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Ubisoft is counting down to next Monday, when it will presumably unveil the new Driver video game it’s teasing in this brand new video that’s certainly heavy on driving but gameplay-barren.
E3 is right around the corner, and the big publishers are rolling out lists of what they’ll be bringing to the show. Ubisoft’s list includes Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, Shaun White Skateboarding, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, the next instalment of the Driver series, and “many other titles” that haven’t been revealed yet. Keep an eye on Kotaku on Monday, June 14, when Ubisoft’s annual press conference kicks off.
It doesn’t mean such games are in development – at most the companies owning these marks have moved to protect them – but new domains for GoldenEye and Driver have been registered by Activision and Ubisoft.
It’s been 18 months since we first heard that Ubisoft’s studio in Newcastle, England was working on a new game in the Driver series. Today, Ubisoft reminded us that, despite this silence, the game is still in development.
Along with new entries in the Raving Rabbids, Ghost Recon and Driver series, Ubisoft has revealed that its fiscal year 2010-11 lineup will include a new entry in the Assassin’s Creed series – with online multiplayer.
What do you do with a derivative IP in a saturated genre that has continually disappointed since its first sequel more than six years ago? Why trademark a fourth sequel, of course!
Ubisoft has announced that the PlayStation classic Driver will be hitting the PlayStation Network next Thursday, August 14th. The game puts you in the role of an undercover cop infiltrating a crime syndicate using his driving skills, something that happens on a regular basis these days. “Step inside the world of the original wheelman in this revived classic from Ubisoft Reflections”, says the publisher. “Driver for the original PlayStation was a huge hit on the original PlayStation and remains a classic. Soon you can relive those gaming memories, or enjoy it for the first time, on PSN for PlayStation 3″.
“The original wheelman”? Ouch. Yours might be the original, but does it have Vin Diesel? Is that even a selling point anymore?
If a Driver game fails? Try, and try again. That’s new franchise owners Ubisoft’s thinking (maybe Atari were just bad luck), as a BBC story on British games development contains the unsurprising news that Ubisoft Reflections, in Newcastle, are working on another Driver game. Least, that’s what the BBC presenter from the vid below says, and seeing as he’s sitting in the studio, and had obviously been hanging with the team, and is pointing at a screen showing a driving game being played, we’re prone to believe him.
How a computer game is made [BBC, via VG247]
