Now it's official: the new NFS will be Need for Speed Rivals, hitting the stores on November 19th, 2013!
The game is being developed by Ghost Games, the EA studio in Gothenburg, Sweden. The engine is Frostbite 3 and you can get a first impression with the following teaser:
In Need for Speed Rivals it's once again all about cops vs illegal racers. The open-world is set in the fictional Redview County. Players can collect speedpoints when trying to escape cops.
Also noteworthy is that Ferrari makes it into the game, e.g. with the Ferrari F12 Berlinetta.
After the first teaser-screenshot with a pursuit car, EA revealed another screenshot - this time showing a Ferrari with the caption "The Rivalry Begins":
A Ferrari is unusual, as this brand had problems to find it's way into the Need for Speed series...maybe until now?
The screenshot on Facebook points to May 23rd, which might means that the new Need for Speed for 2013 will be revelaed today.
EA published over their social media channels a first teaser-screenshot, which seems to be the new Need for Speed 2013! The picture has the caption Have no rules, show no mercy.
We have no more information at the moment, but a presentation of the game is expected at the E3 Expo.
EA will discontinue the Online Pass, announced EA senior director of corporate communications John Reseburg at GamesBeat. The decision was partially based on player response.
Yes, we’re discontinuing Online Pass. None of our new EA titles will include that feature.
Initially launched as an effort to package a full menu of online content and services, many players didn’t respond to the format. We’ve listened to the feedback and decided to do away with it moving forward.
The Online Pass was activated by a one-time code packaged with the game and was needed for unlocking the multiplayer modes and online features. If you're playing the game on another console or if you bought the software used, you had to acquire a new code from EA (of course, for a fee).
The Online Pass is problem for the second-hand market and also publishers like Activision and Ubisoft make use of it. But from this point on you won't need an Online Pass for any of EA's future games online.
After Mendocino County, California the crew of the upcoming Need for Speed Movie started filming in Macon, Georgia!
The Macon local news network 13wmaz.com reports that roads in the area were locked down and confirmed that the movie had started shooting. Watch the video here!
The Need for Speed Movie will be in theatres on February 7th, 2013 - director is Scott Waugh.
Electronic Arts is restructuring, which resulted in massive layoffs yesterday. According to Kotaku EA is cutting jobs today with estimates of as much as 10% of the workforce. Wordwide EA employed more than 9,000 people.
In recent weeks, EA has aligned all elements of its organizational structure behind priorities in new technologies and mobile. This has led to some difficult decisions to reduce the workforce in some locations. We are extremely grateful for the contributions made by each of our employees – those that are leaving EA will be missed by their colleagues and friends.
These are hard but essential changes as we focus on delivering great games and showing players around the world why to spend their time with us.
As it seems the studios PopCap Vancouver and Quicklime Studios are being closed. Quicklime Studios, which is a rebrand from EA Black Box was known for developing Need for Speed World, though it's not sure yet what this will mean for the future of NFS World.
Update:
Due to the concerns from the community the NFS World Team announced in an official statement, that Need for Speed World is not being shut down:
First and foremost, Need for Speed World IS NOT BEING SHUT DOWN. There is still a team dedicated to keeping the game up and running. Secondly, we’ve been keeping our eyes on our Facebook page, Twitter & Forums and have noticed that quite a few players have expressed concerns about their NFS World accounts. Allow us to confirm that nothing is happening to your accounts. They will be waiting for you in the game as they’ve always been.
We know that this isn’t a lot of information but we wanted to at least let everyone know that the game will carry on! In the coming weeks we will post more information about these changes as it comes available.
Joystick Junkies wants to set up the official Need for Speed Merchandise Store and asks for feedback from the community! They already run the official DICE / Battlefield 3 Store and now want to turn to the NFS community with the following survey:
Everyone entering will get a 10% discount code and you could win $500 of free shopping in the store at launch. Help shape the future of the official Need For Speed Merchandise store!
Last week the NFS World players were challenged to complete 5 million in-game events with a Japanese car. The community managed to even supersede the target and completed 5.2 million events! So the dev-team published the following code, which gives you a free car pack:
CGF5-TDSM-HMX2-NMG7
You can redeem the prize at einlösen and you receive a free Card Pack, which will be available at the Card Pack Shop in the game.
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EA will discontinue the Online Pass, announced EA senior director of corporate communications John Reseburg at GamesBeat. The decision was partially based on player response.
Last week the NFS World players were challenged to complete 5 million in-game events with a Japanese car. The community managed to even supersede the target and completed 5.2 million events! So the dev-team published the following code, which gives you a free car pack:
