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Electronic Arts has finally released, in a rather stealthy way, the Italian DLC car pack for its Need for Speed: The Run racing game on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles.
The Run appeared last year and, although it promised to deliver a Hollywood-style story, it ended up disappointing racing game fans with the... |
2 February 2012
13:31 GMT |
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Need for Speed: The Run is set to get a fresh batch of downloadable content next week, at least according to a set of PlayStation 3 trophies and a video posted by Electronic Arts’ Russian branch. Need for Speed: The Run impressed racing game fans last year when it was released by Electronic Arts and the Black ... |
27 January 2012
10:41 GMT |
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Video game developer Splash Damage has announced that it has appointed Griff Jenkins, a former senior development director at EA Sports who has a long experience working on the FIFA series, to the position of Director of Production, while also giving him a seat on the Board of Directors.
Jenkins has worked with Elec... |
26 January 2012
17:31 GMT |
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The new, rebooted SSX offers more content than all the titles in the series taken together, according to one of the leading developers working on it.
Todd Batty, who is the creative director working on SSX, told CVG that, “I think the size and scope of our world and the number of tracks is an order of magnitud... |
25 January 2012
12:11 GMT |
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Criterion Games, the developer of the Burnout destruction racing series, as well as of the more recent Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit title, has started teasing a new announcement.
Criterion made a name for itself by delivering the extremely impressive Burnout games, culminating with the last Burnout Paradise, a game t... |
24 January 2012
15:31 GMT |
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Electronic Arts’ Daily Deals is featuring Need for Speed Hot Pursuit for iPad today at just $0.99 in the U.S., or 0.79 € in Europe. It’s 75% price drop and a must-have for any racing enthusiast.
“Get Need for Speed Hot Pursuit today for 90% off,” reads EA’s announcement.
This touc... |
19 January 2012
08:38 GMT |
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UK retailer GAME has made a pretty big mistake yesterday, when one of its social media representatives posted on Twitter details about two unannounced games from Electronic Arts, in the form of a new Need for Speed racing game and a new Medal of Honor shooter.
EA is always working on new games, most of them sequels ... |
13 January 2012
15:31 GMT |
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Free-to-play titles like Electronic Arts’ Need for Speed World online racing game rely on making money by selling to players various in-game goods, like race cars, to improve gain an advantage over rivals.Now, it seems things have taken a turn for the extreme, as EA has just deployed the very special Koenigsegg... |
19 December 2011
13:21 GMT |
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Electronic Arts has just presented the first piece of actual downloadable content for its latest Need for Speed: The Run racing game, in the form of the Signature Edition Booster Pack, which brings nine new cars that have been upgraded both visually and in terms of actual performance.Need for Speed: The Run was prese... |
15 December 2011
04:27 GMT |
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I am not the biggest of racing fans but I sometimes want to test my reflexes and my virtual driving skills and most of the times the prolific Need for Speed series delivers this opportunity, with the notable exception of 2010 when I had a brief stint with Gran Turismo 5.Shift 2 Unleashed was not initially on my radar... |
14 December 2011
18:31 GMT |
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Electronic Arts has decided to get the many players of its Need for Speed World online racing game into the winter holiday spirit, making a wide array of modifications to its virtual environment.
Need for Speed World has always celebrated important holidays with in-game events, and the upcoming winter ones are no ex... |
8 December 2011
02:34 GMT |
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It seems that online pass codes, which are used by console games to allow access to the multiplayer mode for those who buy the title new, can expire, as one gamer found out after buying last year’s Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit recently and finding that his code is no longer valid.Games publishers like Electronic... |
5 December 2011
05:01 GMT |
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BigBen Interactive has announced that it will be launching a new Test Drive video game, called Ferrari, which will be released on March 30, 2012, allowing players to race some of the worlds most interesting cars on the PlayStation 3 from Sony, the Xbox 360 from Microsoft and the PC.
The publisher has not offered too... |
23 November 2011
07:38 GMT |
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I grew up with the Need for Speed franchise, first experiencing the racing series with the stunning NFS 5: Porsche Unleashed. After that, I didn’t miss any entry in the series. Sadly, as much as I enjoyed titles like Underground 1 and 2, not to mention the stunning Most Wanted, the newer iterations, like the il... |
21 November 2011
09:01 GMT |
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After going through a rough patch of games, Electronic Arts' Need for Speed series has been brought back to life with a few recent titles that put gameplay first and didn't bother tacking on convoluted stories.As such, with the likes of Shift 2 or Hot Pursuit, the racing series has once again become a serio... |
19 November 2011
09:11 GMT |
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Electronic Arts' Need for Speed series has slowly returned to its glory days, as after quite a few lackluster iterations, the franchise is now offering all sorts of experiences, from pure arcade ones, like last year's Hot Pursuit, to simulators like Shift 2 Unleashed, released earlier this year.Now, the ser... |
16 November 2011
08:05 GMT |
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Need for Speed: The Run has received a brand new launch trailer, showcasing the main campaign and how The Run goes across the U.S., from the Golden State to the Empire State.NFS: The Run was awaited by a huge amount of racing game fans, as it marks the return of the series to the story-based narratives that made it s... |
16 November 2011
05:05 GMT |
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Electronic Arts has revealed that the PlayStation 3 edition of its upcoming Need for Speed: The Run racing game will have seven exclusive supercars in its roster, as opposed to the PC or Xbox 360 versions.NFS: The Run is getting ready for its deployment tomorrow, November 15, in North America, and November 18, in Eur... |
14 November 2011
04:36 GMT |
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Drive, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn and starring Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan, might be the best movie that I have seen this year and one of the most well directed, acted and constructed that I have watched in my life (and I must confess I average about 5 movies during one weekend when I have nothing else to d... |
12 November 2011
06:11 GMT |
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Owners of devices running under Google's Android operating system now have the possibility to download and install a new game on their devices, namely the Need for Speed Hot Pursuit.
