multiplayer and single-player experience as from the TimeSplitters franchise. Following Karl Hilton words

This could possibly be bad news for the future of TimeSplitters 4 as new ideas are being put forward while TimeSplitters 4 is being left behind

But if people voice their desire for a TS and the demand is there, when the time comes, they’ll be ready for it.

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It isn’t an official statement from Pandemic but from an employee of Rebellion who talked to Darkzero.

After some trouble with the game in development trouble arouse for Free Radical who was working on the title. During the holidays it was everywhere how Free Radical was in trouble and it would close it’s studio. Luckily that stories has had an happy ending thanks to Crytek. Pre-rendered footage hit the web and the game got a sort of hype.

With experiences of making the game Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron, many looked forward to what we could expect from Rebellion who took over the game. But it seems development of Aliens vs. Predator 3 has taken higher priority then Star Wars Battlefront 3. So The game returned to it’s creator Pandemic.

Since the game left Pandemic, they released Mercenaries 2 and Lord of the Rings: Conquest both not the quality games we were used to from them. Lord of the Rings: Conquest was even labelled ‘Battlefront in Middle Earth’. My impression, nothing near it. Not only did the graphics look poor in my opinion, the controllers and enemies all lacked. So by having back their mojo we hope Pandemic will return to it’s ‘former’ glory days and bring Star Wars Battlefront to another level.

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With many Battlefront fans screaming they want Star Wars Battlefront 3, and Free Radical being in troubles of their own. Some real footage was leaked onto the internets of Star Wars Battlefront 3. It’s a shame, because this game looks really amazing and fun. With speedbikes, and travel from planet to space without load times. 

You read it almost everywhere, but it was never confirmed. Starting on December 31st Free Radical will only have 40 people working at their studio. Then it’s the wait on which company will scoop up the remaining people and it’s projects.

Despite the Star Wars: Battlefront III deal gone sour after two years of development, Timesplitters 4 makes it interesting for other companies to take over the troubled studio after the disappointing Haze reception. Plus the two remaining secret projects according to an employee make the studio even more attractive.

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TimeSplitters 4 details have emerged from the people at the Playstation 3 Magazine (PSM3). According to Derek Littlewood from Free Radical, TimeSplitters 4 won’t be using the Haze graphics engine, yes that engine that got heavily criticized. Free Radical have hinted for some new and double shiny technology. Lets hope they do a better job than Haze, i don’t think Free Radical are stupid enough to repeat their mistakes.

Furthermore, TimeSplitters 2 might see a HD remake according to the magazine that would most likely be released on the Playstation Network.

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There is a new update for Haze. Basically this update “corrects the difficulties encountered when inviting people into the Co-op campaign.”

The Ubisoft forums have notified us.

So next time you launch Haze you will be prompted to download an update.

“An update is now available on the PSN to correct the difficulties encountered when inviting people into the Co-op campaign. All you have to do is turn on your PS3, launch the game, and accept the update.
After the auto-install, please go into “Select chapters” to continue your campaign. You will then start from the beginning of the last level you reached in the game.”

Timesplitters was a great success on the Playstation 2 with it being a launch title and sequels were just as successful. Developed and designed by Free Radical Design, Timesplitters 4 is on its way and should be released sometime towards the end of 2008 early 2009.

Check out these magazine scans of Timeplitters 4.

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Looking forwards to Soul Calibur IV? Wea re too. Check out the below video to find out what the new fighters look like. Soul Calibur IV will be released at the end of July 2008.

Not really a video but a video slideshow that contains screenshots of the newest fighters in Soul Calibur IV.

Soul Calibur IV New Fighters Slideshow

Haze is now available worldwide and it is a solid shooter, i would recommend buying Haze if your looking for a first person shooter with something new in it.

There have been mixed reviews about Haze and people are thinking whether they should buy it or not. I would say download the demo and try that but i guess the demo does no justice.

Take a look at this multiplayer video:

Haze Knifed Multiplayer Gameplay

On the back of the Haze box there is a big sign that says something like this:

“FREE DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT”

Does this mean that Haze could see new maps or even chapters in the future? The best part of this is the word FREE so does that mean we won’t have to pay for the content thats added what ever that content maybe?

Take a look at the back of the Haze box:

This is for the PAL version of the game, there are reports saying that the NTSC version doesn’t contain this.

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Haze is released today in the UK and here is the launch trailer for the nectar shooter. Haze has had mixed reviews from differen’t websites and overall the game is pretty good, its not bad. Take a look at our thoughts of the Haze demo and a look at some gameplay video.

“The Mantel soldiers love their Nectar like a Marine loves a stim pack.”

PSX.is have posted some Haze split screen images. Just to give you a taste of what split screen will look like. Split screen is very fun but obviously not as good as full screen. Haze will be released 20th of May in America and 23rd of May in Europe.

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Previous reports suggested that the PS3 exclusive shooter Haze runs at a sub HD resolution of 1024×576. I can confirm that this is false. According to the Haze Community Developer, Aymeric Evennou AKA Ubi_Wuzzi, Haze runs at a HD resolution of 720p.

“Since last week, I hope you enjoyed the demo and that you did not make any abusive use of Nectar. From what we saw, it seems that you enjoyed playing this demo. Yet, we noticed that some of you found the demo too easy, for those ones the suggestion is to try the Hard mode. (You may also be glad to know that an Ultra Hard mode is unlockable in the final version of the game!) From some other comments I read, I wanted to clarify that the game runs at 720p resolution.”

So for those who wanted a definite answer straight from the developers mouth, there it is, Haze runs at 720p.

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Free Radical’s Haze will be released on the Playstation Store in America tomorrow (07/05/08). So for those that wondered if America will ever get the demo, wonder no further.

Ubisoft released a press release and states:

“The demo is now available across Europe, and will go live on the PLAYSTATION®Network on 8th May in the U.S.”

If you had trouble downloading from the UK store from America, you won’t have to wait much longer to play Haze.

Check out our gameplay video of Haze and also check out our thoughts and screenshots of the demo.

Here is the Haze demo gameplay video that i promised to post in the first impressions i posted earlier. If you havent read my verdict on the demo please do so by clicking here. For those in other countries other than Europe, make a European account and download the demo, it will be worth it!

Haze gameplay video (quality not up to scratch though):