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Ubisoft says it’s ‘actively working’ on Driver franchise projects (www.videogameschronicle.com)
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[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world 28 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Did it have to be Ubisoft? Couldn't literally any other publisher pick this up?

[–] BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The studio behind Driver (Reflections Interactive) and the series's licensing rights have been purchased by Ubisoft in 2006

https://web.archive.org/web/20160829051222/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/101026/Atari_Sells_Driver_Reflections_To_Ubisoft.php

[–] all-knight-party@kbin.run 3 points 4 months ago

I mean, Ubisoft has been publishing the series for at least 14 years. It's pretty solidly theirs. They'd have to willingly give it up.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 15 points 4 months ago

Great, so we can enjoy it for a couple of years before they turn the servers off

[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Part of me feels like they're only saying this to try to prevent a fan-made style of the game from sprouting up due to lack of development on the IP, that being said I haven't followed one of their games since PS1, so not sure how well their fanbase is

[–] The_Surviv0r@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's already done, Driver Syndicate is a fan made driver game. There's been also a fan made PC port of Driver 2 even (I held the WR for the speedrun of that game for a bit even)

[–] SimplyTadpole@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago

Best part is it doesn't have microtransactions or kernel anti-cheat like what Ubisoft will certainly stick onto the new Driver game either.

[–] Nfamwap@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

Driver San Francisco had some really great vehicle dynamics. I always felt that GTA could learn a lot in this area.

[–] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 4 months ago

@ssm is 'actively working' on finding more ways to never hear anything relating to ubisoft ever again

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago

Live service, paid car passes, beautiful open world but inexplicable gameplay choices.

[–] ansiz@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

First level is the tutorial level so many people had trouble with, in the parking garage!