The new mobile game was already published in the Android Market and is available for download for all devices that run under And... |
7 November 2011
17:51 GMT |
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Michael Bay, the director of big Hollywood movies like Transformers or Bad Boys, has finally revealed the trailer he created for the upcoming Need for Speed: The Run racing game, which is filled, in classic Bay style, with fast cars, explosions and all sorts of crazy footage.Electronic Arts and Black Box surprised qu... |
7 November 2011
06:33 GMT |
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Electronic Arts and Black Box have presented some fresh details about the upcoming Need for Speed: The Run racing game, including some of the all-new elements coming to its multiplayer mode, like a special Wheel of Fortune-style mechanic that determines what kind of bonus is given to the best racers.Need for Speed: T... |
3 November 2011
07:42 GMT |
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Need for Speed: The Run, the newest racing game from developer Black Box and publisher Electronic Arts, is getting ready for release, so the full list of Xbox 360 achievements and PlayStation 3 trophies has been revealed.The Run marks the return of EA's NFS series to story-based games, delivering an adrenaline-f... |
2 November 2011
06:27 GMT |
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Electronic Arts, as the publisher, and their Black Box studio have launched yet another trailer for the upcoming racing game Need for Speed: The Run, showing how close to the quality of movies the action in the title will be.The trailer uses the Lonely Boy track from the new Black Keys album El Camino and shows only ... |
28 October 2011
05:13 GMT |
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Electronic Arts and its Black Box studio have finally released a demo for their upcoming racing game, Need for Speed: The Run, highlighting the all-new Frostbite 2 engine and showcasing just what the racing title can do.We've had a quick test drive with the demo, so let's see if The Run is a worthy successo... |
19 October 2011
08:00 GMT |
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Need for Speed: The Run isn't just your average racing game, as the new title marks a return to story-based experiences, so EA and Black Box have confirmed that two major actors, Sean Faris and Christina Hendricks, will share their voice and likenesses for the protagonist, Jack Rourke, and his sponsor, Sam Harpe... |
19 October 2011
05:58 GMT |
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Need for Speed: The Run, the new racing game from Black Box and Electronic Arts, has a special Challenge Series that delivers a more racing-focused experience than the regular single-player campaign.The Run is getting ready to be released next month and has gotten quite a lot of people interested, especially since it... |
19 October 2011
04:07 GMT |
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A friendly reminder for racing game fans, as EA and Black Box have once again confirmed that the demo for their new title, Need for Speed: The Run, is out today for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms.Need for Speed: The Run has certainly gotten a lot of people interested in it, seeing as how the title uses DICE... |
18 October 2011
06:24 GMT |
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Electronic Arts has posted even more goodies for fans of its Need for Speed racing franchise, including PC system requirements for the upcoming Need for Speed: The Run title, as well as a new trailer, called On the Edge, and a batch of screenshots from that video.Need for Speed: The Run is set to be one of the most a... |
7 October 2011
06:25 GMT |
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Racing fans from all around the world will be able to take the upcoming Need for Speed: The Run for a test drive on October 18, when Electronic Arts, its publisher, and Black Box, its developer, will deploy a demo for it onto consoles like the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Need for Speed: The Run has gotten a lot of... |
5 October 2011
07:21 GMT |
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A brand new story trailer for Need for Speed: The Run has been released on the web, showcasing just what role the protagonist, Jack, plays in the narrative of the game, which sees him race across the USA from San Francisco to New York.
Electronic Arts and its Black Box studio are getting ready to deploy Need for S... |
22 September 2011
04:24 GMT |
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Need for Speed: The Run, the upcoming racing game from Black Box and Electronic Arts, will offer players the ability to choose from a variety of cars during their races, despite the fact that the story of the title emphasizes the tied hands of Jack, the main character.
The Need for Speed franchise has been going t... |
9 September 2011
02:34 GMT |
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What it is: Electronic Arts has given its Need for Speed racing series a new lease on life, with successful entries into the simulator genre (NFS Shift 1 and 2) as well as the action genre, with last year’s NFS: Hot Pursuit. Now, the company, together with EA Black Box studio, is working hard on Need for Speed:... |
18 August 2011
16:31 GMT |
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Andrei Dumitrescu: I've been all alone manning the Games section of Softpedia this week and I am again alone as I head into the weekend, with my colleague Andrei Dobra lounging somewhere on the beach rather than in front of a computer gaming away the hours. For the next two days, I plan to engage mainly with tw... |
5 August 2011
16:31 GMT |
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Video game publisher Electronic Arts has announced that it is starting a new community-oriented program designed to find two “Need for Speed European Spokemodel” women that have passion about both video games and cars and will then promote the Need for Speed video games all over the continent.
