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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.