EA likely to reveal the next Need for Speed game this week
EA has teased the first look at the next Need for Speed on Twitter, confirming reports that a reveal trailer is imminent.
Electronic Arts have just teased the arrival of the first look at the upcoming Need for Speed game. Following recent reports and rumours about an upcoming reveal for NFS this week, EA was quizzed by a Twitter user if they will indeed be launching a trailer. The company’s reply all but confirms that we’re soon getting our first glance at the future of the Need for Speed franchise.
Need for Speed Unbound
Initially, it was Tom Henderson for Insider Gaming who reported that EA is planning on revealing the next Need for Speed soon. His report from September 29 claimed that the reveal will happen within a couple of weeks. EA’s tweet at this lines up with that timeline so far. Henderson also reported that EA are planning to release the game on December 2, 2022. As per the report, the next NFS title has been named Need for Speed Unbound but there’s no confirmation for that as of yet.
Hi @EA/@NeedforSpeed , we were told reveal is this week. Can you guys confirm?
— User-141 (@U5ER_141) October 3, 2022
There has been several teasers coming from EA and NFS accounts on Twitter. NFS account has just updated its logo and background on their profile. There's also been a tweet from EA asking the NFS account asking if they [fans] are ready.
@NeedforSpeed Logo and banner changed! It is time! pic.twitter.com/P7JZ9ZuPND
— PROJECT UNITE (@UNITENFS) October 3, 2022
We’ll do get to find out the name and much more when the eventual trailer does drop and it’s been claimed that music from rapper A$AP Rocky will feature in this 90-second trailer.
you think they're ready, @needforspeed?
— Electronic Arts (@EA) October 3, 2022
What we know about the next NFS game
NFS Unbound will having a heavy focus on multiplayer this time around and there will be a new feature called “meetups” to support that. This “meetups” feature will let players race each other at different locations on the map. Speaking of which, there will be a unique map this time around in NFS and totally different from what we’ve seen so far in NFS, as per Henderson.
Announce Need for Sp.... oh.
— Codemasters (@Codemasters) October 3, 2022
Need for Speed Unbound will be arriving for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S as well as for PC whenever it does arrive. The game was supposed to be unveiled back in July as per the report but there have been unexplained setbacks in the project so far. We also covered the news about a release for the NFS game in November and it remains to be seen if the game does push further back to December or not.
It’s Criterion, developers of Burnout series, who are back to create an NFS game. NFS did deal with a leak sometime before when brief footage of gameplay was making the rounds on the internet. It showed a car trying to vault through a circular object but failed and instead crashed into the obstacle. There were several anime elements all around the car when it failed which does confirm earlier reports that Criterion is looking to integrate anime and cartoon effects with high-quality graphics.