Gameloft, the world’s largest publisher and developer of video games for mobile phones, has announced that it has nabbed the exclusive rights to create mobile games based on Ubisoft’s best-selling Driver franchise, which date has sold more than 14 million units worldwide.

Prior Driver titles, by Glu Mobile, will be off market by March 3, and Gameloft expects to release Driver: LA Undercover in both 2D and 3D in June 2007.

Gameloft launch will coincide with Ubisoft’s Driver Parallel Lines which is out for PC, Nintendo Wii and PSP.

“We are extremely excited to add this license to our award-winning portfolio of games”, said Michel Guillemot, President of Gameloft.

“We have ambitious goals for this franchise and we intend to install a completely renewed gameplay that has never been seen before in mobile games, and we are confident we can take Driver to the next level”.

“Ubisoft has great plans for the Driver brand", said Tony Key, vice president of marketing at Ubisoft.

"Our goal is to innovate within the franchise and give Driver renewed momentum. We believe it will be a leading Ubisoft franchise, providing gamers with innovative new experiences while maintaining the true spirit of the original license.”

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