

With an incredible graphical environment, that will make us feel the tension as soon as the traffic light turns green, and unbelievable playability, that is halfway between an arcade driving game and a simulator like GTR. Need for Speed Shift reaches computers worldwide with lots of power, offering a wide range of cars (all of them customizable) to play with, and many of the most important and stunning circuits in the world like Willow Springs, Laguna Seca or the London urban circuit, where we will be able to feel all the speed, but without the necessity of worrying about the police. Get hold of the demo of one of the best car racing games Need for Speed developer Criterion is currently assisting DICE on the next Battlefield game, and plans to return to the racing franchise (which it took over from developer Ghost Games) next year.Need for Speed is probably the most important franchise when speaking about arcade driving games, and it has always delighted the users due to its carefree streetwise nature, but it seems that EA ( Electronic Arts) has decided to place its confidence on a more sober and professional title for its latest version of the game. (Although some of those Need for Speed games are still available for sale through Steam at a discount.)ĮA said it is “now shifting gears to focus on the future of Need for Speed.” The next game in the franchise is expected sometime in 2022. The removal affects Sony’s PlayStation Store, Microsoft’s Xbox Games Store, Steam, and EA’s Origin service. 1, “you can still play the games and use the respective offline features of these titles,” the publisher added. In a statement posted to Reddit on Monday, a representative for EA said that “the number of players has come to a point where it’s no longer feasible to continue the work behind the scenes required to keep up and running.”Ĭarbon, Undercover, Shift, Shift 2: Unleashed, and The Run will all go offline on Aug. The five delisted titles are Need for Speed: Carbon (2006), Need for Speed: Undercover (2008), Need for Speed: Shift (2009), Need for Speed Shift 2: Unleashed (2011), and Need for Speed: The Run (2011).
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EA offered little warning about the Need for Speed games’ delisting, angering fans of the venerable racing series.

Publisher Electronic Arts delisted five older Need for Speed games on Monday, citing the games’ impending retirement of online services.
