Need for Speed Heat | PS4, XBO, PC | Push the peddle down from 8 Nov 2019

Hustle by day and risk it all at night in Need for Speed™ HEAT, a white-knuckle street racer, where the lines of the law fade as the sun starts to set. By day, Palm City hosts the Speedhunter Showdown, a sanctioned competition where you earn Bank to customize and upgrade your high-performance cars. At night, ramp up the intensity in illicit street races that build your reputation, getting you access to bigger races and better parts. But stay ready – cops are waiting and not all of them play fair.

DarkRula wrote:...Bit concerned about how close between reveal and release this'll be, but I have confidence that the developers will make it a good one.

SerialCeler wrote:I presume it'll be Ghost Games developing again? Rivals was okay (which they co-developed with Criterion), but haven't picked up the last two because of a middling reception. Fingers crossed this one might be a return to form.

Trelliz wrote:EA bingo card...

Launching November 5 on Origin Access Premier/Play First Trial and November 8 Worldwide.

By now you’ve seen the reveal trailer (that's it above) and your mind is surely spinning with a number of questions and thoughts, let’s scratch that itch a bit.

Your freedom flows under the veil of darkness, but it comes with a risk. Where there is a risk, there is a reward, so it’s your call.

By day you’ll be competing for bank in the Speedhunter Showdown. A series of events that will have you racing and drifting your way to a big payday. When the sun goes down the heat levels rise.

As the night sky settles across Palm City you’ll be wanting to swap out legitimate events for those of a more underground nature.

Tear up the rulebook and the streets to make them your own. You might be building up your bank balance during the day, but at night is when your REP will be on the line. Take the risks and you’ll own the night.

Cops (cops, cops!) patrol Palm City with various levels of aggression, with their behaviour altering based on the time of day. During the day the Palm City PD will have a more casual presence. They’ll still be there as an ever present threat, but leave them alone and they’ll return the favour.

Once the city descends into darkness, the rulebook changes and you’re not the only ones breaking the rules. As the sun goes down, a rogue task force comes out to play. This task force, led by the ever so charming Lt. Mercer, will need no excuse to hunt you, and your car down. You’ll be meeting more of Mercer and his squad as you play through NFS Heat.

Push your car, and your nerves to the limit as you risk it all. Make one wrong move and your night is over. This is survival of the fastest, hold your nerve and don’t slow down.

The choice between day and night is entirely your call. Had enough of the day? Then simply head to your garage and you’ll be given the option to leave within the veil of darkness. From there you can make your own rules. Play by your rulebook, take chances and take home the prize.

It wouldn’t be NFS without customisation and you’ll be taking your car to new levels of personalization. We’ll be giving more details on this at gamescom next week, so no spoilers just yet.

What we can confirm is that customisation options are earned through the completion of in-game events. For example, you spot a street race on your map and notice it has a new performance part up for grabs. Win the race, win the part. Speed cards from NFS Payback are gone.

Fancy some gameplay? Be sure to keep an eye on the gamescom: Opening Night Live where you’ll get your first look of NFS Heat in action, including cops, day and night events, the garage, customization and our brand new handling model.

Stay Tuned

BID0 wrote:This looks awful. From the icon I was expecting it to be set in the eighties which could have been something mildly original.

Rockstar need to get another Midnight Club out of the door. They could make a killing with micro transactions in a Midnight Club Online.

Take chances, take victories – lay it on the line in the speed hunter Showdown by day, competing to win bank in race, drift, and off-road events. Then take on the city by night and hit up underground street races to build your reputation.

Be unruly, be expressive – With even more options to customize your stable of cars as well as personalize your identity behind the wheel, this isn’t the time to hold back – Be unique and make sure everyone knows who you are.

Beat the Heat – you’ll have to go out of your way to rile up the cops patrolling palm city during Daylight hours. But after Dark the rules change when a Rogue task force comes out to play – now they’re on the hunt for you and your wheels

jawafour wrote:I haven't loaded up a NFS game for ages and this reveal has made me want to go back and play 'em. But, yeah, I'm apprehensive about how EA will jam payments into the new game.

Cheeky Devlin wrote:Is this another explorable city effort then?

Even without the XP and Bank shite, that makes it a no from me.

I just want races. I want to move straight from one to the other. I don't want to explore, or discover events and other things. It's one of the reasons that I wasn't a huge Burnout Paradise fan. I'm just not interested in that kind of thing.

Which is probably why NFS: Hot Pursuit (2010) is the last NFS game I clicked with. It's also one of the reasons why I can't be bothered with the Forza Horizon games and all the shite they layer on top of the actual races.