Haze

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Haze is a first-person shooter video game, developed by Free Radical Design and published by Ubisoft exclusively for the PlayStation 3. It has a serious tone, incorporating themes such as oppression and drug abuse. This is unlike Free Radical's TimeSplitters series which provided a more comical and laid-back gaming experience. Haze was one of the most highly anticipated and hyped Playstation 3 games of the first half of 2008. It was released worldwide in May 2008. A demo for Haze was released on the PlayStation Network on May 6, 2008.

The game revolves around Mantel Global Industries, a multinational corporation with bio-medical expertise. This has led to the development of Nova-Keto-Thyrazine - also called Nectar, 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, and after a twist in the storyline Shane then turns rogue and teams up with The Promise Hand to take on Mantel.