Atari confirms portable edition of Parallel Lines under development at Sumo Digital.



After getting burned by the heavily hyped but critically unsuccessful Driv3r, Atari took the franchise back into the shop and performed a total overhaul. Gone are the setting and protagonist of the original games. Now the series is set to make a fresh start with a new lead man in 1978 New York City in Driver: Parallel Lines.

What better place for a fresh start than on a fresh platform? Atari today confirmed that Parallel Lines is headed for the PSP in addition to the already announced PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions, and is being developed by Sumo Digital. Sumo Digital is no stranger to racing games or PSP development, as it has worked on OutRun 2 for the Xbox and the PSP editions of TOCA Race Driver 2 and Virtua Tennis. The possibility of a portable Parallel Lines first surfaced last night in a report on Shacknews, which cited a "well-placed and reputable source."

The PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions of Parallel Lines are being handled by series developer Reflections Interactive and should be out in March. Atari has yet to announce a release date for the PSP edition.

Driver: Parallel Lines
Publisher: Atari
Developer: Sumo Digital
Genre: Mission-based Driving
Platform: PSP
Release Date: TBA

Driver for the PSP. Awesome news. I really hope that Atari goes back to its original driver game. That still is one of my all time favorite games.

sweet graphix look a bit blocky but ill take what i can get

isnt driver kinda the same as gta but different storyline and different people?

i love the driver games. the 3rd one was a bit crap but if they remake the first one for psp it would be great