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Sneakpeek at Ubisofts new game Driver San Francisco

Ubisoft released this press release earlier “In many ways, the DRIVER franchise defined the action driving genre with its unique blend of intense driving action and iconic locations,” said Geoffroy Sardin, EMEA Chief Marketing and Sales Officer at Ubisoft. "DRIVER San Francisco features a thrilling storyline and exciting new gameplay elements that are sure to captivate both long-time fans as well as newcomers to the series.” Read the sneakpeek, see the trailers and watch the screenshots from Driver San Francisco right here.

yess5155d ago

Looks good...
Don't know about the shift thing though.
And will it be onfoot to, or only incar.

I like Driver for the driving and the physics, so i will propably get this.

Montrealien5155d ago

I hope they bring this franchise back in force. I loved the first one, it was truly something else back then, and it had 4 cities, Miami, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York City.

RIPSKATEDESTROY5155d ago

ubisoft havent shared too much information on this one yet. all i had to go from was a press release they sent me earlier today. and since this is for a norwegian site i have to use google translate unfortunatly to share it with you all. but i hope you get most of it though. but as soon as i get more information on the game ill post it up man!

Hydrolex5155d ago

is it like GTA or is it like the first driver, just driving around

RIPSKATEDESTROY5155d ago

from what i know, no. because they are introducing the new 'shift' thing which is basically a way to teleport around the world without walking. ''Protagonist John Tanner gets knocked on the head in the game, and when he recovers, he's learned a new ability. This Shift talent allows him to teleport around the map, jump into faster cars without an on-foot sequence, and to jump inside civilians' brains in order to command them to demolish rival cars with their own vehicles. ''

T9X695155d ago

The first Driver was the shit, every Driver after that was just shit.

RIPSKATEDESTROY5155d ago

i did love the fact that GTA San Andreas made fun of the game in theyre game though ;)

chasegarcia5155d ago

nope Driver 2 was also great. This one looks like asss!

Montrealien5155d ago

I don`t think this one looks like ass. However I do think Driver 2 was good. The game had open world, get out of car, run around, get in the car you want, in full 3D, before GTA brought that gameplay to 3D. Sure, it had some issues, but it was one hell of a game for its time, and on the Ps1.

OtterX2d ago

For me, these Mario + Rabbids games were the best thing Ubisoft has developed in recent years. I'd hate to see Ubisoft drive the series into the ground like their other properties, so I think 2 games are enough. Maybe 1 more.

Inverno2d ago

They can't ruin it because Ninty will send their ninjas to destroy all traces of it. If not for that you can bet that spinoff series would've been milked dry by now.

XiNatsuDragnel2d ago

Good luck in your future endeavors

Hotpot2d ago

Thank you for Mario + Rabbids series, I quite enjoyed it

Einhander19722d ago

Great games, I have wanted Sony to copy these games with their own mascots for years.

Michiel19891d 15h ago

not cinematic or 3rd person enough for Sony

DefaultComment2d ago

I think Nintendo has to hire this guy, I mean the fact that miuamoto himself said to him that he is impressed with this work, speaks volumes. Th possibility on having Mario on Soliani's hand could be incredible and quite possibly a new era for Mario games.

OtterX2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Yea, these games didn't even feel Ubisoft at all. This felt very authentic Nintendo. This guy's direction is obviously stellar, and Ubisoft somehow managed to not kill it with microtransactions and repetitive, boring tasks.

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Ubisoft Not Worried About GTA 6: Other Games Out During GTA's Past Releases Do Really Well

Ubisoft's Yves Guillemot isn't worried about about GTA 6 and states that from their experience, games available during a GTA launch do well.

Hofstaderman3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Brave words.... GTA V has done well since 2013 to date. 11 years, Yves.

RiseNShine3d ago

Old man, now that it's even trendy, it's time to step down, Ubisoft is looking worse than ever.

Inverno3d ago

You've not had to worry about a GTA game being released for over a decade bro. There are games bigger than what Ubi shites out that avoid releasing around the time of GTA, that's how massive GTA is.

Demetrius3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

I if I were other devs I wouldn't worry neither, especially since down the line rockstar will abandon offline support and fully focus on online only bs. Hopefully Gta 6 is made with plenty of depth and not just gorgeous graphics, come on rockstar come back and show how open world games should be.

DarXyde2d ago

Rockstar putting out a new GTA or Red Dead Redemption is like Kendrick Lamar putting out a new album: it doesn't happen often.

... But when it does, it's an industry-stopping event where you'll enjoy it and go through it time and again to really peel back the layers of the experience, coming away with new perceptions each time.

Ubisoft is known for prolific, cookie cutter slop. Which I would probably compare to Drake post-NWtS.

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Ubisoft Confirms Work On New Projects For Driver Franchise

Ubisoft seems to have teased a new Driver game, with the company's CEO pointing to various projects being in development.

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scorpio_204910d ago

I know Driv3r was hated but I liked it. I’d love to see more games like that.