New Driver In Development At Ubisoft
Driver 2It was one of the best games on the original PlayStation, and the sequel was pretty darn good, too. The series kinda lost its luster after that, but we have high hopes for a next-gen Driver.
According to this BBC video entitled, "How a Computer Game is Made," it becomes very clear that Ubisoft's Reflections studio is working on a new installment in the long-running series. We don't learn much about the game itself in that video, but the mere fact it exists is relatively big news. All we really know is that it's currently in development - obviously - and the next step would be for Ubisoft to officially announce the project, along with an estimated release date and targeted platforms. Back in the '90s, Driver was exclusive to the PlayStation, but it went multiplatform the following generation (Driver: Parallel Lines was for both the PS2 and Xbox). And of course, it seems like no third-party game will be exclusive this generation.
That is, unless Microsoft moves to purchase timed exclusivity for every last big-time third-party title out there. We hear they're trying to do with that Resident Evil 5, for example... But anyway, a new Driver will be headed our way at some point, and we'll bring you details as they become available.
6/18/2008 Ben Dutka
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Comments (11 posts)
ThePoetRazel
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 @ 3:56:34 PM
If a games developer wants to sell exclusivity of their game then that's their choice, cos it's their game.
PS3 has exclusives too. Does that also make Sony evil for keeping games from 360 owners?
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PilarVIRUS
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 @ 3:44:48 PM
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Dustinwp
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 @ 4:20:17 PM
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Also if sony or nintendo were paying developers I would feel the same way.Developers should worry about the quality of their software,not a payday from a console company for a half ass product.
If developers can get paid for software before it's even released then why even try to make quality games.
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ThePoetRazel
Thursday, June 19, 2008 @ 5:47:44 AM
It just sounds like more pointless MS bashing to me. Which is starting to annoy me. Microsoft is a company. They are good at what they do. They may not be perfect and they may make mistakes sometimes, but they are not evil.
As for Sony's position on buying exclusives, that's obviously more of a financial decision than a moral one. If they found it more cost effective to buy exclusivity, they would in a heart beat. Like i said, it's called business.
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aaronisbla
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 @ 5:37:44 PM
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I don't think capcom would do that, but i guess everyone has a price and i wouldn't put it past them for some reason. But thats a huge market they would be alienating, companies need to stop acting like there aren't any ps3 owners out there, its getting old
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Qubex
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 @ 6:59:10 PM
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"aLL RoAdS LeAd ToO HoMe"
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Deleted User
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 @ 7:27:23 PM
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Dustinwp
Thursday, June 19, 2008 @ 9:05:27 AM
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Microsoft's customer service is poor and there products brake down to often.Personally I feel if they didn't buy exclusives or timed releases,they wouldn't even be able to compete with sony or nintendo.Thats how confident they are in there product.
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Qubex
Thursday, June 19, 2008 @ 9:27:33 AM
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"aLL RoAdS LeAd ToO HoMe"
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Loogs
Thursday, June 19, 2008 @ 12:17:19 PM
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Dustinwp
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008 @ 3:05:12 PM
If your product isn't appealing to some gamers,then make one that is so people buy it don't take it out on gamers,because their not interested in your product.
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