The two ... |
5 July 2011
09:22 GMT |
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Mac and iOS customers can now download a multitude of apps and games through Apple’s App Stores at a discount, thanks to their generous developers who decided to either make them free, or drop their original price considerably in celebration of Independence Day.
One attractive iPad app that saw developer Ele... |
4 July 2011
09:21 GMT |
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Video game publisher Electronic Arts says that social gaming elements, from in-game chat to shared content, user-created levels and stat tracking, are set to be one of the main features of all the titles that it plans to create and launch in the near future.Frank Gibeau, who is the president of the EA Games division ... |
15 June 2011
10:33 GMT |
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During Electronic Arts' E3 2011, the company presented a lot of details about all of its big franchises, with Need for Speed: The Run occupying its fair share of the spotlight through a gameplay demonstration from EA Black Box's Justin DeLong.
EA is trying to revolutionize its NFS racing series by invest... |
10 June 2011
05:55 GMT |
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Need for Speed seems to be a solid brand once again, after the success of the rebranded Hot Pursuit from Criterion and of the more recent Shift 2 Unleashed, and publisher Electronic Arts seems to be determined to keep the momentum up with the incoming Need for Speed: The Run.I saw the game today at the Electronic Ar... |
8 June 2011
22:17 GMT |
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Need of Speed: The Run, Electronic Arts' brand new racing game, has just received some new details, as part of a Q&A done by developers with fans of the franchise.
EA isn't taking its foot off the gas with its NFS franchise, as after last year's NFS: Hot Pursuit and NFS: Shift 2 Unleashed two months... |
11 May 2011
03:20 GMT |
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Speaking last week during an earnings call, Electronic Arts confirmed that its recently announced Need for Speed: The Run will offer an edgier experience than in previous NFS games, thanks largely to the new Frostbite 2 engine it's going to use.
NFS: The Run was officially acknowledged a week ago, when EA con... |
9 May 2011
18:01 GMT |
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Need for Speed: The Run has been officially announced and detailed by Electronic Arts, the publisher of the iconic racing series, and will be launched at the end of the year on a variety of platforms.
We heard of the existence of Need for Speed: The Run at the end of last week, when a retailer leak busted through ... |
2 May 2011
04:45 GMT |
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Barely has Electronic Arts released its new Need for Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed racing game and already the next iteration in the series, Need for Speed: The Run, has been leaked by a retailer, alongside a teaser trailer.
EA is serious about spicing up its Need for Speed racing series, and we've already seen tw... |
29 April 2011
03:10 GMT |
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I have just mastered a corner in Need for Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed, which means I got a bit of extra experience for my driver, got a bit closer to the next level and also turned a section of the track I am currently racing on green from drab gray.
A few hours later I will hear a little ding and a gold-covered anno... |
23 April 2011
07:21 GMT |
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Need for Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed, Electronic Arts' newest racing game, will be on the receiving end of its first batch of downloadable content, in the form of the Legends Content Pack.
Shift 2: Unleashed already impressed quite a lot of gamers with its quality gameplay and gritty simulator mechanics, as well... |
21 April 2011
03:15 GMT |
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The big launch month of March is now behind us, which means that we had time to look a little closer at games like Crysis 2, the shooter from Crytek, for which we have a full Softpedia review and a set of Gamer Diaries, and Shogun 2: Total War, which also has some new Diaries. We also have both an early Quick Look a... |
10 April 2011
10:31 GMT |
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Oh, what a difference the racing line makes. For me having it around means that I have a reliable way of judging my own driving decisions. Its absence makes me feel lost in an ocean of driving possibilities out of which I am only extracted by the sickening sound of crumpling against another concrete barrier.It does n... |
10 April 2011
05:11 GMT |
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I've only spent a few hours with Need for Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed, but I can safely say that this game is significantly harder than Gran Turismo 5 from Polyphony Digital and Sony and the rebooted Need for Speed from Criterion and Electronic Arts. It also seems that the Shift 2 Unleashed could be significantly ... |
4 April 2011
18:31 GMT |
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The developer at Slightly Mad Studios and the publishers at Electronic Arts might be aiming for a racing genre record in long names with their latest release, but they are also talking about delivering an easy-to-get-into but hard-to-master racing game that can compete with the likes of Gran Turismo and Forza.
14:... |
1 April 2011
17:11 GMT |
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The upcoming Need for Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed racing game differentiates itself from other games in the NFS series through its more serious racing simulator gameplay, according to Andrew Hahn, community manager at Electronic Arts, the game's publisher.
EA's Need for Speed franchise is being overhauled b... |
17 March 2011
04:15 GMT |
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