Need for Speed Series

After accidentally revealing the cover art and name for Need for Speed Unbound itself yesterday, EA has another leak on its hands as images and details on the next title in the NFS series have appeared on a retailer website.

The next game in the Need for Speed series will get its grand reveal premiere on October 6 and, thanks to a small slip-up, it looks like it’s going to be called “Need for Speed Unbound“.

Criterion Games has absorbed Codemasters Chesire, doubling the Electronic Arts-owned studio’s efforts for the Need For Speed franchise.

EA’s next, and as yet unnamed, Need for Speed title is the latest racing game to suffer a postponement. Chief studios officer Laura Miele, who revealed the game’s existence last June, has confirmed that the title will not arrive in 2021, and instead reach gamers in 2022.

Fans of Criterion Games’ classic Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit are in for a treat next month, as a remastered version heads to current-gen consoles. The game, appropriately called Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered, lands on PC, PS4, and Xbox One on November 6, with a version for the Nintendo Switch arriving a week later on November 13.

Fans hoping for another look at the next game in the long-running Need for Speed series may not have all that much longer to wait. Something — although we’re not quite sure what — is due to happen next Monday, October 5.

If you like your racing game action well onto the arcade patch of the Venn diagram of driving, October looks set to be a decent month for you. Need for Speed Payback, the 2017 release from Ghost Games, will head to PlayStation Plus as one of the month’s two free games.

If you were tuned into last night’s EA Play Live event you might have caught an interesting moment for racing game fans. It was a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment, but EA teased us with a snippet of the next Need for Speed game, and another curious little paradox.

Need for Speed Heat fans could be excused for some conflicting emotions this week, as Criterion Games has revealed support for the popular title is about to end.

Those worrying that the shift in developer for Need for Speed, from Ghost to Criterion, might mean an end to support for Need for Speed Heat need worry no more. A new update arrives in for the game this week, adding a new game mechanic, some quality of life changes, and a bunch of new cars.

In a surprising move, Criterion Games will once again produce Need for Speed games for EA. UK-based Criterion, which developed three titles in the franchise from 2010 to 2013, will take over as NFS developer from Ghost Games.

The first Need for Speed: Heat update of 2020 is here. With it comes new features, quality of life updates, and bug fixes. Let’s take a closer look at what the update brings to the table when it is released at 09:00 GMT on January 28.

If you’re anything like us, you’ve been putting some time into Need for Speed Heat recently. While not exactly the most faithful driving simulation out there, there’s something that’s just… fun about tanking around a fictional Florida in an outrageously body-kitted Ford GT. Except when a cop in a Rhino smashes you so hard you go back to the 8-bit gaming era.

The latest update for Need for Speed Heat has arrived, and answered one of the biggest questions from fans.

A quarter of a century. That’s how long Need for Speed has been part of the gaming landscape. In fact the original game — The Need for Speed — predates the PlayStation itself by three months, and initially launched on the 3DO console. If you remember that, you’re showing your age.

The latest game in the enduring street racing series Need for Speed will be landing on game shop shelves, doormats, and online stores today.

When the official first trailer (and name) for Need for Speed Heat dropped in August, it was very difficult to miss the car taking center stage. Leading much of the chase action, and highlighting the game’s customization options, was a heavily modified Polestar 1.

Well that’s awkward. In a new interview with Ulvespill (and noticed by Team VVV), Need for Speed Heat producer John Wikberg has confirmed the upcoming racing game won’t support steering wheel peripherals at launch.

Need for Speed Heat continues to be a hot topic this week (pun intended). A new video from this year’s Gamescom shows off an all-new feature that’s sure to perk up one’s ears.

This past Monday, EA and Ghost Games officially pulled the wraps off Need for Speed Heat at Gamescom. Now we have a gameplay trailer to walk players through what awaits them later this year.