A proud day it is for the gang at Atari, for 500,000+ users have made their way to DRIV3R.com in order to catch a glimpse of the Hollywood-produced short film, "Run The Gauntlet," since its debut on January 23. The first of its kind, the film is a product of Ridley Scott Associates and is intended to promote the next installment in the Driver franchise. Run The Gauntlet is only the first episode of a three-part short film, where Episodes 2 and 3 are scheduled to be unveiled in the coming weeks. Here's a quick rundown at what you can except to see at DRIV3R.com in the near future:

[list][li]February 26: Episode 2 promotion trailer #1[/li]

[li]March 4: Episode 2 promotion trailer #2[/li]

[li]March 11: Episode 2[/li]

[li]March 23: Episode 3 promotion trailer #1[/li]

[li]April 1: Episode 3[/li][/list]New this week at the website is an official Run The Gauntlet screensaver, an exclusive, behind-the-scenes video of Run The Trailer, as well as spankin' new DRIV3R screenshots. The game won't be in stores until June 1, but Episode 2 promotion trailer will be live this Thursday, so be sure to keep updated with DRIV3R.com.