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The Latest Breaking News from Need for Speed

Need for Speed: Unbound Wasn't the Reboot the Series Needed, So What's Next?

A failed attempt!

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Need For Speed (2015), 10 Years Later: Underwhelming or Underrated?

Was the 2015 NFS reboot as bad as people said?

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Need for Speed Fans Debate Franchise’s Future After EA Buyout News

Where does Need For Speed stand following the monumental EA sale?

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Arcade Racers Aren’t Dead, They’ve Just Gone Underground

If you’re lucky like me, you’ve probably grown up in the golden age of arcade racers, when the likes of Burnout, Midnight Club, and Need for Speed dominated shelves. They weren’t just racing games; these were pure theaters – Roaring engines, vibrant scenes, pounding music, and pure thrills.

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Need for Speed: The Run - When EA Tried to Turn Racing Into an Action Movie

EA's attempt at cinematic racing action is one of the oddest decisions ever.

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Best PS5 Arcade Racing Games, Ranked

Sony's best arcade racing offerings.

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The 5 Best Need For Speed Soundtracks

Which NFS soundtrack slaps the most?

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Need for Speed ProStreet: The Forgotten Blueprint for Modern Racing Games

Where arcade met simulation

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The Best Need For Speed Games, Ranked

Here are the 10 best Need for Speed games ranked in terms of gameplay, customization, and pure fun.

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Best Open World Maps in the Need For Speed Franchise

Which open-world maps stand out in the Need for Speed series?

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10 Best Cars in The Need for Speed Franchise

The most iconic cars in the Need for Speed series.

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10 Best Need for Speed Heat Mods

These mods can greatly improve your experience in Need for Speed: Heat.

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I've been playing Need for Speed Underground 2 and Midnight Club 3 – 20 years later, they're still awesome

Now Playing | These franchises may have run out of road, but they're well worth revisiting

GamesRadar

EA Shelves 'Need for Speed' Franchise, Raising Concerns About Its Uncertain Future—Report

Electronic Arts is taking a break from developing the Need for Speed franchise, which is sad news for the fans of the racing game.

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Tom’s Hardware

Gamer turns 2012 Honda CR-V into Need for Speed Underground controller — laptop reads throttle input using OBD and a Python library, even the steering works

Forget expensive simracing setups with carbon fiber seats and podium racing wheels, this is what driving in games should look like.

GamesRadar

Battlefield 6's first teaser takes me back to the days of Modern Warfare 2 lobbies and 24/7 Metro matches, proving we all crave a return to shooters' simpler times

Opinion | Entering my 'old man yells at cloud' era

Inverse

Steam Just Quietly Added The Best Need For Speed Competitor On The Market

Tokyo Xtreme Racer is back, and I can’t stop playing it.

PC Gamer

Need for Speed is effectively on hold while Criterion musters entirely around Battlefield, but EA assures players the racer will return in 'new and interesting ways'

Emergency stop.

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The Need For Speed series is pumping the brakes as "Criterion are joining their colleagues working on Battlefield" instead of tuning more cars

A devastating day for me

Motor1

BMW Nerds Rejoice: The Need for Speed M3 GTR Is Now a Real Car

BMW and Electronic Arts have partnered to recreate a video game icon—the M3 GTR from 2005’s Need for Speed: Most Wanted. The car joins the latest installment in the racing franchise, 2022’s Unbound, as part of the Vol 9: Prepare for the Lockdown update that’s available now.

Inverse

20 Years Ago, One of the Most Important Racing Series Entered A Ground-Breaking Era

It's been 20 Years since the release of 'Need for Speed: Underground 2', the franchise's first open world game for the street racing generation.

Inverse

30 Years Later, One of the Most Important Racing Games is Still Awesome and Prophetic

It's been three decades since 'Need for Speed' dropped. Here's why the 1994 version of the game is still awesome and why it changed everything.

PC Gamer

The PC and car modding scenes have a lot in common and I've found just the PCs to prove it

These PCs have a need for speed.

Evening Standard

Need for Speed Unbound review: Great-looking, daft and maddeningly addictive

Anyone expecting a return to the early noughties glory days of Need for Speed may be baffled by the first two hours of Unbound. Stick with it.

GamesRadar

The 10 best Need for Speed games you can play today

The best Need For Speed games to play in 2025, ranked, from Most Wanted to Unbound

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