Eurogamer reported that EA announced a whole skew of Need For Speed Games for multiple platforms. Need For SPeed Shift will be a simulation based racing game for the PC, PC, Xbox 360, PS3 and PSP this autumn. Nitro will be Nintendo platforms, DS and Wii. Need For Speed Online will be an online racing game that will be released in Asia first this summer.
The Eurogamer report details that:
Need for Speed: Shift will be made by Slightly Mad Studios of GT Legends and GTR 2 fame, with help from EA Black Box producer Michael Mann and EA Games Europe bigwig Patrick Soderlund.
Shift focuses on simulation racing - not just the realistic movement of cars, but also driver behaviour. This, EA marketing boss Keith Munro told Eurogamer, is what will set the game apart. Also, less baggy jeans and hip-hop.
"The urban underground was a manifestation of style in some past Need for Speed games for sure, but Shift focuses less on these style cues and more on mirroring the driver experience, that athleticism of being in a wickedly-intense race, and what it really feels like to be behind the wheel," Munro told us.
Personally I prefer the simulation type games rather than the arcade type racer. I'm excited about the prospect of GTR 2 devs working on the next NFS. The rumour has been about for sometime now.
What is more interesting is Need For Speed online. That gets my interest piqued. EA squeezing money off micro transaction? Yeah I could see that happening.
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Looking forward to these games, especially the one for the Wii. I am hoping that it gets as good of reviews as the buzz is claiming it will get.
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