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| NFS Nitro: Gold-Status and Soundtrack announced |
Monday, 19.10.2009 |
 Electronic Arts announced today that Need for Speed Nitro has gone gold. So the development is finished and the game will be in stores soon. The racer for Nintendo Wii and DS will be released on November 3rd in North America and November 6th in Europe.
In contrast to Need for Speed Shift, NFS Nitro is a pure arcade racer, concentrating on fun and the unique gaming experience on the Nintendo consoles.
"Our vision was to create something unique on the Nintendo platforms," said Joe Booth, Senior Producer. "Need for Speed NITRO combines the franchise’s trademark attitude, sense of speed and addictive gameplay with the approachability and pick up and play of Nintendo."
Together with this announcement EA also announced the soundtrack of NFS Nitro. You can find the tracklist under the following link. You can hear samples of all tracks on  www.ea.com/eatrax.
 NFS Nitro: Soundtrack
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| NFS Shift: Soundtrack announced |
Thursday, 10.09.2009 |
 The Soundtrack always was an important part of the Need for Speed series. Today Electronic Arts announced which tracks will be in the upcoming Need for Speed Shift:
| Artist | Title | | | | | Buraka Som Sistema feat. Pongolove | Kalemba (Wegue-Wegue) | | Chase And Status feat. Plan B | Pieces | | Deadmau5 | Ghosts N Stuff | | Eagles Of Death Metal | Anything 'Cept the Truth | | Fort Knox 5 feat. Asheru | Insight (The Nextmen Remix) | | Gallows | I Dread The Night | | In Case Of Fire | This Time We Stand | | Jamal | Pull Up | | Kanye West | Paranoid (Part 2) | | Kasabian | Underdog | | The King Blues | The Streets Are Ours | | Mala Rodriguez | Te Convierto | | Mando Diao | Mean Street | | MSTRKRFT feat. E-40 | Click Click | | N.A.S.A. | Whachadoin? Feat. Spank Rock, MIA, Santigold and Nick Zinner | | The Prodigy | Run With The Wolves | | The Qemists feat Mike Patton | Lost Weekend | | Regular John | Transmitter | | Rootbeer | Under Control | | Shinichi Osawa | Electro 411 (Lies In Disguise Mix) | | Spoon Harris & Obernik | Baditude | | TOKIO | Dogonim | | Twisted Wheel | Oh What Have You Done | | Two Fingers feat. Sway | High Life |
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| NFS Shift: System Requirements |
Friday, 04.09.2009 |
Finally the official system requirements for Need for Speed Shift were published! You need at least the following minimum system configuration to play NFS Shift:
Required: Internet Connection
OS: Windows XP (Service Pack 3) or Windows Vista (Service Pack 1) / Windows 7
Processor: Intel Core™2 Duo 1.6 GHz or faster
Memory: XP: 1 GB RAM; Vista/Windows 7: 1.5 GB RAM
Hard Drive: 6 GB
DVD Drive: 8 SPEED
Video Card: 256 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 3.0*
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible
DirectX: DirectX 9.0c compatible
Online Multiplayer: 512 Kbps or faster; 2-12 Players
Input: Keyboard, Mouse
Optional: USB Steering Wheel / Dual Analogue Gamepad
*Supported Video Cards: ATI Radeon X1800 XT 512MB or greater; NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT 256MB or greater. Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported. Updates to your video and sound card drivers may be required.
Need for Speed Shift will hit stores on September 15th in North America and on September 17th in Europe. Click here to preorder the game:
Preorder Need for Speed Shift at Amazon.co.uk!
Preorder Need for Speed Shift at Amazon.com!
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| NFS Shift: Nürburgring Video |
Friday, 21.08.2009 |
Gamersyde recorded a video of Need for Speed Shift showing a race at the Nürburgring in Germany!
The video was taken at the gamescom and unfortunately it doesn't have any sound - probably because of the constant noise at the convention. But for a screener it has a really good quality!
You can find the video here:
NFS Shift Nürburgring @ Gamersyde
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| NFS Shift: New Releasedate |
Sunday, 12.07.2009 |
Releasedates for videogames are never carved in stone, such as with Need for Speed Shift: New releasedates are announced and you might like to hear that we get the game a week earlier than expected:
The game is slated for shipping on September 17th 2009 in Europe and on September 15th 2009 in North America, as shown in the latest Drift Video.
Earlier there was some discussion about the releasedate, but as it seems the people in North America will get their hands on the game earlier than the Europeans. Sounds strange, since the Slightly Mad Studios, the developers of NFS Shift, are based in London, UK. And event more strange...according to EA's website the game is being released on September 18th in the UK. (?)
