Oh, oh, oh. We finally have one solid fact about the rebooted Need For Speed title from Electronic Arts, and it’s not a good one. Remember the scant few other companies that have tried forcing an Internet connection requirement onto their games, and what a disaster it was when the inevitable server crashes made those […]
Briefly, a listing for the Need for Speed reboot was posted at Xbox.com. It was taken down, but not before the Internet at large discovered it, making it impossible to erase. The listing mentions a release date of November 3, 2015. Xbox.com has posted placeholder dates in the past, so this may not be accurate. […]
It’s official: Need For Speed is being rebuilt from the ground up, and will be rebooted on Playstation 4, XBox One and PC this fall. The game will be created by Swedish developers Ghost Games and published by EA. General manager Macus Nilson told Gamespot that during the downtime between the last Need For Speed […]
It’s been a while since a Need For Speed game landed on store shelves — at least, in terms of Need for Speed games. 2014 was the first year in a long time that did not see a release tied to the series. Publisher EA implied that with the transition to next-gen hardware, they needed […]
When the film version of “Need for Speed” starring Aaron Paul was released last year, the first question emanating from many mouths in the USA was – “Why?” This was formally backed up with finalized financial numerals for the movie which had a $66 million budget and grossed only $43.5 million domestically. So, a flop, […]
EA [Electronic Arts] will cease supplying online services for 50 game titles next month after their online hosted services contractor – GameSpy – closed up shop. Some of the those titles included racing games, though all of them are older. The full list is below… F1 2002 for PC MySims Racing for Nintendo […]
Those who were hoping the Need for Speed franchise would translate well to the silver screen are likely to be disappointed. Despite the presence of Breaking Bad’s red-hot Aaron Paul, the Need for Speed movie sputtered into theaters, ending up in third place behind Mr. Peabody and Sherman and 300: Rise of an Empire. According […]