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In 1999 it was Driver, in 2000 it was Driver 2. Having won game of the year awards all across Europe and the US, and collecting an interactive BAFTA, now the groundbreaking 3d action driving game is back.

DRIV3R is coming to PlayStation 2 and Xbox game systems in 2004!

The game is being developed by Atari's own Reflections Interactive in Newcastle, England, the team responsible for the original two Driver games and the forthcoming blockbuster, Stuntman.

Click on the links below for more information on this awesome game, click on the thumbnails to view the high resolution images of DRIV3R.

Look out for updates on this page shortly!

GAME FEATURES: - Over 70 playable vehicles, including cars, bikes, boats, artics, and buses. - 8 different weapons, including handguns, machine guns and grenade launchers. - Over 30 story integrated missions. - Over 30 fmv sequences featuring the voice talents of Michael Madsen, Ving Rhames, Michelle Rodriguez and Mickey Rourke. - 3 highly detail cities: Miami, Nice, Istanbul. - 12 licensed music tracks. - Innovative Thrill Cam. - Director Mode, now with slow mo effect.

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Atari Australia website - PlayStation 2 / Xbox

Burnouts, powerslides and donuts peel from your tyres as you scream around tight city streets with the police all over your arse like a bad case of piles. It's a lot like the driving in GTA, but the extra realism gives you an even more satisfying rush! computerandvideogames.com

Driv3r pushes the PS2 hardware to it's absolute limit. PlayStation 2 Magazine

A frantic car chase quickly becomes an unflinching cacophony of twisted metal. PlayStation 2 Magazine

Nudge past a squad car and your suddenly America's most wanted. PlayStation 2 Magazine

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Atari Australia Press Quotes - PlayStation 2

ATARI SHIPS DRIV3R FOR PLAYSTATION 2 AND XBOX

Date: June 21, 2004

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.

"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 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.

Game Features

• Major voice acting talent is involved in DRIV3R, including Michael Madsen as Tanner, Mickey Rourke as the sinister Jericho, Michelle Rodriguez as the sexy Calita and Ving Rhames as Tanner's partner, Tobias Jones

• Three gigantic and true-to-life cities, including Miami, Nice and Istanbul, with more than 35,000 buildings hand-placed and decorated for intricate detail and ultimate immersion

• More than 70 controllable vehicles, including motorcycles, boats, police cars, vans, mopeds, muscle cars and fully articulated 18 wheelers

• More than 150 miles of major highways and city streets to explore plus countless uncharted open areas, alleys, dirt roads and smaller byways

• A stunning graphics engine capable of creating massive photorealistic environments - both indoor and outdoor - filled with hundreds of destructible objects to be smashed and blasted both in vehicles and on foot

• Complete destruction model allows vehicles to crumble realistically as they are bashed, smashed and driven to the limits of their design

• Unmatched driving and physics engine creates the most exciting and fun vehicle performance in any game

• A deep, narrative storyline that plays like an interactive movie, recreating the attitude, action and car chase sequences of modern gangster films like Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch and Pulp Fiction; nearly an hour of CGI video fleshes out the plot with dramatic scenes of sinister crime syndicate dealings

• Multiple solutions to missions allow players to plan strategically before they move in on the crooks and choose between a full frontal assault or a more surreptitious alternative, depending on gameplay tastes

• Driver's signature "Film Director" function, which records every move made in the game, allows gamers to place cameras anywhere and direct and save their own Hollywood car chase to memory cards; Xbox players can upload their homemade films to Xbox Live! for users worldwide to download and view

Sorrent Inc., a global leader in mobile entertainment, in partnership with Atari, has also shipped DRIV3R worldwide for mobile phones, featuring both in-car and out-of-car game play from a top-down perspective. With 16 missions available in Miami, Nice and Istanbul, DRIV3R for mobile phones features multiple vehicles and gameplay that becomes more challenging as the game progresses. As gamers successfully complete the Undercover Mode on the mobile game, cheat codes for the Xbox and PlayStation®2 versions are unlocked.

