Ubisoft Announces Driver: Speedboat Paradise for iOS and Android

It’s been a long time since I’ve given much thought to Ubisoft’s Driver franchise. The last entry in the series was four years ago, and even though Driver: San Francisco was well-received, the series hasn’t been an industry leader since its early days.

Still, that doesn’t mean we’re not going to be intrigued when a mobile Driver game comes along. Especially when it’s one that seems to play so far outside of the series’ norm.

Driver: Speedboat Paradise trades in the traditional car-driving mechanics of the Driver series for – you guessed it – a speedboat, and promises an “a true-to-life water and dynamic wave system” in its press release.

Players will try to bring down the mafia through water-based races filled with ramps and stunts, because video games.

Then again, you only need to travel 12 nautical miles from land if you want to be in international waters — and once you’re there, you can get away with anything.

Maybe a speedboat crime game isn’t such a bad idea after all.

Driver: Speedboat Paradise is expected to release on both iOS and Android sometime this April.

Jim Squires

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