Anyhow, if you want to get your copy of NFS Shift, you can preorder the game now at Amazon:
Preorder Need for Speed Shift at Amazon.co.uk!
Preorder Need for Speed Shift at Amazon.com!
NFS Shift: Releasedatum
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| Rumour: Back to the roots with Criterion Games' new NFS? |
Monday, 06.07.2009 |
As previously reported is Criterion Games (the developers of the Burnout series) working on a new Need for Speed title. At the moment there isn't much information about this project, but what Alex Ward, Creative Director at Criterion Games writes in his Twitter Channel sounds quite interesting:
"Red lining it all the way and making it pay" - a return to the original 3DO version of The Need for Speed.
Back to the roots, back to the original The Need for Speed on the 3DO? Sounds interesting...
There is no name or releasedate known yet - first we get to play Need for Speed Shift, Nitro and World Online in fall 2009.
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| NFS Shift: Interview with Ian Bell |
Friday, 03.07.2009 |
Ian Bell from the Slightly Mad Studios answers some questions about the upcoming Need for Speed Shift on NeedforSpeed.com. Although he is quite enthusiastic about the game, this interview contains some interesting information, how the developers handle the physics in the game and how they are trying to connect realism with action.
There are four levels to the driving model, and all driving models give you the choice of using visual damage only or 'full' (performance) damage. Again, the engine supports any level of realistic visual to physical damage but we will be tuning the levels to ensure a fun experience. Bumpers will fly off, hoods will be popped open, doors will be bashed in, and if you've got full damage on, your suspension will bend, your steering will pull or get sloppy, and your engine will be destroyed, barely limping around to the end of the race. We made the decision to keep the focus on action without critically severe punishment, since this is a racing game, not a crashing game. There will be consequences to your actions with full damage on, and it will likely destroy your race, but you will always be able to at least limp across the finish line to collect your profile points.
Sounds like an interesting decision, that you're not able to completely wreck your car, but this could be the bridge between sim and action fans. Hardcore simulation gamers will have a "Pro" mode, which feels more natural and will also raise the bar for handling.
Additionally the physics engine sounds quite impressing, as the game is able to reflect the tiniest details like tire deformation based on g-forces, tire pressures and rubber thickness. As Ian Bell says: "[...] only the most diehard sim fans will notice, but we know it's there."
Better you read the complete interview yourself here:
NFS Shift: Interview with Ian Bell
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| NFS Shift: System Requirements |
Saturday, 27.06.2009 |
Only 3 months to go until Need for Speed Shift is released. Now the system requirements for the game (PC) showed up - although it's not sure whether this information is official, as it comes from a polish Facebook site:
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
OS: Windows XP Service Pack 3 or Vista Service Pack 1
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 (or equivalent) CPU running at 3,2GHz or higher (3.4GHz for Windows Vista)
Memory: 1GB RAM (Vista 2GB)
Hard Drive Space: 10 GB of free space
Graphics Hardware: 256 MB RAM with Pixel Shader 3 (PCI-Ex)
Sound Hardware: DirectX 9.0c compliant card (DirectX 10.1 compliant if applicable)
DVD Drive: 8X or faster DVD Drive
For Online Play: Network card with broadband connectivity
RECOMMENDED REQUIREMENTS:
OS: Windows XP Service Pack 3 or Vista Service Pack 1
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2,5GHz or AMD 64 X2 2,0 GHz
Memory: 2GB RAM (Vista 3GB)
Hard Drive Space: 10 GB of free space
Graphics Hardware: 512 MB RAM with Pixel Shader 3 (PCI-Ex)
Sound Hardware: DirectX 9.0c compliant card (DirectX 10.1 compliant if applicable)
DVD Drive: 8X or faster DVD Drive
For Online Play: Network card with broadband connectivity
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| NFS-Planet Easter Egg Search 2009 - the Winners |
Sunday, 26.04.2009 |
 Many people tried their luck at the NFS-Planet Easter Egg Search 2009 - those who could find at least 5 eggs automatically participated in the raffle. Unfortunately not everybody could win, but you can find the winners here:
NFS Sweater
- !Mani!
- Sniperking
EA Bag
- burgfreulein
- Neo1771991
Gaming Mouse
- Katana
Mirror's Edge Soundtrack
- Plasma
- pimpfreak
- Wecker
- playeral777
- Daniel_Knecht
EA Keychain
- SonnleitnerT
- HaLoX
- danneck
- Eexstro32
- kev312
- speedjunky
- D4rkside
- Spave
- alucardreaper
- Needer
Congratulations to all winners! Every winner is being contacted by e-mail separatly within the next days.
To all who didn't win something: good luck next time! :)
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