Need for speed

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Need for Speed (NFS for short; English for "need for speed") is a car racing game series by Electronic Arts . The series is known for the fact that it incorporated real series vehicles and concept vehicles with manufacturer licenses into the game at an early stage. Up until then, other racing games mostly featured fictional vehicles.

According to information from Electronic Arts, a total of over 150 million games in the Need-for-Speed series have been sold since 1994 .

Manufacturer

The games are published by the American software publisher Electronic Arts . The series began with The Need for Speed ​​game from 1994 and continues to this day. Since the sixth part, Hot Pursuit 2 to Undercover , the games have been produced by the developer studio EA Black Box . The following titles ( Shift , Nitro , Hot Pursuit and Shift 2: Unleashed ) were developed by different studios. In 2011, however, Need for Speed: The Run was programmed by EA Black Box again. The online open world game Need for Speed: World , published in 2010, was also programmed by Black Box. The new edition of Most Wanted from 2012 was taken over by Criterion Games , which had already developed Hot Pursuit . At first it was said that Criterion would take over the entire game series. However, Electronic Arts handed over the development to the Swedish studio Ghost Games (formerly EA Göteborg) as early as 2013, while the work on Rivals was still in progress , after a large part of the workforce had already switched from Criterion to Ghost Games. Between Rivals and the reboot in 2015, Electronic Arts and Ghost Games interrupted the annual release cycle of the racing game series in order to buy more time for development. This break was bridged in January 2015 by an offshoot for Android smartphones, Need for Speed: No Limits , for the Fire Monkeys Studios was responsible. In November 2017, another part of the series developed by Ghost Games was released under the title Need for Speed ​​Payback for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows.

Parts of the series

All parts of the Need-for-Speed series according to system and rating
title developer year Metacritic Win PS4 PS5 XOne XSX PS3 X360 Wii PS2 Xbox NGC PSX iOS PSP NDS GBA Other
The need for speed EA Canada , Pioneer Productions 1994 - Yes - - - - - - - - - - Yes - - - - DOS , 3DO , Sega Saturn , from '96 on PC
Need for Speed ​​II EA Canada ,
EA Seattle 		1997 71/100 Yes - - - - - - - - - - Yes - - - - -
NFS III: Hot Pursuit EA Canada ,
EA Seattle 		1998 88/100 Yes - - - - - - - - - - Yes - - - - -
NFS Burning asphalt EA Canada 1999 86/100 Yes - - - - - - - - - - Yes - - - - -
NFS Porsche EA Canada ,
Eden Games 		2000 78/100 Yes - - - - - - - - - - Yes - - - Yes -
NFS Hot Pursuit 2 EA black box 2002 73/100 Yes - - - - - - - Yes Yes Yes - - - - - -
NFS Underground EA black box 2003 82/100 Yes - - - - - - - Yes Yes Yes - - - - Yes -
NFS Underground 2 EA black box 2004 82/100 Yes - - - - - - - Yes Yes Yes - - - Yes Yes -
NFS Underground Rivals EA black box 2005 74/100 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Yes - - -
NFS Most Wanted EA Canada 2005 82/100 Yes - - - - - Yes - Yes Yes Yes - - Yes Yes Yes -
NFS carbon EA Canada 2006 78/100 Yes - - - - Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - - Yes Yes - macOS
NFS ProStreet EA black box 2007 70/100 Yes - - - - Yes Yes Yes Yes - - - - Yes Yes - -
NFS undercover EA black box 2008 65/100 Yes - - - - Yes Yes Yes Yes - - - Yes Yes Yes - Windows Phone 7
NFS shift Slightly Mad Studios 2009 83/100 Yes - - - - Yes Yes - - - - - Yes Yes - - Blackberry Tablet OS , Windows Phone 7
NFS Nitro EA Montreal 2009 70/100 - - - - - - - Yes - - - - - - Yes - -
NFS World EA Montreal 2010 62/100 Yes - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
NFS Hot Pursuit Criterion 2010 86/100 Yes - - - - Yes Yes Yes - - - - Yes - - - Android , Windows Phone 7
Shift 2: Unleashed Slightly Mad Studios 2011 84/100 Yes - - - - Yes Yes - - - - - Yes - - - -
NFS The Run EA black box 2011 69/100 Yes - - - - Yes Yes Yes - - - - - - - - 3DS
NFS Most Wanted (2012) Criterion 2012 78/100 Yes - - - - Yes Yes - - - - - Yes - - - Android , PS Vita , Wii U
NFS Rivals Ghost Games 2013 76/100 Yes Yes - Yes - Yes Yes - - - - - - - - - -
Need for Speed: No Limits Firemonkeys Studios 2015 67/100 - - - - - - - - - - - - Yes - - - Android
Need for speed Ghost Games 2015 68/100 Yes Yes - Yes - - - - - - - - - - - - -
NFS Payback Ghost Games 2017 62/100 Yes Yes - Yes - - - - - - - - - - - - -
NFS Heat Ghost Games 2019 71/100 Yes Yes - Yes - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Remarks:

  1. ↑ The first part
  2. ↑ Prototypes and show cars
  3. ^ US: High Stakes, EU: Road Challenge
  4. ↑ Casual game
  5. ↑ Online game ( MMO )
  6. ↑ Based on Most Wanted, Undercover and Co.

Movie

In June 2012, Electronic Arts announced that the car racing game series would be filmed and the film rights were given to the film studio DreamWorks SKG . The start of production was planned for the beginning of 2013. On September 25, 2013, the first official trailer was released in which Aaron Paul played the lead role. The film was released on March 20, 2014.

A second part of Need for Speed ​​is planned as an American-Chinese co-production . A more precise date is not yet known.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ EA.com: EA Signs Multi-Year Agreement With X Games Medalist and Internet phenom Ken Block for Need for Speed. October 24, 2013.
  2. ↑ Criterion Games: Burnout developer only has 16 employees , pcgames.de, September 14, 2013, accessed on December 5, 2015
  3. ↑ Need for Speed: Test, Patch, Tips, Release, Tuning - All information about NfS at a glance , pcgames.de, November 24, 2015, accessed on December 5, 2015
  4. ↑ Metacritic.com Search for "Need for Speed" , values ​​of the PC version if available, May 24, 2019.
  5. ↑ Need for Speed: Rivals announced - release date, new studio, new engine, new gameplay , pcgameshardware.de, May 23, 2013, accessed on May 24, 2013
  6. ↑ Need for Speed: Release, Tuning, Online Mandatory, Autolist - All information , pcgames.de, August 12, 2015, accessed on August 18, 2015
  7. ↑ GamersXL.de: Need for Speed ​​- The film will be released in 2014 ( Memento of the original from February 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gamersxl.de archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . June 23, 2012.
  8. ↑ Need for Speed ​​Official Trailer (HD) Aaron Paul , accessed September 26, 2013
  9. ↑ New details on "Need for Speed" movie , accessed January 19, 2014