New Driver officially in the shop

By Tom Magrino, GameSpotPosted Jun 18, 2008 12:51 pm PT

BBC reveals Ubisoft hard at work on PS3, 360 revamp of classic series.

As anyone on a sinking ship will say, anything that isn't 100 percent vital gets tossed overboard. And that's just what Atari did with its racing franchise Driver, which has seen four installments developed by UK-based Reflections Interactive since 1999. The happy recipient of that franchise was Ubisoft, which signaled its intent to get into the driving game by purchasing the Driver license--and Reflections--from Atari for €19 million (then $24 million, now $29 million) in 2006.

Since then, little has been heard from Ubisoft Reflections or its work on the next Driver. However, as part of a short vignette produced by the BBC, Ubisoft Reflections chief Gareth Edmondson gave the British news outlet a tour of the studio, revealing new details about the project.

The last installment in the Driver franchise, Driver: Parallel Lines, offered both retro and modern-day settings, and gameplay footage of the upcoming Driver shown during the interview indicates that Ubisoft Reflections will be taking a similar tack. The footage appears to show a muscle car from the 1960s or '70s racing through New York, and a computer-modeled vehicle shown later in the clip displays a modern-day hot rod.

Commenting on the vehicle design, Edmondson noted that cars will be highly articulated. According to the studio head, graphic artists are modeling both interior and exterior components, "so when the cars get smashed up, they look realistic and convincing in the game."

In 2005, Sony added the next installment of Driver to its list of the then-102 PlayStation 3 games that were in development. Judging by the various Xbox 360 controllers dispersed around the studio, the game seems set to drive onto Microsoft's console as well. Ubisoft had not responded to requests for comment as of press time.

110 Comments

  • SVR2006MASTER

    Posted Nov 1, 2009 9:48 pm PT

    @eminemrapman101
    no they didn;t

  • SVR2006MASTER

    Posted Oct 31, 2009 3:20 pm PT

    @Eat_My_Shorts35
    thanks for saying that i didn't know

  • Kenbo325

    Posted Sep 10, 2009 3:50 pm PT

    I'm very curious and excited about how Reflections will follow up from the original Driver games.

  • mariokart64fan

    Posted Jun 22, 2009 5:20 pm PT

    ill be buying this day one hopfully they do one for the wii as well not the same one though i liked driver paralel lines on the wii xbox and ps2 and psp

  • Amster_G

    Posted Jun 11, 2009 5:57 pm PT

    Even though I absolutely loved the original Driver, it was the third game, Driv3r, that I found truly amazing. It sure brings back a lot of memories! I'm excited to see what Ubisoft is going to do.

  • thesolidbeto

    Posted Jun 10, 2009 11:04 am PT

    Driver 1 is the best driving game ever,if they want to do a great driver game,they must keep the driver inside the car.But if ubisoft is involved,Will we have a highly repetitive game around?

  • thenephariouson

    Posted May 7, 2009 3:13 pm PT

    I loved the original Driver, though i thought the following 2 were very poor, but now Ubi have their hands oon it, i have high hopes.

  • veflow

    Posted Jan 27, 2009 5:07 pm PT

    aw this is awesome, it got me all excited, too bad it's probably gonna be released in like 2-3 years -.-

  • madassgorilla

    Posted Jan 22, 2009 3:33 pm PT

    i wonder what itll b like..i bet it ll b crazy a bit like gta but better

  • Eat_My_Shorts35

    Posted Dec 21, 2008 9:18 pm PT

    just a litlle fun fact, BUT A SPOILER!!!!! At the endof driv3r, tanner gets shot and ends up in the hospital,and you never find out if he lives or dies, but in driver parallel lines,ifyou go to your safe house in present time and look on one ofthe walls it says "TANNER LIVES!!!!",i was so relieved when i found out lol

  • patsy-cline

    Posted Dec 13, 2008 11:00 am PT

    Maybe this time with ubisoft making it, we won't have cars falling out of the sky like in Driv3r!

  • coolcon2000

    Posted Dec 7, 2008 5:51 am PT

    Anton, this continues Tanners Story, so its not Parrallel Lines, but a diffrent game story. If you liked all the drivers then I recommend getting Driver Parallel Lines anyway.

  • antonisbob

    Posted Nov 11, 2008 1:20 pm PT

    awsome, it took me AGES to beat Driver 2, but it took me a little while to beat Driv3r and i always wanted Parralel lines, but it seems i won't ned to get it with it comeing out on PS3 W00t!

  • MateuszW90

    Posted Oct 25, 2008 2:46 pm PT

    I'm really looking forward to this game

  • thpghalo3

    Posted Oct 10, 2008 7:45 am PT

    Honstly i think they should RE make DRIV3R with a new revamped story better graphics better car handeling and other stuff! DRIVER ROCKS!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!

  • Amir_Badshah

    Posted Aug 31, 2008 6:25 am PT

    HH3333333333LLLLL YEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!!

    I always knew that Driver wouldn't die.
    They're living and they're gonna smash everything that gets in thier ------- way!!!!

  • blaze_adeel

    Posted Jul 18, 2008 7:30 pm PT

    I HaTed driv3r it seemed boring but i really realy liked parallel lines gameplay was gud n story wass even better !!
    but i cant say about this one

  • DJJLektro

    Posted Jul 12, 2008 7:12 pm PT

    They should have more cities this time around like Chicago or Las Vegas Like Driver 2 Was...

  • La_Rhonda

    Posted Jul 11, 2008 11:14 pm PT

    I agree with Creative. If they stop competing with R* then and go back to basics then they will please all the fans of Driver. I didn't mind the story from 3 but the gameplay was aweful.

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