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GameStop.co.uk is currently offering either the PS3 or Xbox 360 versions of Driver: San Francisco for just 21.97. The company tweeted the deal at 12:52pm, saying that it would run for an hour. Last week the retailer hit the headlines when it reduced current UK No.1 Deus Ex: Human Revolution …
Read More »Driver: SF gets full digital PSN release
Ubisoft has revealed that upcoming release Driver: San Francisco will receive a full digital release on the PlayStation Network. Though no firm release date for the PSN version was given, Ubisoft Reflections MD Garth Edmonson told a Gamescom panel last week that it would arrive in a few weeks”, suggesting …
Read More »Driver’s always-on DRM scrapped
Ubisoft has altered the way digital rights management works in the PC version of Driver: San Francisco after receiving negative feedback. Players will no longer be required to have a constant internet connection in order to play the game, reports Rock, Paper, Shotgun, but they will need to sign in …
Read More »Ubisoft says its DRM is a success
French publisher Ubisoft has risked stoking the fires of hate towards its controversial PC DRM strategy by proclaiming it a success. Yesterday it emerged that upcoming release Driver: San Francisco will require a permanent internet connection to play, even if only in single player mode. The game requires constant authentication …
Read More »Driver SF uses always-on DRM
The PC version of Ubisoft’s Driver: San Francisco will require players to have a constant internet connection. The new was confirmed by Driver and Rabbids community developer Mathieu Willem via Twitter, according to Eurogamer. Throughout the first half of 2010, Ubisoft faced criticism and even server attacks after it announced …
Read More »Ubisofts Online Pass named, priced
Starting with the release of Driver: San Francisco on September 2nd, Ubisoft is to introduce its own version of EA’s Online Pass. Called the Uplay Passport, it will come in the form of a one-time use code in the box. This can then be redeemed online to unlock multiplayer online …
Read More »Ubisoft confirms Uplay Online Pass
Yet another publisher has announced plans to introduce and EA Online Pass type system into its future releases. Following rumours last week, Ubisoft has now confirmed that September release Driver: San Francisco will be the first game to include what is to be called the Uplay Online Pass. As with …
Read More »Ubisoft goes online for E3
Ubisoft will make a big push to establish its online gaming credentials at E3 next month, MCV understands. The company will use the LA showcase to reveal new details on the newly-announced Ghost Recon Online, as well as TrackMania2 Canyon and From Dust – games designed to kick start Ubisoft’s ambitious …
Read More »New Driver "lighter, more humorous"
As well as rebooting the series, Driver: San Francisco will differ from its predecessors in another key way – it’s going to be a lot funnier. "We have focused back on the original core feel of Driver, that sense of being down in the thick of a street level Hollywood …
Read More »OPINION: Ubi’s drive and ambition
Just three weeks ago in this very magazine Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot predicted his firm could eventually topple EA and Activision as the leading third-party publisher. These were not just hysterical words from a Frenchman feeding off the excitement of receiving our Grand Prix award. (Although he did tell us …
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