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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…
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This is why we can’t have nice things.
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There are several aspects of EA and Ghost Games’ dark and rainy Need for Speed reboot that I enjoy immensely. Due to…
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! Read more
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. Read more
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Electronic Arts has formally announced the new Need For Speed, which appears to be taking some serious cues from Need…
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Think back. Can you remember a year when there wasn't a Need for Speed game? The long-running racing series has…
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No, really. He hated it. Including the bits with Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul.
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If shitty FMV sequences from video games were still around, and had gotten more expensive while still being as…
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This is so stupid it's awesome. Viagame pit one of the world's top racing video game drivers against a real-life…
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Y'know, the collective chatter amongst Kotaku writers has unofficially dubbed Need for Speed Rivals as the best…
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Look, it's pretty clear that the Need for Speed movie is trying to draft off the success of the Fast & Furious…
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Everyone in this year's Need For Speed—racers and cops both—is an asshole. Neither side is likable. Thank God. It's…
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Race and stunt driver Ken Block is the master of gymkhana. Don't know what gymkhana is? It's this video. In which he…
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Here's a Need for Speed trailer that doesn't star Jesse Pinkman! Yay science! A lot of pre-render in this Need for Speed: Rivals trailer, but it still looks good. And yeah, piss on those cops. These willful speed competitions only become dangerous when The Man tries to shut them down.
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For one moment, the gap between playing a game on PC and on console seemed razor-thin. I played Need for Speed…
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So, Aaron Paul's big post-Breaking Bad victory lap is a nice payday and a starring role in a popcorn flick. But…
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Crash, Boom, Bang: If GTA V hasn't sated your need for intense car chases, Need For Speed: Rivals likely will. This latest trailer shows the new kinds of challenges they're adding to chases, which let you unlock upgrades. I really liked Criterion's Most Wanted (Rivals is developed by Ghost Games), and I'll be…