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| + | | orbdistance = 4.0 AU |
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| − | |title=Driver |
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| + | | parent = Paz |
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| − | | image = [[Image:Driver-logo.png|250px]] |
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| + | | orbperiod = 6.1 |
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| − | |developer=[[Ubisoft Reflections]] (formerly Reflections Interactive)<br/>[[Gameloft]] |
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| − | |publisher=[[GT Interactive]] (1999)<br/>[[Atari, Inc. (Infogrames subsidiary)|Infogrames/Atari]] (1999–2006)<br/>[[Ubisoft]] (2006–present) |
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| − | | first release version = ''[[Driver (video game)|Driver]]'' |
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| + | | surfacetemp = -30 |
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| − | |first release date=June 1999 |
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| + | | surfacegrav = 1.0 |
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| − | | latest release version = ''[[Driver: San Francisco]]'' |
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| − | |latest release date=Q1 2011 |
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| − | | genre = [[Action game|Action]], [[Racing video game|driving]], [[third-person shooter]] |
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| − | | website = [http://driver.ubi.com/ driver.ubi.com] |
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| + | * Surface Temperature: -30 Celsius (5 at the equator) |
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| − | '''''Driver''''' is a series of mission-based driving [[video game]]s developed by Reflections Interactive (now [[Ubisoft Reflections]]), and originally published by [[GT Interactive]] and later by [[Atari]]. The [[gameplay]] consists of a mixture of [[Action game|action]], [[Racing video game|driving]], and [[Third-person shooter|third-person shooting]] in [[open world]] environments. Since the series began in 1999 there have been five installments released, with a sixth one on the way. |
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| + | In 354 CE, Garvug was considered a "bargain world," given to the krogan because no one else wanted to live on such a frozen rock. Technically a life-bearing world, Garvug had a small farm belt around its equator and well-insulated marine life in its seas. |
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| − | ==Installments== |
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| − | ! colspan="4"| Availability |
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| − | | align="center" | <small>'''[[Sony]]'''</small> |
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| − | | align="center" | <small>'''[[Microsoft]]'''</small> |
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| − | | align="center" | <small>'''[[Nintendo]]'''</small> |
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| − | | align="center" | <small>'''Other'''</small> |
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| − | | ''[[Driver (video game)|Driver]]'' |
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| − | | bgcolor="#ddffdd" | [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] |
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| − | | bgcolor="#ddffdd" | [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] |
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| − | | bgcolor="#ddffdd" | [[Game Boy Color]] |
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| − | | bgcolor="#ddffdd" | [[Macintosh]], [[iOS (Apple)|iOS]] |
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| − | | 1999 |
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| − | | ''[[Driver 2]]'' |
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| − | | bgcolor="#ddffdd" | PlayStation |
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| − | | bgcolor="#ffdddd" | None |
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| − | | bgcolor="#ddffdd" | [[Game Boy Advance]] |
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| − | | bgcolor="#ffdddd" | None |
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| − | | 2000 |
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| − | | ''[[Driv3r]]'' |
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| − | | bgcolor="#ddffdd" | [[PlayStation 2]] |
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| − | | bgcolor="#ddffdd" | [[Xbox]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] |
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| − | | bgcolor="#ddffdd" | Game Boy Advance |
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| − | | bgcolor="#ffdddd" | None |
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| − | | 2004 |
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| − | | ''[[Driver: Parallel Lines|Parallel Lines]]'' |
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| − | | bgcolor="#ddffdd" | PlayStation 2 |
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| − | | bgcolor="#ddffdd" | Xbox, [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] |
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| − | | bgcolor="#ddffdd" | [[Wii]] |
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| − | | bgcolor="#ffdddd" | None |
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| − | | 2006 |
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| − | | ''[[Driver 76]]'' |
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| − | | bgcolor="#ddffdd" | [[PlayStation Portable]] |
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| − | | bgcolor="#ffdddd" | None |
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| − | | bgcolor="#ffdddd" | None |
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| − | | bgcolor="#ffdddd" | None |
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| − | | 2007 |
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| − | | ''[[Driver: San Francisco|San Francisco]]'' |
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| − | | bgcolor="#ddffdd" | [[PlayStation 3]] |
