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 26, 2002 [1]
  • EU: May 3, 2002
  • AU: May 17, 2002 [2]
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.

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Development

The game was the first internally-developed title released by BAM!, and was the publisher's first PlayStation 2 and GameCube title. [3]

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. [4] [5] [6]

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