Driv3r Ships: Game News - The Armchair Empire

Newsletter

Be notified of site updates. Sign-up for the Newsletter sent out twice weekly.

Enter E-Mail Address Below:

ATARI SHIPS DRIV3R FOR PLAYSTATION 2 AND XBOX

Highly Anticipated Sequel to 12 Million-Selling “Driver” Franchise Hits Retail Stores Worldwide With Unparalleled Vehicular Game Play, AAA Hollywood Voice Talent

-- DRIV3R For Mobile Phones Also Available From Sorrent, Inc. --

LOS ANGELES – June 21, 2004 – Atari has shipped DRIV3R, the highly anticipated action-driving game for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and the Xbox™ video game system from Microsoft, to retail stores worldwide today. DRIV3R is an action-packed driving-adventure game that recreates the excitement of a Hollywood blockbuster car chase and plays like an interactive movie.

Advertisement

“We are proud to bring one of the most anticipated console games of the year to store shelves,” said Wim Stocks, Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing for Atari. “Reflections has done it again, expanding on the ground-breaking Driver franchise which set the bar for an entire genre and that gamers worldwide have known and loved for more than four years. The behind-the-wheel experience in DRIV3R – as in past installments – is second to none, from

Advertisement

tire squealing car chases to body panel-bashing vehicle destruction. DRIV3R will keep gamers on the edge of their seats and looking for safety belts in their couches!”

The next evolution of the hugely popular and successful Driver franchise, DRIV3R is developed by Reflections Interactive (an Atari studio), the masterminds of the franchise, which has sold more than 12 million units worldwide to date. DRIV3R stays true to its roots, incorporating the cinematic gameplay and gritty street crime of its predecessors with ground-breaking graphics and three mammoth, wide-open city environments.

Featuring Hollywood-level production values and a gripping, narrative story line, DRIV3R casts players once again as Tanner, a jaw breaking, no-holds-barred undercover cop and master “Wheelman” who does whatever it takes to bring the bad guys down. This time, Tanner, alongside his longtime partner, Tobias Jones, must infiltrate a global car theft ring, surviving high-octane car chases and fierce on-foot firefights while tailing gangsters, chasing witnesses, stealing cars and unloading huge clips of ammo to bring the criminals to justice.