According to the latest report, VentureBeat’s Jeff Grubb said that EA plans to release the latest game in the racing series this Christmas holiday. The new work will focus on next-generation consoles and will not land on the PS4 / Xbox One platform.
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He revealed on his premium Giantbomb show Grubbsnax that “Need for Speed is still coming out this year seriously, it’s coming in November,” Jeff Grubb said. “If you’re a player who bought the next-gen Need for Speed, congratulations you only have the next-gen version this time. They’re gradually shifting to next-gen development.
Moreover, this shows that the EA may have changed the original strategy. EA announced in 2021 that the release of the new Need for Speed game will be delayed by a year because developer Criterion Games was transferred to support the development of “Battlefield 2042”.
At the time, EA’s studio director Laura Miele said that Criterion was still developing a new Need for Speed game, which would have been released by March 2023. Now, for platforms including current and previous generation consoles. But Grubb did not mention the relevant details of the game’s PC version, he believes that the game’s story may take place in Miami.
Furthermore, EA announced in February 2020 that it had handed the development of Need for Speed back to Criterion Games, and it also planned to restructure Ghost Games. At present, the latest work in the “Need for Speed” series is 2019’s “Need for Speed Heat”, which supports PS4, Xbox One, and PC platforms, and the developer is Ghost Games.