DRIV3R is currently available worldwide with an estimated retail price in North America of $49.95 and an ESRB rating of 'M' for Mature. For more information on DRIV3R, please visit the game's official Web site at www.DRIV3R.com.

About Atari

New York-based Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) develops interactive games for all platforms and is one of the largest third-party publishers of interactive entertainment software in the U.S. The Company's 1,000+ titles include hard-core, genre-defining games such as DRIV3R’, Enter the Matrix’, Neverwinter Nights’, Stuntman’, Test Drive®, Unreal® Tournament 2004, and Unreal® Championship; and mass-market and children's games such as Backyard Sports’, Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues’ and Dora the Explorer’, Civilization®, Dragon Ball Z® and RollerCoaster Tycoon®. Atari, Inc. is a majority-owned subsidiary of France-based Infogrames Entertainment SA (Euronext 5257), the largest interactive games publisher in Europe. For more information, visit www.atari.com.

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Press Release - PlayStation 2/Xbox

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Tanner arrive enfin sur PC!

Toujours en infiltration, Tanner devra cette fois démanteler un gigantesque gang de voleurs de voitures. Ses pérégrinations le conduiront à travers 3 villes : Nice, Istanbul et Miami. Course-poursuites délirantes, carambolages en série et détérioration des véhicules des forces de l'ordre en perspective, mais ce n'est pas tout ! Tanner devra également sortir de sa voiture pour pénétrer dans les bâtiments et livrer des gunfights sans merci pour stopper les méfaits de ce gang haut en couleurs.

Le Maître revient. Soyez préparés !

charactéristiques

• 3 villes, 3 terrains de jeu : Nice, Istanbul et Miami, capturées fidèlement, avec plus de 36.000 bâtiments différents !
• Une version optimisée pour PC: support des technologies graphiques dernier cri, une mission exclusive!
• Des carambolages...et des gunfights à gogo ! A pied, en voiture ou dans les bâtiments, Tanner est maintenant armé ! Fusil d'assaut, pistolet-mitrailleur, Pistolet, Shotgun, lance-grenades : un véritable arsenal !
• Crevez les pneus de vos adversaires, criblez les bagnoles de trous, abattez les gangsters, ou faites s'éffondrer les échafaudages sur lesquels ils résident...
• Tous les éléments des décors destructibles : à vous les caisses qui volent, les tables des terrasses de la Promenade des Anglais sur votre capot et bien plus encore !
• Un moteur graphique et physique HAL-LU-CI-NANT ! Des voitures avec plus de 50 points d'impact distincts, de la tôle qui vole dans tous les sens, la gestion des physiques, les amortisseurs, etc... Et bien entendu LA dynamique Driver !
• Toute l'ambiance Driver : modèle physique, le look and feel, l'ambiance, les cinématiques extraordinaires, de nombreux véhicules: motos, camions, sportscars, camionnettes et bien plus!

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www.atari.fr - Windows (French)

Tanner's back! Get ready to take the celebrated undercover cop on a tour of Miami, Nice and Istanbul in Reflections' stunning new chase 'em up.

Long before the likes of The Getaway and True Crime were even dreamed up, one game ruled the road. When it screeched onto PlayStation in the late 1990s, Driver literally changed the face of gaming. Now, after an absence of over three years, the game that effectively single-handedly invented the mission-based driving genre is back.

Once again, you'll control undercover cop Tanner across a series of high-octane missions set in a variety of cities. This time out, Tanner is on the trail of an international crime syndicate. A mysterious buyer has ordered 40 high performance cars, and Tanner's mission is to uncover their identity and blow the operation wide open, a quest that'll take in the neon-lit streets of Miami, the rolling green hills of Nice and the arid environs of Istanbul.

