The funny thing about inventing a genre of videogames is that, until it becomes completely played out, every game that emulates your formula is going to be attached to your name. Games that feature a wide-open, freely explorable world, for example, will have a hard time avoiding the label of "Grand Theft Auto clone," especially if their worlds are littered with vehicles to steal and drive.
In the six years since Grand Theft Auto III, a slew of games have tried to become "the next GTA," but so
Friday 14 July 2006
Ubisoft has paid £13 million to Atari to secure the intellectual property and technology for Driver, the action driving game series that has sold 14 million games worldwide.
Driver is developed by UK studio Reflections and the majority of its assets will go to Ubisoft as part of the deal. However, Atari will hold on to the latest in the series, Driver: Parallel Lines, until the end of 2006.
The original Driver on PSone was a groundbreaking driving game offering
Today, Ubisoft has announced that the company has acquired both the Driver series and its developer, Reflections, from Atari.
For 19 million euros (the equivalent of US $24 million) the company has locked up the Driver series. The developers at Reflections now work for Ubisoft. While nothing is known about what the team might be working on, we have to speculate that they're gearing up for a next-gen outing of the popular series... hopefully, one that can make up for the twin disappointments of
Tuesday 18 April 2006
Fancy playing some of PS2s hottest games without having to dip into your wallet? Of course you do. That's why we've teamed up with publisher Atari to give you an exclusive chance to sample some delicious gaming treats courtesy of a full-to-bursting demo disc that you can nab now by winging your way to www.jointhelist.com/atari/AtariDemo.
The ridiculously generous sampler serves up four superb PS2 titles from Atari's catalogue: Driver: Parallel Lines, Fahrenheit, Marc
