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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Did it have to be Ubisoft? Couldn't literally any other publisher pick this up?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month 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.