The New Driver

[Driver_King]

I found that Ubisoft is expecting to release the new iteration of Driver no later than March of next year.

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Given its weakness in the casual market in 2009, Ubisoft said that it plans to more heavily emphasize development for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 during its coming fiscal year.

"With a view to further reducing our exposure to the DS, we intend to continue to refocus our development resources on our major franchises and on the Xbox 360 and PS3, the two consoles which are expected to see sales growth in games for gamers in 2010," CEO Yves Guillemot said in a statement. "The 2010-11 lineup--which is stronger in franchises for Xbox 360 and PS3--reflects our refocusing efforts and should enable us to both win market share and enhance our profitability."

Ubisoft also offered a cursory look at said 2010-11 lineup, one that revealed a few previously unannounced projects. Having stated its weakness in the racing market in November, Ubisoft said that it will at last make use of the Driver license it purchased from Atari in 2006. The publisher also expects to release Raving Rabbids 4, as well as a new Assassin's Creed episode that will introduce online multiplayer to the franchise.