EA Says Need For Speed Is Returning In 2008

Michael · May 26, 2008

A little rumor popped up concerning the Need for Speed series. Apparently, EA held a press conference in which a new Need for Speed was touched upon. Check out the summary below.

In a presentation to industry analysts today, EA Games president Frank Gibeau revealed that the next installment in EA’s racing franchises, Need for Speed, will return in 2008 (the franchise has been annualized since 2002’s Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2)and during the presentation, gave the analysts an early look at the direction EA would be taking with the next installment of the series.

Noting that sales of last year’s Need for Speed ProStreet didn’t live up to EA’s hopes for the game, Gibeau said he thinks it was because the series drifted too far from what consumers expected. ProStreet had dropped the tuner culture and police evasion aspects of previous installments in favor of perfectly legit closed track racing. For the next Need for Speed, Gibeau promised that the series would be getting back to its roots with a number of features, including open-world racing and a new highway battle mode.
Lets hope that EA have learned the lesson from their mistakes, that we don’t want closed map racing. Rather, extreme tuning and modding with loads and loads of cops behind your tale on endless highways, in killer supercars, and a campaign story that really makes you want to finish the game.

Source >> http://gonintendo.com/?p=43146

This Is Just A Rumour.. But I Hope It Is True! Yay!

nadun_perera · May 26, 2008

whooh another NFS game. Com ekata upgrade ekak denna vei vage

eranga_m · May 26, 2008

Good news ! but I hate Arena racing in Pro Streets. Boring !

Looking forward for a game like Carbon !

psyche · May 26, 2008

Gibeau said he thinks it was because the series drifted too far from what consumers expected

Aiyo.... a result of shit market research

Michael · May 26, 2008

eranga_m said:
Good news ! but I hate Arena racing in Pro Streets. Boring !

Looking forward for a game like Carbon !

Hell Yeah Me Too

Michael · May 26, 2008

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Gibeau has promised that the game will be returning to its roots with a number of new features with a switch back to open world racing and a new highway battle mode. EA should hopefully remember to add the police back in, which have been missing from the game (Excluding Most Wanted) for nearly 5 years. More on NFS08 as it happens.

Cops Cops!! Again :cool: