Driven (video game)

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Driven
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PAL region PS2 cover art
Developer(s) BAM! Studios Europe
Crawfish Interactive (Game Boy Advance)
Publisher(s) BAM! Entertainment
Platform(s) GameCube, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance
ReleasePS2, Game Boy Advance
  • NA: November 6, 2001 (PS2)
  • NA: November 28, 2001 (GBA)
  • PAL: December 14, 2001
GameCube
  • NA: March 27, 2002 [1]
  • PAL: May 3, 2002
Genre(s) Racing
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Driven is a racing game developed by BAM! Studios Europe and published by BAM! Entertainment for PlayStation 2 and GameCube. A Game Boy Advance version developed by Crawfish Interactive was also made. The games are based on the 2001 film of the same name.

Contents

Development

The game was the first internally-developed title released by BAM!, and was the publisher's first PlayStation 2 and GameCube title. [2]

Reception

The Game Boy Advance and GameCube versions received "mixed or average reviews", while the PlayStation 2 version received "unfavorable" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [3] [4] [5]

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