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| New NFS World Screenshots showing Night, Performance Tuning and City |
Friday, 10.09.2010 |
 We have a couple of new screenshots of Need for Speed World for you, showing upcomin features like the night mode, performance shop and some city areas:
Performance Tuning
Night Driving:
Fortuna:
Rockport:
Kempton:
 NFS World Screenshots
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| NFS World passes 1 million players |
Friday, 10.09.2010 |
Need for Speed World reached a new milestone and surpassed one million registered users! With the recent turn to a real Free to Play game it seems like the userbase will grow even more in the future.
There are already couple of new updates planned, like the new mode Team Escape, Performance tuning and night driving! You can read about the new features here:
NFS World Feature Preview
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| NFS World goes Free 2 Play! |
Thursday, 09.09.2010 |
EA is opening Need for Speed World for everyone by removing the Level 10 limit and turning the game into a real Free to Play game! Previously, gamers who didn't buy the Starter Pack were unable to progress past Level 10. Beginning today, anyone will be able to race all the way through to Level 50 and will have full access to the entire World, all Events and Game Modes, both present and future.
Who already bought the starter pack before today (Sept 8th) will soon be receiving a little present from EA in the form of three free 7-day car rental vouchers for the BMW M3 GTR, the Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 and the Audi R8 4.2 FSI Quattro.
With the complete opening of NFS World the game will likely get a new boost, especially after the announcement of several updates, we already wrote about in our  Feature Preview.
By the way, our NFS World Leaderboards are currently in beta phase. If you want to challenge the NFS-Planet Community, just enter your NFS World driver name under Gameaccounts and check your race times at our Leaderboards!
NFS World Leaderboards
NFS World goes Free to Play @ NeedforSpeed.com
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| NFS Community Racing @ Gamescom |
Friday, 03.09.2010 |
The Gamescom 2010 was a cool event, where we saw new features of Need for Speed World and got our hands on NFS Hot Pursuit. And since all NFS community leaders were gathered, we got the possibility to get some real-life action: EA Germany took us cart racing, where we could taste some NFS feeling for real.
They made a video, which is unfortunately in German (with English subtitles), but you get an impression:
It was hell lotta fun! :)
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| NFS World to feature Dolby Axon Voice Chat |
Friday, 03.09.2010 |
 EA and Dolby announced today to bring the voice chat technology Dolby Axon to Need for Speed World before the December holiday season. Dolby Axon is a high-quality voice chat, especially for gamers, which delivers a clear communication by improved audio chain processing (noise suppression, echo suppression).
Stephane Grefford, Producer of Need for Speed World: "In Need for Speed World, we’re able to continually update the game with new technology to provide the best MMO racing experience for our players. Working with Dolby Axon, we can give gamers a seamless channel of communication enabling in-game collaboration towards becoming the top racer. We’re excited to be the first title in North America to incorporate Dolby Axon to help enhance our players’ overall racing experience."
This can be quite interesting, since Dolby Axon also features Surround sound voice chat (when is is implemented in the game), which means you hear the voices of gamers based on their position in the game.
You can find more information about Dolby Axon on the official website, or read this hands-on article at Gamepro:
Dolby Axon
Hands-On with Dolby's Axon @ Gamerpro
Official website of NFS World
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| NFS World Starter Pack 40% off this weekend (US) |
Friday, 03.09.2010 |
The EA Store (US) is having a sale this weekend, offering 40% discount on all PC downloadable games including Need for Speed World!
So if you don't win one, you can grab your NFS World Starter Pack for only $12 USD at the EA Store US:
EA Store
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| NFS Hot Pursuit at PAX 2010 |
Friday, 03.09.2010 |
 The Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) is being held this weekend in Washington. Of course EA built up a booth for Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, so if you happen to visit the PAX, make sure to step by, if only it's just for one of these reasons:
- The NFSHP On Tour photobooth will be on the showroom floor, so be sure to show which side you’re on – Racer or Chaser
- The NFS ladies will be around all weekend as well, so make sure to get one (or all of them!) in your photobooth photo!
- Get there early and be ready to race because the first 100 people to beat the fastest time on the event will get a limited edition PAX shirt
PAX 2010
Official NFS Hot Pursuit Website
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| NFS World: Win Win Win! |
Thursday, 02.09.2010 |
Haven't played Need for Speed World yet? At the moment there are quite some competitions going on, where you can win a Starter Pack code! We give you a short heads up:
The first is ISRC, where you have to do weekly races in NFS World. The fastest driver wins a Starter Pack. After all races, another Starter Pack is given to the pariticpan with the most points, so you don't necessarily have to win a race:
ISRC Competition
World-Garage created a cool Rate My Ride Competition, where the best submitted cars of NFS World get voted. The best three win either a Starter Pack, or a World-Garage T-Shirt, if you have no use for the Starter Pack.
