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[Draugoth]

via Eurogamer​

Need for Speed and Burnout developer Criterion is now entirely focused on developing EA's next Battlefield game, the publisher has told Eurogamer - but there are still plans for the studio to return to its racing roots at some point in the future.

Today, it sounds like what's next for Need for Speed is still some way off - even if there's a commitment to the series long-term.

"The Need for Speed team at Criterion are joining their colleagues working on Battlefield," Zampella said in a statement to Eurogamer today. "As a company, it was important to us to take the last year to listen to our Need for Speed community and use their feedback to create content for Unbound.

"With an increased understanding of what our players want in a Need for Speed experience, we plan to bring the franchise back in new and interesting ways."

Once an annual stalwart of EA's release schedule, the Need for Speed series now looks set for an extended break, with no new game seemingly in active development.

With no new title waiting in the wings for 2025, Need for Speed will be paused for the longest time between releases since the series first began, all the way back in 1994.

 

[Draugoth]

Heard from a dude that EA was still working on Need for Speed and there would be news soon. Same dude also said Capcom was working on a Devil May Cry 1 Remake...

So take that as you will.

 

[LordOcidax]

Who said that was dead?

 

[azertydu91]

How hard can it be to make Underground 2 and Most Wanted remake?

 

[Stuart360]

Probably an unpopular opinion but they need to give the game back to 'Black Box' (if they still exist).
Imo they made the best NFS games, inclding imo the best in Most Wanted 2005 version.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Classic Need for Speed video

 

[Hookshot]

What about Burnout? Give me burnout! Let me buy burnout 3.

 

[R6Rider]

Criterion should be working on new Burnout games and they need to form a new team for NFS titles with as many former members of Black Box as possible.

 

[WhereIzJP]

Just make Underground 3 without being online only.

 

[Seider]

Id like Burnout 4 100% next gen. We didnt have one like Burnout 3 Takedown on Ps3 or Ps4. Its about time we got one.

 

[viveks86]

So it doesn't belong to the fans... yet

 

[Agent_4Seven]

 

[Soodanim]

It might as well be dead to me with that piece of shit launcher as a gatekeeper

There are huge discounts on plenty of modern NFS games, but I'd rather go without than be forced into using Origin.

Shame, too. I'm sure an arcade style racing game would be good fun at 180fps.

Any other arcade racers with high hz support that don't force you into an awful launcher?

 

[intbal]

Unbound's camera options were far too restrictive. I like a very high camera and pulled back pretty far.
For me, the game was unplayable with what they provided.

 

[Fake]

Is dead, you guys just don't know yet.

 

[Danjin44]

Who said that was dead?

 

[DrMano]

i fucking love need for speed, its like call of duty but with cars. Basically fastfood of videeogames.

sad to see its on ice. nothing scratches that itch just like NFS even though i have many many more hours on forza horizon

 

[Kadve]

I keep telling EA. If you want to have NFS sell again. Stop trying to please both Hot Pursuit and Underground/Most Wanted fans. You are currently pleasing nobody.

 

[MMaRsu]

We dont care about NFS! WHERE IS BURNOUT YOU FUCKS

 

[DrMano]

We dont care about NFS! WHERE IS BURNOUT YOU FUCKS

Burnout paradise got a remaster relatively recently. I played it but didn't really care that much for it.

What would you like to see from the franchise if they do end up working on it?

 

[Larxia]

We dont care about NFS! WHERE IS BURNOUT YOU FUCKS

I got a better one, where is SSX.

 

[MMaRsu]

Burnout paradise got a remaster relatively recently. I played it but didn't really care that much for it.

What would you like to see from the franchise if they do end up working on it?

A return to the form of Burnout Revenge. Closed off tracks, no more open world. Im sick and tired of open world racing games.

Paradise wasnt really my jam either. Also it didnt have a Crash mode

I know its a lot to ask.. so I'll take a Burnout Revenge remaster/port

 

[MMaRsu]

I got a better one, where is SSX.

And Def Jam, Nba Street, Fifa Street

The good old days of EA

 

[Bond007]

Fuck the open world played out shit.
Get back to a racer like Hot Pursuit 2. I no longer wish to commute to my next race or take a wrong turn mid race.

Sware i do most of the racing staring at the mini map. lol

 

[EverythingsOverrated]

Fuck the open world played out shit.
Get back to a racer like Hot Pursuit 2. I no longer wish to commute to my next race or take a wrong turn mid race.

Sware i do most of the racing staring at the mini map. lol

Yup. The only NFS game that did a good job with the open world was Most Wanted and that was over a decade ago. It had plenty of races and hidden cars/secrets scattered everywhere that it felt like it had an actual purpose. Unbound was awful with this - only a handful of areas you would drive to every day for the street racing meets. I lasted about 10 hours with Unbound and couldn't take the useless filler anymore, what a weird game.

 

[Celcius]

How hard can it be to make Underground 2 and Most Wanted remake?

This would actually get me to return to the franchise

 

[N0S]

Wasnt asap rocky some big boss in Unbound? Dude is facing 30 years lol

 

[Rambone]

I sure do miss the older NFS games where it was more serious about it's Road and Track origins. It was a nice break from Gran Turismo with more scenic and interesting tracks to drive. I sort of lost interest in NFS after Underground and have replaced the series with Forza Horizon.

 

[Codes 208]

I got a better one, where is SSX.

Thats a tricky question

…I’ll see myself out

 

[Camreezie]

Wasnt asap rocky some big boss in Unbound? Dude is facing 30 years lol

Yes it was cringe as shit.

Sad theyve put it on ice, forza also not being around right now means theres definitely a gap for one

 

[Hudo]

MAKE A NEW BURNOUT, YOU MOTHERFUCKERS.

 

[bitbydeath]

I’m all for sacrificing NFS for a new Burnout, like Takedown and not the open world paradise version.

 

[Shubh_C63]

To me Sim racing has been gotten more enjoyable than pure arcady racing.
Forza Horizon covers whatever lies in between.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

I'm good thanks

Brooooo

 

[SimTourist]

We used to get a NFS game every year, now it's one game per generation, pathetic

 

[drganon]

Bring back burnout instead. That or port the old nfs games to modern hardware.

 

[mansoor1980]

pretty cool video

 

[AeonGaidenRaiden]

Just make Underground 3 without being online only.

NFS 2015 WAS UG3....the setting, the music, the street culture, night time..just people think unless it doesnt say UG3, it doesnt count. So they did offer and it wasnt the best seller therefore no, not enough people want Underground back.

 

[hououinkyouma00]

Who said that was dead?

Bro, NFS has been shit for years. It hasn't had a good entry since 2012.