EL33TONLINE: News tag archive: driversanfrancisco
The newly released Dead Island from Techland and Koch Media has claimed the No. 1 spot on Chart Track’s UK Software Sales listing this past week ahead of another new release, Warhammer 40K: Space Marine from Relic and THQ.
It’s been a while since I had as much fun with a sandbox-style game as I did with Driver: San Francisco. This title is a brilliant return to form for the long-running series that debuted in 1999. Driver is this time a more focused and intelligent game than the last couple of entries in the franchise, and its lengthy development cycle (around five years) paid off with regards to the wealth of worthwhile and exciting content it makes available to players.
Continue reading El33tonline’s review of Driver: San Francisco.
With the release of Driver: San Francisco around the world over the past week, Ubisoft has successfully injected new life and interest in a fan-favourite franchise, and by the sounds of internet chatter, the latest entry to the series is a triumphant return!
To celebrate, El33tonline and Ubisoft South Africa held a quick-fire competition to give away a massive Driver: San Francisco hamper, which included a PS3 copy of the game, a soundtrack on LP, a t-shirt and more.
This prize is awesome indeed, but who of our competition entrants will be receiving it in the mail?
If you’re one of those people who shake their head in disapproval when there’s any mention of the ‘online pass’ system then you’ll be pleased to know that Driver: San Francisco is now effectively free from its shackles.
Despite a whopping 46% drop in sales compared to the week previous, Deus Ex: Human Revolution has once again claimed the top spot on Chart Track’s UK Software Sales listing, ahead of the newly released Driver: San Francisco.
Ubisoft’s Driver, however, had enough success to land it in No. 2 on the chart - as 53% of the game’s sales were seen on Xbox 360, while 46% were recorded on PS3 - effectively pushing the previous sales monster Zumba Fitness down by one place to No. 3, as that title’s sales dropped by 19% from the previous week.
Sales of Rugby World Cup also fell, this time by 30%, forcing the game down to No. 4 from No. 3, while LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean (sales down 16%) stepped down one place to No. 5.
Driver: San Francisco is now available in most European territories, and will soon launch in the US, too. Unfortunately, those of us in South Africa will have to wait a little while longer to get our hands on the game’s action racing and unique ‘Shift’ ability.
To try and help make up for the small delay, El33tonline and Megarom are giving away a massive, whopping Driver: San Francisco hamper which includes all kinds of awesome goodies, as well as a PlayStation 3 version of the game.
For a chance to win the game and goodies (which include a soundtrack on LP, a poster, a t-shirt and more!), make your way over to El33tonline’s Driver: San Francisco Competition page, and spy all of the ways you can enter!
Move along now - the competition ends this weekend, during the last dying breaths of September 4th, so get your entries in soon!
Ubisoft and Reflections Studios’ Driver: San Francisco is due for release in all EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) regions today and tomorrow, finally bringing the publisher and developer pair’s latest vision for the much-loved Driver franchise to the world.
South Africa, however, will be left out of the high-speed racing and ‘shifting’ fun.
According to Ubisoft South Africa’s Rene Fraser, incoming stock of Driver: San Francisco to the country has been delayed. Here’s the full statement:
When I was tasked with writing a preview for Driver: San Francisco, I jumped at the chance. You see, not only do I happen to be a USA fanatic (well, certain cities within USA, to be precise) but I am also currently the only qualified San Francisco driver on the El33tonline team, so I’ll try to provide my opinion on how the game is looking in terms of reproducing a true San Fran experience, and get my nostalgia-junkie fix at the same time!
Continue reading El33tonline’s hands-on preview of Driver: San Francisco.
French publisher Ubisoft has recently revealed the full line-up of games it intends to show at gamescom in Germany this month, with a number of heavy-hitters included in the list.
As we rummage through that list of games and look forward to feasting on Ubisoft’s assortment of interactive goodies (both in playable and presentation form) coming to gamescom 2011, we’re also going to take a quick look back at the sights that Ubisoft brought with it to last year’s edition of the massive videogame event in Cologne, with photos El33tonline snapped at gamescom 2010.
Earlier this month it was revealed that Ubisoft would be introducing its own ‘online pass’ programme, Uplay Passport, to encourage consumers to buy new copies of the publisher’s games at retail, as opposed to second-hand, in order for you to benefit from additional online features, as well as multiplayer.
Beginning with Driver: San Francisco in August/September, Ubisoft will be including a Uplay Passport code in every copy of its games to give you free access to online functionality. If you don’t have a code because you bought it second-hand you’ll need to buy a Uplay Passport code in addition to whatever you paid for your used copy.
Following on the heels of EA, THQ, Warner Bros. Interactive, Codemasters and other publishers’ initiatives to encourage consumers to buy original copies of games at retail, Ubisoft has today confirmed that the French publisher will include redemption codes in its future titles to allow access to online features and multiplayer.
We may know all about the premise and backstory of Ubisoft’s action racing game Driver: San Francisco, but are we completely clued up on the vast selection of real-world cars that will be included in the game?
Not completely.
Ubisoft has revealed details of its line-up for this year’s E3.
Since E3 marks the start of the publisher’s 25th anniversary celebration, Ubisoft promises to “deliver its strongest and most diverse brand portfolio to date, with titles spanning all major genres and platforms, including a variety of action adventure and shooter titles, fitness games, online titles and casual games to play with the family.”
This line-up includes explosive HD titles such as Assassin’s Creed Revelations, Call of Juarez: The Cartel, Driver San Francisco, Rayman Origins and Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Future Soldier.
Ubisoft has revealed details for the pre-order offers for Driver: San Francisco, along with the existence of a Collector’s Edition of the game.
The Collector’s Edition of the publisher’s upcoming action driving game will be available for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. It includes a copy of the game, a collectable replica of the 1970 Dodge Challenger Hemi R/T Six Pack as well as a map of San Francisco with all collectables.
The ambitious Driver: San Francisco was just one of a handful of titles that Ubisoft pushed out of 2010 into 2011, so that developer Reflections could put more development time into the action driving game and deliver on its full potential.
With the release of brand new and incredibly stylish ‘Comeback’ trailer for Driver: San Francisco, Ubisoft has gone and announced an August 30th and September 2nd release date for the game in North America and the UK respectively, across Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC and Wii. Watch below:
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