The next Battlefield game is due out this fall, and to make the most of it – to try and do better than the likable but too often shaky Battlefield V – EA has tapped Criterion to assist DICE and DICE LA. As a result, the new main...

One of the most popular entries in the Need for Speed franchise is getting ready to excite road-racers all over again, as Electronic Arts and Criterion Games have finally announced that Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered is coming to PS...

Sony has announced the latest PlayStation Plus lineup, and prepare to be "whelmed." Starting on October 6, you can pick up Need for Speed Payback and Vampyr on the service, both of which are PS4 releases. You have until November 2...

So often, the path that connects rumor and reality passes by all the same landmarks. A lot of times, we'll get a leak by way of retailer listing. A little while later, some country's ratings board will confirm a game long before a publisher...

Amazon UK has a new bare-bones listing for a remastered edition of one of the most beloved entries of the Need for Speed series, Hot Pursuit. Amazon claims the remaster is headed to the Xbox One and Nintendo Switch platforms, with a suppose...

Electronic Arts is really putting the "EA" in "Steam." Let's pretend I didn't write that. EA has been aggressively adding some of its back catalog to Steam, breaking free from the Origins shackles by which they were once bound. It started w...

A new update - going live tomorrow, June 9 - will add crossplay support to tarmac-turner Need for Speed Heat. As announced by publisher Electronic Arts this morning, the patch will allow players on PS4, PC, and Xbox One platforms to burn ru...

EA is making good on that promise to bring more games to Steam nine years after an exodus from Valve's platform in favor of its own marketplace, EA Origin. This rekindled relationship just took a big step forward as EA added 13 more games t...

Need for Speed has floundered for the better part of a decade, and Electronic Arts evidently expects more horsepower from its most recognizable racing series. After an underwhelming stretch, Need for Speed has been taken from Ghos...

Developer Ghost Games has been celebrating the launch of its road-ripper Need for Speed: Heat, after the latest entry in the long line of racing games saw the franchise's biggest launch this generation."NFS Heat set a new record during the ...

On the one hand, I'm glad EA and Ghost Games waited to open up about Need for Speed Heat. I like to think that we don't need a year-long marketing rollout for a game like this. We're 20+ installments into the series; a few months is plenty....

Just a few days after it was formally announced, EA has given us our first proper look at Need for Speed Heat. As a part of today's gamescom: Opening Night Live, EA debuted the gameplay trailer for Need for Speed Heat. It's kind of split u...

It looks like Need for Speed Heat, EA's upcoming sequel in the long-running racing series, will be ditching loot boxes. After announcing the game yesterday, EA community manager Ben Walke held a Q&A on the Need for Speed subreddit to an...

Electronic Arts fully revealed the new Need for Speed game, which is set to debut this November on PC, PS4, and Xbox One: Heat. The Need for Speed franchise has always had a penchant for fiery monikers, dating back to "Hot Pursuit...

Electronic Arts have bust out that time-tested, industry-approved hype generator - the mysterious countdown website - in order to generate heat for an all-new entry in their long-running, road-ripping Need for Speed franchise.The site featu...

A new Need for Speed game is coming out this year, but it will not be present at E3 2019. A blog post over on EA's site announced the unsurprising news and then shattered hopes that we'd get a glimpse of the racer next month. It seems EA is...

As of late, EA's short-term release schedule has been something of a mystery. We've known we're getting Anthem later this month, and, just yesterday, Apex Legends stealth-launched. Today, EA has added some franchises to the calend...

Need for Speed Payback will soon be adding an online free roam option for all players. This free DLC update will let friends start lobbies and explore the game's world to their heart's content. The mode was announced via the official Need f...

The revolution may have begun on loot boxes, or at least as far as EA is concerned. While there isn't truly a victory in the case of Star Wars Battlefront II as the boxes are only "temporarily" on pause, the developers of Need For Speed Pay...

In my review in progress of Need for Speed Payback I said: “I wouldn't dare attempt drinking and driving in the real world for obvious reasons. But, in the seemingly lawless land of Need for Speed Payback, I think it's the only way to...

Growing up, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 and Need for Speed: Underground 2 were easily some of my favorite arcade racing games, and Underground 2 specifically has become a fan favorite of the series for many. Since then, I've gone back to ...

The latest iteration of EA's decades-long Need for Speed franchise is on the horizon. The studio have released a new trailer to help players get their engines revved for the new release.Need for Speed Payback takes the brand back into Fast ...

We've seen the sprawling open world of Need for Speed Payback. Now it's time to get a feel for its story, which sees a crew of racers -- each with their own specialty -- taking on The House, a major player in Fortune Valley's criminal under...

The last time I touched on Need for Speed Payback, I said I wasn't sure what to make of the game. It hasn't left a strong impression -- for better or worse. And while we do have more to go on with this overview trailer highlighting the sett...

As familiar as Need for Speed Payback looks -- it's been described as "Need for Speed filtered through the lens of a Hollywood blockbuster" -- I might still be up for it. There's nothing inherently wrong with some mindless action now and ag...