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| − | | bgcolor="#ddffdd" | [[Xbox 360]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] |
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| − | | bgcolor="#ddffdd" | Wii |
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| − | | bgcolor="#ddffdd" | [[Mac OS X]] |
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| − | | 2011 |
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| + | By the turn of the century, the krogan had completely adapted, breeding hundreds of younglings per family in vast underground bunkers. By the turn of the next century, Garvug's narrow strips of coral reef had been destroyed by overfishing and pollutants, and excess krogan took to the stars to find another planet to consume. Garvug was treated as a object lesson by the Citadel Council -- the krogan could not be trusted to check their own numbers. |
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| − | ===Main series=== |
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| − | ====''Driver''==== |
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| − | {{main|Driver (video game)}} |
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| − | The first game of the ''Driver'' series was released for the PlayStation on June 30, 1999 in the US. It was later released for [[Game Boy Color]] in May 2000, [[Personal computer|PC]] in September 2000, [[Macintosh|Mac]] in December 2000, and [[IPhone OS|iPhone]] in December 2009. In the game you play as an undercover police officer named [[Officer Tanner|Tanner]]. It featured a storyline set in the 1970s and based in four real-life cities; [[Miami]], [[San Francisco]], [[Los Angeles]] and [[New York City]]. It was the best selling game of the Driver series and an evolution of the freedom to explore a city as brought forth in the early "Grand Theft Auto" games. |
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| + | Today, Garvug is a frozen wasteland, home to corporate ecoengineering efforts trying to implement sustainable agri- and aqua-culture practices. Krogan and vorcha packs are a constant threat, and the corporations pay mercenaries well to keep their operations safe. |
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| − | ====''Driver 2''==== |
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| − | The second installment in the ''Driver'' series was released for the [[PlayStation]] on November 13, 2000 in the US by [[Infogrames]] (now known as Atari), and later ported to the [[Game Boy Advance]] in 2002. It featured Officer Tanner once more, along with a new partner, [[Detective Tobias Jones]], in four more real-life cities ([[Chicago]], [[Havana]], [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]], and [[Rio De Janeiro]]). It was the first game in the series to feature 2-player modes, curved roads, and the ability to get out of your car at any time in order to steal another car on the street. |
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| − | ====''Driv3r''==== |
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| − | {{main|Driv3r}} |
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| − | The third installment in the ''Driver'' series and the first to get an [[Entertainment Software Rating Board|M]] Rating by the ESRB (the first two were rated T), was released for the [[PlayStation 2]] and [[Xbox]] on June 21, 2004 in the [[United States]] to generally mixed or poor reviews (despite new features such as the ability to use firearms). The game takes place in [[Miami]], [[Nice]] and [[Istanbul]]. It was subsequently followed by versions for the [[Personal computer|PC]], and [[Game Boy Advance]].<ref>[http://www.gamespot.com/gba/action/driver3/news_6129778.html Driver 3 speeds onto the GBA - Game Boy Advance News at GameSpot<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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| − | The game sold rather well despite poor reviews, and Reflections paid notice to the complaints about the insipid story line, poor controls, and abundance of glitches in order to improve the series' standings with critics and gamers in the [[Driver (video game)#Driver: Parallel Lines|fourth installment]] of the series. |
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| − | ====''Driver: Parallel Lines''==== |
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| − | {{main|Driver: Parallel Lines}} |
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| − | The fourth game in the series, ''[[Driver: Parallel Lines]]'', was released March 14, 2006 for [[PlayStation 2]] and [[Xbox]], and June 2007 for [[Personal computer|PC]] and [[Wii]]. It is the most violent of the series—the first one to receive an 18 rating in the UK. Reflections intended ''Parallel Lines'' to "return the series to its roots" by focusing more on driving. |
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| − | The game differs greatly in other aspects from its predecessors, though, as the story no longer follows undercover police officer Tanner and the game takes place in only one location, [[New York City]]. The new main player's name is TK, a criminal rather than a cop. The game includes two time periods, 1978 and 2006, when the main player is sentenced to prison for 28 years and returns in 2006. The game received mediocre reviews and, unlike ''Driv3r'', did not sell particularly well. |
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| − | ====''Driver: San Francisco''==== |
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| − | {{main|Driver: San Francisco}} |
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| − | A new Driver game has long been rumored to be in production .<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2161804/atari-sells-reflections|title=Atari sells Reflections}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7460359.stm |title= How a computer game is made |accessdate=2008-06-18 |publisher= [[BBC]] |date= June 18, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7460352.stm |title= UK games industry needs brains |accessdate=2008-06-18 |publisher= [[BBC]] |date= June 18, 2008 }}</ref> After several years of speculation, Ubisoft finally unveiled Driver: San Francisco at E3 2010. The game follows series protagonist Tanner after he's suffered an accident that has left him in a coma. The player will thus control Tanner during his coma dream .<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.joystiq.com/2010/06/14/driver-san-francisco-coming-to-360-ps3-wii-and-pc//|title= |