World-Garage Rate My Ride Competition
NFSCars has a competition, where the fastest racer on "Welcome to Palmont" can win (you guess it) a NFS World Starter Pack! :)
NFSCars NFS World Contest #1
Update:
TCM also set up a competition, where they're looking for those with the longest pursuits in NFS World:
TCM NFS World Pursuit Competition
We will swim with the mainstream and giving away some Starter Pack codes as well soon, so don't go too far away. ;)
In the meantime, if you haven't played NFS World yet, go to the official website and try it for free:
Official NFS World Website
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| NFS Hot Pursuit System Requirements |
Tuesday, 31.08.2010 |
 EA published the minimum system requirements for Need for Speed Hot Pursuit:
OS: Windows® XP SP 3 (32-64 bits) / Windows Vista® (32-64 bits) / Windows 7® (32-64 bits)
CPU: Intel Core® 2 Duo 1.8 GHZ or AMD Athlon X2 64 2.4GHZ
RAM: 1.5 GB Windows® XP / 2 GB Windows Vista® - Windows 7®
DISC DRIVE: DVD-ROM, 8 speed
HARD DRIVE: 6.5 GB
VIDEO CARD: 256 MB DirectX® 9.0 compliant card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher
SOUND CARD: DirectX 9.0 –compliant sound card
COMPATIBLE VIDEO CARD CHIP SETS: ATI® RADEON® X1950, HD 2000/3000/4000/5000 series NVIDIA GeForce® 7/8/9/100/200 series
ONLINE: 2 - 8 players, 512 Kbps or faster
Official Need for Speed Website
Preorder Need for Speed Hot Pursuit at Amazon.co.uk!
Preorder Need for Speed Hot Pursuit at Amazon.com!
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| Criterion wanted to develop Need for Speed: Split Second |
Monday, 30.08.2010 |
 As Gamerzines reports, Criterion Games approached to EA in 2002 (after finishing Burnout 2) to make a stunt racing game Need for Speed: Split Second.
Unfortunately it didn't work out with EA Canada, because of a dispute over a sequel to C64 classic Skate or Die, a secret game that Criterion agreed to develop for EA.
"We called a meeting with the EA guys, told them we were walking away and they went mad, threatening to sue us, put us out of business... there was a lot of anger and frustration.
"Then we got a call from the Need For Speed guys and they said 'we can't work with you guys any more; you just walked away and there's a shame on your company, so we can't talk to you'.
"I remember coming back to my desk and there was a folder on my desktop called EA and I just clicked delete. We learned a lot about how a game should be made."
Anyway, it all worked out fine in the end. Criterion got a chance to develop another Burnout sequel instead and this year they can show us what they got with Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, coming in November for PC, Playstation 3, Xbox360 and Wii. :)
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| Rumor: Complete NFS Hot Pursuit Car List appeared |
Monday, 30.08.2010 |
A potential complete list of cars available in Need for Speed Hot Pursuit appeared from several sources. The list looks pretty interesting, but keep in mind that it's just a rumor and not the offical car list. Stay tuned for further news updates.
- Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione
- Alfa Romeo 8C Spyder
- Aston Martin DBS
- Aston Martin DBS Volante
- Aston Martin One-77
- Aston Martin V12 Vantage
- Audi R8 5.2 FSI quattro
- Audi R8 Spyder 5.2 FSI quattro
- Audi TT RS Coupé
- Bentley Continental Supersports
- BMW M3 E92
- BMW M6 Convertible
- BMW Z4 sDrive35is
- Bugatti Veyron 16.4
- Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport
- Carbon Motors E7
- Chevrolet Camaro SS
- Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport
- Chevrolet Corvette Z06
- Chevrolet Corvette ZR1
- Dodge Challenger SRT8
- Dodge Charger SRT8
- Dodge Viper SRT10
- Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR
- Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor
- Ford GT
- Ford Police Interceptor Concept
- Ford Shelby GT500
- Ford Shelby GT500 Super Snake
- Jaguar XKR
- Koenigsegg Agera
- Koenigsegg CCX
- Koenigsegg CCXR Edition
- Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 Valentino Balboni
- Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4
- Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Spyder
- Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Superleggera
- Lamborghini Murciélago LP 640-4
- Lamborghini Murciélago LP 670-4 SV
- Lamborghini Reventón
- Lamborghini Reventón Roadster
- Maserati GranCabrio
- Maserati GranTurismo S Automatic
- Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S
- Mazda RX-8
- McLaren F1
- McLaren MP4-12C
- Mercedes-Benz SL65 Black Series
- Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 722 Edition
- Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Stirling Moss
- Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
- Mitsubishi Lancer EVOLUTION X
- Nissan 370Z Coupe
- Nissan 370Z Roadster
- Nissan GT-R SpecV (R35)
- Pagani Zonda Cinque
- Pagani Zonda Cinque Roadster
- Porsche 911 GT3 RS
- Porsche 911 Targa 4S
- Porsche 911 Turbo S Cabriolet
- Porsche 918 Spyder (Concept Study)
- Porsche Boxster Spyder
- Porsche Carrera GT
- Porsche Cayman S
- Porsche Panamera Turbo
- Subaru Impreza WRX STI
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| NFS World Interview with John Doyle |
Friday, 27.08.2010 |
Our affiliate website NFSUnlimited got a chance to make a video interview with an NFS Producer. NFS Torque sat down with John Doyle, asking him about the upcoming features and plans for Need for Speed World.
You can find the video here:
NFS World Interview with John Doyle
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| NFS World: Last chance to win an Alienware Notebook |
Friday, 27.08.2010 |
Today is the last day of the Need for Speed World Launch Community Event, where you have the chance to win an Alienware M11x laptop!
All you have to do, is race (and complete) the Rosewood College race event in either Single Player, Multiplayer or Private Match mode. The winner determined by Lucky Draw, but even if you don't win the notebook, there are 10 secondary prizes of Alienware apparel and/or exclusive Need for Speed gear.
You can find more information and the rules about this event here:
Need for Speed World Launch Community Event @ EA Forums
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