Dec 14
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Despite a nearly $1 billion bid from Take-Two Interactive last month, Electronic Arts has announced an agreement to…
Oct 5
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2010's Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit is one of the finest non-Burnout racers made by the speed demons at Criterion…
Jun 8
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Need for Speed Heat is getting cross-play starting June 9, making it the first EA game to let people from different…
Feb 12 2020
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Following a four-game run with Swedish developer Ghost Games starting with 2013’s Rivals, the Need for Speed series…
Nov 5 2019
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I streamed Need For Speed: Heat on Kotaku’s Twitch channel earlier today and got to see the opening moments of the…
Nov 5 2019
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I’m hoping into some Need for Speed: Heat on our Twitch channel right now! Come join me in the chat and let’s live our lives a quarter of a mile at a time.
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Aug 14 2019
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Need For Speed Heat was just announced as the newest entry in the long-running series. A stylish trailer showed off…
Feb 5 2019
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New Plants vs. Zombies and Need for Speed games are coming later this year, EA said today ahead of its quarterly earnings call. No other details just yet, but boy, it sure was a rough year for the publisher. “Q3 was a difficult quarter for Electronic Arts and we did not perform to our expectations,” said CEO Andrew… Read more
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Jun 10 2017
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As part of its E3 2017 press conference, EA debuted some new Need For Speed Payback gameplay footage. It’s about a…
Jun 2 2017
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Today Electronic Arts revealed its next vroom-vroom game, Need for Speed Payback, which will be out November 10 for…
May 9 2017
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Ghost Games says there’ll be a new Need for Speed game before 2017 ends, and it’ll be playable offline, addressing one of the major issues fans had with the 2015 reboot. It’ll have an open world, cops to flee and plenty of car customization. Look for more details at the EA Play event in June.
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Dec 8 2016
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While at first glance these appear to be famous promotional images for classic racing games, they’re actually just a…
Nov 8 2016
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This is Need for Speed: Edge. Details are currently scant, but it’s from Nexon, coming to South Korea, and looks to be a Need for Speed: World. [Thanks, Sang!]
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Dec 9 2015
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When last I wrote about the new Need for Speed it was a bit messy—rubberband AI and stuttering made racing…
Nov 4 2015
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Nov 2 2015
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Sep 14 2015
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EA has announced a huge delay for Need For Speed on PC, with the game moving from November 3 until Spring 2016. Why? Making sure players can unlock the frame rate and “increase the visuals that we can deliver on PC.” Seems the response to Arkham Knight has made some publishers skittish!
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Jun 15 2015
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May 29 2015
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The next Need for Speed will require an online connection, according to a tweet from the racing series’ official Twitter account. This development isn’t too surprising after seeing persistent connectivity play such a big part in NFS Rivals. Let’s hope the implementation improves for the upcoming game.
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May 21 2015
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Electronic Arts has formally announced the new Need For Speed, which appears to be taking some serious cues from Need…