As has always been the case with the Driver series, the main emphasis is on spectacular, thrilling, Hollywood-style car chases. As you work your way through more than 30 missions in the main game mode, you'll come across over 70 different vehicles, each with their own unique characteristics. Reflections continue to demonstrate their absolute mastery of virtual driving, combining realistic physics with an accessible and powerslide-friendly handling model to stunning effect. As well as muscle cars, hot-rods, pick-ups, buses and even dumpsters, Driv3r adds motorcycles to the mix for the first time as well, which present a whole new set of challenges.

Once again, there's a comprehensive replay mode included, allowing you to play the director by positioning cameras and editing footage of your finest moments. If you just fancy a quick, stylish view of the action on screen, the new 'Thrill Cam' button gives you a cinematic camera angle and a stylish slo-mo view of the action in real time.

The action kicks off in Miami, where Tanner works for a division of the FBI attached to the Miami PD. As the net closes on the ruthless car criminals, the action shifts to the picturesque hills of Nice before culminating with an explosive stand-off in Istanbul. Out of the car, Tanner has a selection of weapons with which to bring down the car crime syndicate, including pistols, shotguns and semi-automatics. Cleverly, Tanner's on-foot sections can be played in either first or third person, depending on your preference.

Driv3r's gripping storyline is played out over a series of stunning cinematic cut sequences, with voice-over work from the likes of Michael Madsen, Ving Rhames and Mickey Rourke all contributing to an overall feel akin to that of a Hollywood production.

• Take to the streets of Nice, Miami and Istanbul as you try to bring down an international car crime syndicate
• Tear it up in over 70 different vehicles, including hot rods, pick-ups, muscle cars, buses and, for the first time in the series, motorbikes
• New 'Thrill Cam' gives you a cinematic view of the action as it happens
• Features voice-over work from Michael Madsen, Ving Rhames and Mickey Rourke

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uk.playstation.com

TAKE THE WHEEL

"Incredible" - Official PlayStation Magazine

"Bigger and more beautiful than ever before." - IGN

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Back of Case - Playstation 2 (U.S.)

Speed into a Hollywood-level production with a gripping narrative story line. You play as Tanner, the jaw-breaking, no-holds-barred undercover cop and "master wheelman" who's willing to do whatever it takes to bring the bad guys down. With the help of your long time partner Tobias, it's your job to infiltrate a global car-theft ring. Tail gangsters, chase witnesses, steal cars, and unload massive clips of ammo to bring the criminals to justice. Get ready for tire-squealing chases and fierce on-foot firefights!

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www.xbox.com

Несколько лет немногословный полицейский Таннер работал под прикрытием, чтобы вывести на чистую воду могущественную мафию Нью-Йорка, Лос-Анджелеса, Сан-Франциско и Чикаго. Но когда ему это удалось, стало ясно, что до окончательной победы над преступным миром еще очень далеко. Едва отдохнув, Таннер получает от руководства новое задание – не менее трудное и опасное.

На этот раз предстоит разобраться с тем, что происходит в Майами, и Таннер, верный своему долгу, отправляется туда. Уже на месте полицейский понимает, что деятельность организации, с которой ему придется столкнуться на этот раз, осуществляется не только на территории солнечной Флориды, но и далеко за ее пределами – в Ницце, а также в нескольких странах Восточной Европы. Впрочем, останавливаться уже поздно: Таннеру остается либо выиграть в этой борьбе, либо погибнуть.

Особенности игры

• Более 70 разновидностей средств передвижения – автомобили, мотоциклы, катера и автобусы;
• 8 видов оружия, в том числе пистолеты, пулеметы и гранатометы;
• Несколько режимов игры;
• Более 30 миссий в режиме Story Mode, связанных интригующим, динамично развивающимся сюжетом;
• Десятки видеороликов великолепного качества;
• Главных героев игры озвучивали известные голливудские звезды – Майкл Мэдсен, Мишель Родригес и Микки Рурк;
• Три огромных, воссозданных до мелочей города – Майами, Ницца и Стамбул;
• 12 оригинальных музыкальных композиций.

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games.1c.ru (Publisher's website)