The next Need for Speed game is a reboot due out on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One autumn 2015.
EA has decided to eschew the Underground and Most Wanted sub-brands in favour of a game Swedish developer Ghost Games says gets to the roots of the long-running racing series.
The focus with this Need for Speed, which has benefited from the developer taking a year off from having to release a new game in 2014, is car customisation, authentic urban car culture and telling a story.
There’s also mention of “a nocturnal open world”, which executive producer Marcus Nilsson told Eurogamer in an interview, below, means Need for Speed is set from dusk to dawn. Speedhunters is a community of car enthusiasts owned by EA.
Last year, Ghost Games studio head Marcus Nilsson said EA is committing to a “dramatically different” approach to the Need for Speed series. Part of that means engaging in “more open conversations” with fans.
How much that has to do with the Speedhunters community, or if the community is even involved at all, hasn’t been confirmed. At this point, several fans are speculating that this is Need for Speed Underground 3.
Need for Speed’s teaser trailer is below. More will be revealed at E3 during EA’s press conference on 15th June.
