Atari held an exclusive preview event in downtown San Francisco, CA for a hands-on demo of DRIV3R - an action-packed driving adventure video game with more than 60 playable vehicles, and three large, wide-open city environments: Miami, Nice and Istanbul. In addition, Atari screened a sneak peek of the rough-cut of Run The Gauntlet - a three-minute live-action short film inspired by DRIV3R and written and directed by Ridley Scott Associates' (RSA) Sean Mullens - as well as the behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film.
In attendance were Driver franchise developer Martin Edmondson of Atari's Reflections Interactive; actors Michael Madsen and Michelle Rodriguez who lend their voices to the game's main characters; and Ridley Scott Associates writer and director Sean Mullens.
The first vignette promoting the first 1-minute episode of "Run The Gauntlet" was posted on the Driv3r web site yesterday and the second vignette will be posted on January 19, building to the exclusive release of Episode I on the site on January 23, 2004.
Developed by Reflections Interactive (an Atari studio), DRIV3R is slated for release in March 2004 for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system and the Xbox) video game system from Microsoft. For additional information and the DRIV3R sneak peak follow the download tab above.
