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Ubisoft has sent over an updated release schedule, and while it mainly focuses on the PS3 Essential titles releasing next week, there’s a few date confirmations in there as well.

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Ubisoft is celebrating its 25th anniversary by discounting 25 of its titles on PSN. The sale starts tomorrow, November 30, and runs until December 7. Hit the break for the full list.

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To support the release of Driver: San Francisco, Ubisoft has announced a new free multiplayer content and a game-to-web service for PS3 and Xbox 360.

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Driver: San Francisco, the first title from Ubisoft to require Uplay Passport, is missing the code required to play online for the Xbox 360 version, according to a report on Joystiq.

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Reviews for Driver: San Francisco are starting to hit and it looks like it is getting some rather nice scores.

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Ubisoft has released a new Driver: San Francisco developer video which explains the game’s shift mode, which gives players the ability to switch between cars. Then, there’s another video posted below, courtesy of GameFront, which shows how shift can be used in multiplayer. Driver is out September 1 in Europe, September 2 in the UK, and September 6 in the US.

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Ubisoft has taken to Twitter to announce Driver: San Francsico will be released in the US on September 6 instead of August 30. The date was changed due to “shipping considerations and getting the best exposure in North America,” and had nothing to do with its production. Apparently, this was revealed a few days ago, and we’re just now noticing it. Sorry for that. The game will still release on September 1 in Europe and September 2 in the UK as scheduled. Thanks, EvAv.

Ubisoft has released a trailer for Driver: San Francisco, which focuses on the single-player aspect of the game. You can watch it below, courtesy of Gematsu. Driver is due on PS3 and Xbox 360 at the end of August.

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Driver: San Francisco creative director Martin Edmondson has said that bringing back the series wasn’t quite a 100 percent certainty at first.

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Ubisoft Europe MD Alan Corre has said the publisher isn’t planning to release any new IPs until the next generation of consoles.

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Ubi’s released a video walkthrough of Driver: San Francisco, showing some of the game’s features, new and old.

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Ubisoft has announced a Collector’s Edition for Driver: San Francisco for Europe,complete with a trailer of it.

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Ubisoft’s E3 press conference has come to a close, and we’ve decided to round all the news up for you.

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Ubisoft has released the first media of Driver: San Francisco following its formal reveal in Los Angeles earlier this evening during the firm’s E3 press conference.

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Update: Take a look at the key fob at 31 seconds.

Original: The first teaser for Ubi’s Driver reboot’s been released. See it below.

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Ubisoft has announced its lineup for E3, and it includes the new Driver game.

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As you can see on Ubi’s site, Reflections’ first Driver game is making its way to PSN on August 14. That’s next week.

The PSone game’s going to priced at €4.99 and has to be worth that. We binned many a merry hour being chased by police cars back in the day, so hopefully time hasn’t been too cruel.

It would be fair to say we’ve never seen anything like this. Following what appears to be the release of a BBC video confirming the development of a new Driver game at Reflections in Newcastle, Ubisoft has issued a statement Yves Guillemot made in 2006 along with a note saying, “Nothing more specific than this has been said.”

“We are thrilled with this acquisition which will allow us to add a prestigious title to our catalog and to enter into the driving games segment, one of the most important segments in the gaming industry. With more than 14 million units sold throughout the world, Driver is one of the most successful brands in the history of video games. We look forward to leveraging the unique knowledge of the Ubisoft studios to ensure that Driver will be one of the leading brands of the next generation of consoles,” said Guillemot, CEO of Ubisoft.

The Frenchman made the statement when it was announced that Ubisoft would acquire Reflections.

Putting two and two together to make 15, it appears the BBC has announced a new Driver game completely out of the loop of Ubisoft “officialdom”.

More soon, no doubt.

Update: Ubisoft’s properly saying nothing.

The BBC’s posted video from a tour of Ubisoft Reflections in Newcastle, claiming the company is “working on a whole new version” of Driver.

The footage then shows cars being modelled and characters being built for cut-scenes.

The quote comes from the start of this video. We’ve just spoken to Ubisoft about this and PR claims it knows nothing about it at all. The company declined to make a comment.

This second video shows more footage from the studio in a story on the British industry struggling in the face of foreign tax cuts and, again, says that the studio is working on “the latest version of a popular driving game”, but shows footage of Emergency Heroes.

“Phone calls” are being made, apparently.

Thanks, Whizzo.