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Ubisoft Reflections
Ubisoft Reflections Ltd. In 1995, they became known for Destruction Derby,
which was critically acclaimed for its realistic physics
and destruction, which later become Reflections’ special-
ty.[5] Due to the success, the game had four more sequels
over the years. In 1999, Reflections became well known
for the game Driver, which was inspired by ’70s cop shows
Ubisoft Reflections logo like Starsky and Hutch and movies like Bullitt and The Driv-
Type Subsidiary of Ubisoft er. It has been followed by four sequels and four spin-offs.
Their logo was designed to complement the Psygno-
Industry Computer and video game industry
sis owl, so that they would look good together on the
Founded 1984 back of game cases. It is one fancy written "R" which
is then rotated and mirrored, thus reflecting upon their
Founder(s) Martin Edmondson
name, "Reflections".
Headquarters Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom In 2004, studio founder Martin Edmondson left Re-
flections and sued Atari due to the poor reception of
Products Driver series
Destruction Derby series Driv3r and "constructive unfair dismissal as a result of
Shadow of the Beast Reflections alleged repudiatory breach of a contract of
employment that necessitated Mr. Edmondson’s resigna-
Owner(s) Ubisoft
tion."[6] Martin’s brother, Gareth Edmondson, took his
Employees 120[1] place as the studio manager. In August 2006, Atari an-
nounced that it had transferred all of the staff and most
Parent Ubisoft
of the assets of Reflections Interactive Limited, including
Ubisoft Reflections Ltd. [2] formerly known as Reflections
Ltd., the intellectual property and technology rights to the
Interactive
Interactive, [3] is a video game developer based in New- Driver series, to Ubisoft for $24 million.[7]
castle, United Kingdom. The studio focuses on racing Reflections Interactive Limited was subsequently re-
games and it is best known for creating the award win- named Ubisoft Entertainment Limited trading as Ubisoft
ning Driver series. Reflections. The first Reflections’ game after becoming a
Ubisoft studio, was Driver 76, released in 2007.
Martin Edmondson returned to Reflections for the
History development of Driver: San Francisco, released in Septem-
Martin Edmondson started developing games for the BBC ber 2011.
Micro with Nicholas Chamberlain in 1984. Their first Gareth Edmondson, studio manager, left Reflections
game was a Paperboy clone called Paper-Round that took after more than a ten-year presence at the studio in
two years to develop but was never released.[4] While November 2011, two months after the launch of Driver:
working on that game, they started Ravenskull which San Francisco.[8]
would be their first published game, released in 1986 by
Superior Software. This was followed by Codename: Droid Game releases
and an Acorn Electron conversion of Stryker’s Run in
1987.[4]
The name Reflections was first used for their 1989 References
hit Amiga game, Shadow of the Beast, published by Psyg- [1] Tor Thorsen (November 29, 2010). "Driver studio
nosis which spawned two sequels. The original Amiga hit by layoffs - Report". GameSpot. CBS Interactive.
game was partially written by Paul Howarth, and started http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/driving/
out life as a parallax test of the Fat Agnus bit blitter driver/
chip on the Amiga, Paul later went on to work for Deep news.html?sid=6284618&om_act=convert&om_clk=gsupdates&tag
Red Games, a UK video game company based in Milton Retrieved December 1, 2010.
Keynes. A number of other Amiga and Atari ST games fol- [2] Ubisoft "Driver 76". Ubisoft. http://www.ubi.com/
lowed including Ballistix (1989), Awesome (1990) and Brian UK/Games/Info.aspx?pId=5278 Ubisoft. Retrieved
the Lion (1994). 2009-04-07.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ubisoft Reflections
Title Year Platform(s) Publisher
Ravenskull 1986 BBC Micro, Acorn Electron Superior
Software
Codename: Droid 1987 BBC Micro, Acorn Electron Superior
Software
Stryker’s Run 1987 Acorn Electron (conversion of BBC Micro Superior
game)[4] Software
Shadow of the Beast 1989 Commodore Amiga Psygnosis
Ballistix 1989 Commodore Amiga, Atari ST Psygnosis
Shadow of the Beast II 1990 Commodore Amiga, Atari ST Psygnosis
Awesome 1990 Commodore Amiga, Atari ST Psygnosis
Shadow of the Beast III 1992 Commodore Amiga Psygnosis
Brian the Lion 1994 Commodore Amiga Psygnosis
Destruction Derby 1995 PlayStation, MS-DOS, Sega Saturn Psygnosis
Destruction Derby 2 1996 PlayStation, MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows Psygnosis
Thunder Truck Rally 1998 PlayStation, MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows Psygnosis
Driver 1998 PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, Macin- GT Interac-
tosh, Game Boy Color tive
Driver 2 2000 PlayStation, Game Boy Advance Infogrames
Stuntman 2002 PlayStation 2 Infogrames
Driv3r 2004 PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, Xbox Atari
Driver: Parallel Lines 2006 PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, Xbox, Atari,
Wii Ubisoft
Driver 76 2007 PlayStation Portable Ubisoft
Emergency Heroes 2008 Wii Ubisoft
Monster 4x4: Stunt Racer 2009 Wii Ubisoft
Driver: San Francisco 2011 Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Ubisoft
Windows, Mac OS X
Far Cry 3 (co-developed with Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Mas- 2012 PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Win- Ubisoft
sive and Ubisoft Shanghai) dows
[3] "Reflections Interactive". IGN. http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2161804/
http://uk.games.ign.com/objects/026/ atari-sells-reflections. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
026313.html. Retrieved 2009-04-07. [8] Craig Chapple (November 15, 2011). "Edmondson
[4] ^ Profile, A&B Computing, October 1988 quits Ubisoft Reflections". Develop. Intent Media.
[5] "Ubisoft Reflections Ltd.". MobyGames. http://www.develop-online.net/news/39128/
http://www.mobygames.com/company/ubisoft- Edmondson-quits-Ubisoft-Reflections. Retrieved
reflections-ltd. Retrieved 2009-04-07. November 16, 2011.
[6] Gibson, Ellie (February 27, 2006). "Atari reaches
settlement with ex-Reflections boss".
GamesIndustry. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/
External links
articles/atari-reaches-settlement-with-ex- • Ubisoft Reflections on Facebook
reflections-boss. Retrieved 2009-04-07. • Ubisoft Reflections on Twitter
[7] James, Clement (August 7, 2006). "Atari sells off • Ubisoft Reflections at MobyGames
Reflections Interactive to Ubisoft". VNunet.
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