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PS3 Exclusive Haze IS Coming This Year...in December

Back at E3, Sony spent a lot of time hyping up two big third-party PlayStation 3 exclusives for this fall: Unreal Tournament III and Haze. Unreal Tournament III has slipped into 2008 according to Midway (or late December according to Epic), so that begs the question: What about Haze? At one point it was set for release in November, but now EB Games is reporting a launch in early December, with a December 4th release date. Sources close to Ubisoft tell me that the game is indeed coming this year (although I'm hearing December 11th), so it looks like Sony will at least get one third-party exclusive out the door. Still, I bet the house that Ken Kutaragi built is kicking itself that it didn't lock up Assassin's Creed as a PS3 exclusive, especially with early review scores like a 9.5 from Game Informer. (I've played the game but my thoughts can't be posted until Tuesday morning).

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Half-Life 2: Episode 1 Double-Delayed?

Half-Life 2's first true sequel, the enigmatically (or maybe just confusingly) titled Episode 1, has slipped back. How far? Depends on who you talk to. Game Informer revealed Friday that it's not coming out until May 31, and now Pro-G suggests it's not actually coming out until June 30. Two slips in four days, or just miscommunication between Valve and EA? Scholars in the next century will no doubt be debating this very issue. More »