List of Need for Speed video games
The Need for Speed video game series is published by Electronic Arts. Games in the series were primarily developed by Canadian developer EA Canada from 1992 to 2001.[1] They were later primarily developed by Canadian developer EA Black Box for a period of the series' history from 2002 to 2011. After a stint with several game developers (including British developer Criterion Games) from 2009 through 2012, the series is currently being handled by Swedish-British developer Ghost Games, whose debut title Need for Speed Rivals was released in 2013.
The series debuted with The Need for Speed in North America, Japan (under the Over Drivin' title through High Stakes), and Europe in 1994. Need for Speed is a series of racing video games where the main objective is to win races in a variety of game modes, in the process eluding traffic and police. Aftermarket customization of video game vehicles was an aspect first introduced by the Need for Speed series after the release of the film, The Fast and the Furious; the feature was included in every Need for Speed title developed by EA Black Box from Need for Speed: Underground through Need for Speed: Undercover.[2]
The NFS series is among the best-selling video game franchises with 100 million copies sold.[3] Electronic Arts considers one of the reasons the series has remained so popular is because "the series has long been an ever-evolving franchise, one that changes up its focus, mechanics and style every couple of years".[4]
Primary installments
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Original release date(s):[12] | Release years by system: 1997 – Windows,[13] PlayStation[14] |
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Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit Original release date(s):[17][18] | Release years by system: 1998 – Windows,[19] PlayStation[20] |
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Need for Speed: High Stakes Original release date(s):[22] | Release years by system: 1999 – Windows,[23] PlayStation[24] |
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Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed Original release date(s):[26] | Release years by system:
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Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 Original release date(s):[30] | Release years by system: 2002 – GameCube,[31] PlayStation 2,[32] Windows,[33] Xbox[34] |
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Need for Speed: Underground Original release date(s):[35] | Release years by system:
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Need for Speed: Underground 2 Original release date(s):[42] | Release years by system: 2004 – Game Boy Advance,[43] GameCube,[44] Mobile,[45] Nintendo DS,[46] Windows,[47] PlayStation 2,[48] Xbox[49] |
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Need for Speed: Most Wanted Original release date(s):[50] | Release years by system: 2005 – Game Boy Advance,[51] GameCube,[52] Mobile[53] Nintendo DS,[54] Windows,[55] PlayStation 2,[56] PlayStation Portable,[57] Xbox,[58] Xbox 360[59] |
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Need for Speed: Carbon Original release date(s):[60] | Release years by system: 2006 – GameCube,[61] Mobile[62] Windows[63] / Mac OS X,[64] PlayStation 2,[65] PlayStation 3,[66] PlayStation Portable,[citation needed] Wii,[67] Xbox 360[68] |
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Need for Speed: ProStreet Original release date(s):[69] | Release years by system: 2007 – Mobile,[70] Windows,[71] Nintendo DS,[72] PlayStation 2,[73] PlayStation 3,[74] PlayStation Portable,[75] Wii,[76] Xbox 360[77] |
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Need for Speed: Undercover Original release date(s):[78] | Release years by system: 2008 – Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, Windows, Mobile |
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Need for Speed: Shift Original release date(s):[79] | Release years by system: 2009 – Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Windows, Mobile |
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Need for Speed: Nitro Original release date(s):[80] | Release years by system: 2009 – Wii, Nintendo DS |
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Need for Speed: World Original release date(s):[85] | Release years by system: 2010 – Windows |
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Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010) Original release date(s):[86] | Release years by system: 2010 – Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows, Wii |
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Shift 2: Unleashed Original release date(s):[87] | Release years by system: 2011 – Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows |
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Need for Speed: The Run Original release date(s): | Release years by system: 2011 – Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows, Wii, Nintendo 3DS |
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Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) Original release date(s): | Release years by system:
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Original release date(s): | Release years by system: 2013 – Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One |
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Need for Speed: No Limits Original release date(s):
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Need for Speed (2015) Original release date(s): | Release years by system: 2015 – Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One |
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| Release years by system: 2017 – Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One |
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| Release years by system: 2019 – Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One |
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| Release years by system: 2022 – Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S |
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Other games
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| Release years by system: 1996 – Sega Saturn |
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Need for Speed: V-Rally Original release date(s):[88]
| Release years by system: 1997 – PlayStation,[89] 1999—Game Boy Color,[90] Nintendo 64,[91] PC (Windows)[92] |
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Original release date(s):[94] | Release years by system: 1999 – PlayStation,[95] 2000—Dreamcast,[96] PC (Windows)[97] |
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Original release date(s):[100]
| Release years by system: 2001 – PC (Windows)[101] |
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Need for Speed: Edge Original release date(s):[103]
| Release years by system: 2017 open beta – PC (Windows), |
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Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered Original release date(s):[104]
| Release years by system: 2020 – Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Windows, Nintendo Switch |
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See also
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External links
- Official website
- Ghost Games official website Archived 2001-02-20 at the Wayback Machine
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- The Need for Speed (1994)
- II
- III: Hot Pursuit (1998)
- High Stakes
- Porsche Unleashed
- Hot Pursuit 2
- Underground
- Underground 2
- Most Wanted (2005)
- Carbon
- ProStreet
- Undercover
- Shift
- Nitro
- World
- Hot Pursuit (2010)
- Shift 2: Unleashed
- The Run
- Most Wanted (2012)
- Rivals
- No Limits
- Need for Speed (2015)
- Payback
- Heat
- Unbound
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