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Driver Parallel Lines
''Driver: Parallel Lines'' is a 2006 action-adventure video game developed by Reflections Interactive as the fourth installment in the ''Driver'' video game series, following ''Driver 3'' (2004). It was released by Atari for PlayStation 2 and Xbox, followed by ports to Microsoft Windows and Wii released in 2007 by Ubisoft, which had purchased the franchise. In a departure from previous titles in the series that focused on multiple cities, ''Parallel Lines'' takes place in New York City, within the periods of 1978 and 2006, in a fully open world environment. ''Driver: Parallel Lines'' was the first ''Driver'' game without undercover cop John Tanner as the protagonist, instead focusing on a getaway driver named TK who works with a gang but is later framed by them for the murder of a drug lord, returning after 28 years in prison for revenge. Due to the underwhelming performance of ''Driver 3'', particularly the often-derided on-foot sections, ''Parallel Lines'' returns to the form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ubisoft Reflections
Ubisoft Reflections Limited (formerly Reflections and later Reflections Interactive Limited) is a British video game developer and a studio of Ubisoft based in Newcastle upon Tyne. Founded in 1984 by Martin Edmondson and Nicholas Chamberlain, the studio focuses on racing games and it is best known for creating the award-winning '' Driver'' series. Reflections was acquired by GT Interactive in 1998 – which later turned into Atari Inc. – and sold to Ubisoft in 2006. The company worked in close cooperation with sister studio Ubisoft Leamington, until its closure in 2025. History Martin Edmondson and Nicholas Chamberlain started developing games for the BBC Micro under the moniker "Reflections" in 1984. Their first game was a '' Paperboy'' clone called ''Paper-Round'' that took two years to develop but was never released. While working on that game, they started '' Ravenskull'' which would be their first published game, released in 1986 by Superior Software. This was followed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Driv3r
''Driver 3'' (stylized as ''DRIV3R'') is a 2004 action-adventure game, the third installment in the ''Driver'' series. It was developed by Reflections Interactive, published by Atari, and released on PlayStation 2, Xbox and mobile phones in June 2004, Microsoft Windows in March 2005, and Game Boy Advance in October 2005. The game's story focuses on players assuming the role of John Tanner, an undercover FBI agent, as he investigates a car-smuggling ring across three countries, in order to identify and arrest its boss and learn who they are planning to sell a cache of stolen cars to. The game expanded upon its predecessors with on-foot sections, gun combat, and drive-by shooting, with virtual recreations of three major cities - Miami, Nice, and Istanbul - free-roam game mode, and an improvement to the series' film-making "director mode". ''Driver 3'' was a much-hyped and anticipated title, and although the game was a commercial success, it received mixed reviews upon release, ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |