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gave the game a score of 6.3 out of 10, praising the game's great visuals and sound and the drifting feeling, but criticizing the game's story, the game being too brief, the multiplayer, AI, daft time-of-night effects, having no drag racing, and no ability to pause the game. Alexander
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has a redesigned 'Wrap Editor', and body modifications return to the series after nearly five years. The game features real-life tuning companies including RAUH-Welt
Begriff, SEIBON, and RTR Mustang. A new 'Handling Slider' was exhibited in the E3 gameplay video, which combines the best elements of
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Criterion's Alex Ward. Initially it was suspected that Criterion would not be developing racing games in the short-term, but Ward clarified that he was speaking personally instead of speaking for the studio. In a 2013 interview with VideoGamer,
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Standard Edition and the Deluxe Edition. The Deluxe Edition includes several extra features and content, such as a lifetime discount on all purchases made with in-game currency, a special VIP Icon, exclusive car wraps, more upgrades, and a pre-modified
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Windows release date has later been updated to a more precise 15 March in the US and 17 March everywhere else, and March 10 as a demo in the Origin access program. Along with that announcement, several other announcements were made, among which include
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for the visually stunning city, deep rewarding progression, genuinely customizable handling, and nail-biting sense of speed, but at the same time criticized the rubber-banding AI, draconian drift scoring system, and always-online, rendering the game unable to be paused. Sam
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a score of 6.0 out of 10, praising the game for its gorgeously stylized game world, multitude of tweakable car characteristics, engaging visual, customization options, and cool soundtrack, but criticized it for repetitive mission types and the AI being aloof.
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with the remaining group working on a mysterious "new project." A month later, vice president and creative director of
Criterion Games, Alex Ward announced that 60 to 65 people moved from Criterion over to Ghost Games UK, seemingly permanently, to work on
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November 2015 according to the NPD Group. The game debuted at #6 on the Japanese Sales Charts, selling 19,000 copies. In the UK, it reached number 2 in the sales chart, behind
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games have featured connected online worlds for players to race and inhabit together, although they have not required a player to stay connected to play the game. This was met with criticism from critics, who pointed to 2013's
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games may not be developed by Criterion, the studio would have creative oversight of the franchise moving forward.
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the earlier Black Box titles' grippy tires, as well as the drift style of the newer Criterion titles.
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studio was now in charge of the franchise; about 80 percent of Criterion was working on
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takes place in the fictional city of Ventura Bay and its surroundings which is based on
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increased difficulty through Prestige (unlocked by completing all story missions).
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1838:"Here's what's included with tomorrow's Need for Speed Legends update"
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1965:"Need For Speed Update Adds New Multiplayer Events, Prestige Mode"
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1555:"Need for Speed teaser image released ahead of tomorrow's reveal"
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executive producer Marcus Nilsson told that the newly created
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reboot had 67% of copies sold on PS4, with 33% on Xbox One.
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saw twice as many monthly active players in Q3 compared to
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game that year, making it the first year since 2001 that a
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executive producer Matt Webster told that while all future
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version released in March 2016. It is the twenty-second
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Two-thirds of physical Need For Speed sales were on PS4
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2466:"2016 Awards Category Details Racing Game of the Year"
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The first gameplay footage of the pre-alpha build for
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1365:"PC News: New Criterion IP 'is not a racing game'"
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1396:"Ghost takes control of the Need For Speed brand"
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2503:By David Scammell 9th Nov, 2015 - 11:12am.
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1459:Need for Speed: Rivals — EGX 2013
381:) wants to come to Risky Devil, Manu (
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2261:Kietzmann, Ludwig (3 November 2015).
2066:"Need for Speed for Xbox One Reviews"
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1817:from the original on 27 February 2016
1707:"Need for Speed PC Version Announced"
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1425:Scammel, David (28 September 2013).
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2095:Carter, Chris (3 November 2015).
1867:Makuch, Eddie (28 January 2016).
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1143:Scammell, David (June 18, 2015).
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2000:"Need for Speed for PC Reviews"
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2194:"Need for Speed (2015) Review"
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1900:Reilly, Luke (1 March 2016).
1610:Phillips, Tom (29 May 2015).
1490:Pereira, Chris (6 May 2014).
1456:Marcus Nilsson (2013-09-28).
471:Need for Speed: Underground 2
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1963:Paget, Mat (25 April 2016).
1300:Makuch, Eddie (2013-04-12).
283:. The game was released for
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934:19th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards
604:Need for Speed: Underground
579:Need for Speed: Most Wanted
426:Need for Speed: Most Wanted
404:Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
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930:Racing Game of the Year
899:Digital Trends awarded
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16:2015 racing video game
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2678:A media franchise by
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2446:Need for Speed Review
1938:PlayStation LifeStyle
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969:Need for Speed Rivals
962:On January 28, 2016,
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2970:Slightly Mad Studios
2950:Exient Entertainment
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2909:Firemonkeys Studios
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2451:2016-07-13 at the
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