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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 »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 …
Read More »Ubi revs up Driver as next mega-franchise
A fresh blockbuster franchise will join Ubisoft’s roster when Driver returns on September 2nd. The firm has told MCV the revamped Britsoft driving game can reclaim former glories and be as lucrative as stablemate Assassin’s Creed. Driver: San Francisco arrives in September, but Ubisoft fired up the hype engine this …
Read More »September arrival for Driver: San Francisco
Publisher Ubisoft has announced that Driver: San Francisco will now be released this September. The game had once been down for a Q1 2011 release, but was delayed back in November of last year. In addition, the PS3 version of Child of Eden now looks set to join the Xbox …
Read More »Ghost Recon and Driver: SF delayed
Two of Ubisoft’s biggest titles of 2011 have been delayed. Ghost Recon: Future Soldier and Driver: San Francisco were due for release in Q1 2011, but have now been pushed back until the publisher’s next financial year – which falls between April 2011 and March 2012. The announcement emerged as …
Read More »Ubisoft signs Catalyst for Driver
Develop Award nominated outsourcer on board for San Fran-themed sequel
Read More »Driver: San Francisco delayed to 2011
Ubisoft has delayed Driver: San Francisco until early 2011. The title has been pushed back to the first quarter of next year – the fourth quarter of the publisher’s financial year – to avoid the crowded seasonal selling period. In a trading statement, Ubisoft said: Due to the competitive market …
Read More »E3 2010: Driver: SF officially announced
Driver: San Francisco has been confirmed as the new title for Ubisoft’s latest getaway game. The game was officially announced at the publisher’s E3 press conference and takes place entirely in San Francisco, as MCV reported last week. Driver: SF takes place after the events of Driver 3 and shows …
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