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| − | Driver: San Francisco coming to 360, PS3, Wii and PC|publisher=Joystiq|date=2010-June-14|accessdate=2010-June-15}}</ref> |
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| − | ''[[Driver: Vegas]]'' (released in 2006) and ''[[Driver: LA Undercover]]'' (released in 2007) are two mobile exclusive games featuring Officer Tanner, the protagonist of the first three Driver's. ''Vegas'' features his exploits in [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]] in an attempt to exact revenge on Jericho after [[Driv3r]], while ''LA Undercover'' (set two years later), features Tanner's exploits in [[Los Angeles]] to take down the Los Angeles Mafia by working his way up the ladder. |
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| − | ====''Driver 76''==== |
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| − | Driver 76 is a PlayStation Portable exclusive game in the Drivers series/ Set in New York City in 1976, two years before the events in the first half of ''[[Driver: Parallel Lines]]'', you take the role of Ray, TK's friend and a supporting character from Parallel Lines. The game was developed by Sumo Digital and Reflections, and was released on May 11, 2007. |
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| − | ====''C.O.P. The Recruit''==== |
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| − | On November 3, 2009, Ubisoft released [[C.O.P. The Recruit]] for Nintendo DS. It was originally registered under numerous names, one of which being "Driver: The Recruit".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onelastcontinue.com/7966/e3-2009-cop-the-recruit-drivers-little-brother/|title=E3 2009: C.O.P. The Recruit – Driver’s little brother? | One Last Continue|work=One Last Continue|publisher=|date=2009-06-02|accessdate=2009-11-08}}</ref> |
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| − | ==Film adaptation== |
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| − | In February 2003, Impact Pictures, the production team of [[Paul W.S. Anderson]] and [[Jeremy Bolt]], announced that it had acquired the film and TV rights to adapt the Atari video game ''[[Driver (video game)|Driver]]''. Screenwriters James DeMonaco, Todd Jason Harthan, and [[James Roday]] were developing a script at the time. Impact Pictures had originally intended to produce the film ''Driver'' to coincide with the release of the video game ''[[Driver 3]]''.<ref>{{cite news | first=Brian | last=Linder | url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/385/385790p1.html | title=Games to Film: Infogrames' ''Driver'' Makes Impact | publisher=[[IGN]] | date=2003-02-03 | accessdate=2006-10-18 }}</ref> The following November, Impact Pictures announced its plans to produce a $50 million adaptation of ''Driver'' after wrapping up principal photography on ''[[Resident Evil: Apocalypse]]''.<ref>{{cite news | first=John | last=Gaudiosi | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/new_media/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2015825 | title=Game filmer keeps on driving | publisher=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] | date=2003-11-03 | accessdate=2006-10-18 }}</ref> In April 2006, [[Rogue Pictures]] acquired the film rights to ''Driver'' from Impact Pictures and Constantin Films, the production companies responsible for the ''Resident Evil'' film franchise. [[Roger Avary]] replaced the original screenwriters in writing the script for ''Driver'', as well directing the film.<ref>{{cite news | author=John Callaham | url=http://www.firingsquad.com/news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=9866 | title=EXCLUSIVE: Roger Avary To Write And Direct ''Driver'' Movie | publisher=FiringSquad | date=2006-04-19 | accessdate=2007-02-13 }}</ref> |
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| − | Prior to January 2007, ''Driver'', having a budget of $48 million, was slated to shoot at Cinespace Studios' MT28 lot in [[Toronto]], [[Canada]]. Due to a waterfront revitalization project, the studio has been forced to move and the film has been put on hold.<ref>{{cite news | author=Tim Lai | url=http://www.thestar.com/artsentertainment/article/170444 | title=Film industry flickers as studio closes | publisher=[[Toronto Star]] | date=2007-01-12 | accessdate=2007-01-18 }}</ref> In May 2009, the movie script was leaked on internet.<ref>{{cite news | author=Griffin McElroy | url=http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/23/rumor-partial-script-for-driver-film-adaptation-leaked/ | title=Rumor: Partial script for Driver film adaptation leaked | publisher=[[Joystiq]] | date=2009-05-23 | accessdate=2009-12-26 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | author=Ryan Davis | url=http://www.giantbomb.com/news/driver-script-leak-surfaces/1332/ | title=Driver Script Leak Surfaces | publisher=[[Giant Bomb]] | date=2009-05-27 | accessdate=2009-12-26 }}</ref> |
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| − | *[http://driver.ubi.com/ Official site] |
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- Surface Temperature: -30 Celsius (5 at the equator)
In 354 CE, Garvug was considered a "bargain world," given to the krogan because no one else wanted to live on such a frozen rock. Technically a life-bearing world, Garvug had a small farm belt around its equator and well-insulated marine life in its seas.
By the turn of the century, the krogan had completely adapted, breeding hundreds of younglings per family in vast underground bunkers. By the turn of the next century, Garvug's narrow strips of coral reef had been destroyed by overfishing and pollutants, and excess krogan took to the stars to find another planet to consume. Garvug was treated as a object lesson by the Citadel Council -- the krogan could not be trusted to check their own numbers.
Today, Garvug is a frozen wasteland, home to corporate ecoengineering efforts trying to implement sustainable agri- and aqua-culture practices. Krogan and vorcha packs are a constant threat, and the corporations pay mercenaries well to keep their operations safe.