Need for Speed: The Run

Shift 2 Unleashed has been out for only a month, but EA is apparently looking to turn out another Need for Speed in near-record time. European retailer ShopTo.net has posted a product page for Need for Speed: The Run on the Xbox 360, complete with box art and a teaser trailer that reveals a November 18 launch date. The North American version of the video (embedded below) indicates a November 15 domestic launch for the game.

Clocking in at 1 minute, 17 seconds, the trailer shows glimpses of race action intercut with shots of what appears to be a story mode. The trailer suggests New York, Las Vegas, Denver, and San Francisco as locales, with races spiced up by outside factors (like an explosive avalanche or unwanted attention from the cops). As for the story, the trailer's glimpses of the game are spotted in between shots of a man regaining consciousness in a car overturned on railroad tracks. The tagline at the end of the clip is "The race for your life. The race of your life."

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I am still to get deep into shift 2 (halted by it's control lag and stutter). But, we have a new announcement of NFS coming. :/

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Meh. Another street-er. I'll wait for SHIFT 3.

Trailer looks awesome

perfect.. this time theme seems to be completely different..

but wht is goin on with NFS.. new version are coming unexpectedly.. no time to complete previous one

Ahh..Finally something to look for after Hot Pursuit. Hope will be better than Most Wanted.

Guys, does anyone played NFS World ???? Post the experience....

IronCruz said:
Hope will be better than Most Wanted.

Unlikely

BTW, why bringing out games so fast? Nothing sill beats Most Wanted.
We have had enough of track racing so this is welcome chnge

They have "god knows how many" teams working on NFS titles. SMS on shift, Criterion was working on Hot Pursuit. Now Black Box again kicking in. I am quite sure that the development was going on at least an year from now. That makes whooping 3 games being made simultaneously. EA seems desperate.

Only thing that is pumping me is FrostBite 2.0 engine.

Meh, don't milk the cow so insanely.

EA is choking the game FFS.

Previously EA used to make one NFS Title per year and now its two which is ridiculous. I mean they don't give a damn about their released games. Shift 2 has already a lot of bugs and they are not fixing them but just announcing a new title. What the hell.

Guys a fresh read from IGN.
The Epic Scale of Need for Speed: The Run

And here's the gameplay trailer

That video is nice.
Looks like blackbox is trying hard to make this game nice. I appreciate their efforts. Lets hope it lives up to my expectations.

looks good

2 nfs in one year :-|

..?

Blizzard and EA will be good complements for each other :-D

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gameranand said:
Guys a fresh read from IGN.
The Epic Scale of Need for Speed: The Run

Well, I think this might be different from other NFS series. Still, I dont think anythings gonna beat carbon.

biseydaha said:
Well, I think this might be different from other NFS series. Still, I dont think anythings gonna beat carbon.

TBH nothing beats Most Wanted in story and gameplay department. Not even Carbon. Carbon was good game but not as good as MW.

Starting from HP2, I have only enjoyed 2 NFS games so far, HP2 and MW. Rest are just ****. Sorry if I hurt any fanboys.

Yes HP2 and MW were best. Other games were more or less average and enjoyable but after Carbon NFS was in a deep hole and with Shift it changed its proper genre and gained some pride. I hope that Run would not disappoint us in pursuit races and and other races. Quite honestly I don't like the idea of running with protagonist on streets too much but still lets hope they implement it nicely.

Skud said:
Starting from HP2, I have only enjoyed 2 NFS games so far, HP2 and MW. Rest are just ****. Sorry if I hurt any fanboys.

Nope. You're pretty much spot on. ;-)

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Skud said:
Starting from HP2, I have only enjoyed 2 NFS games so far, HP2 and MW. Rest are just ****. Sorry if I hurt any fanboys.

the old NFS Porsche series was pretty good imo...even underground & underground 2 were good....after MW 2, only HP 2 is worth playing..

Too many average titles .

himadri_sm said:
the old NFS Porsche series was pretty good imo...even underground & underground 2 were good....after MW 2, only HP 2 is worth playing..

MW 2?

i think he is confused between most wanted and modern warfare. :-D

Need for Speed: Modern Warfare 2.

Need for Speed: The Run is another race simulation after Shift...

@skud

first person racing.

Zangetsu said:
Need for Speed: The Run is another race simulation after Shift...

Crap , i thought this one was going to be a Street Racing thing.

"underground world of illicit, high stakes racing,"

Does this sound like simulation to any one?

Also, Shift was totally entertaining. But, for particular gamers, it just wasn't their plate of meal.

Actually, Shift was somewhat a saving grace, and Shift 2 spoils everything.

Yes, in deed. Shift 2 was disappointing.

AFAIK Run is a street racing game and not a simulation.

I did liked Shift very much. Real nice game and graphics but it did changed the genre of NFS franchise. Yeah well Pro Street was also track racing but was too lame this one was pretty good IMO.

Actually, what matters is the quality of the game, arcade or simulation doesn't really matter.

After all, we are not talking about rFactor or RBR. Even Dirt is somewhere between simulation and arcade these days.

Skud said:
Actually, what matters is the quality of the game, arcade or simulation doesn't really matter.

After all, we are not talking about rFactor or RBR. Even Dirt is somewhere between simulation and arcade these days.

True but a series is well known for something like Dirt series was known for simulation and they are still on right path even though they make semi simulation but they are not completely diverted. Now I would have appreciated if a new racing series was made instead of just hammering semi simulators on NFS series.

I think EA has milked the NFS series too much. They should bring up a new IP and some fresh ideas. At least, Codies provide something new with Dirt every year, whether you like it or not is a different matter altogether.

Skud said:
I think EA has milked the NFS series too much. They should bring up a new IP and some fresh ideas. At least, Codies provide something new with Dirt every year, whether you like it or not is a different matter altogether.

Exactly. Atleast they should have started a new series for semi simulator. That way we can easily differentiate it from arcade now its all mixed up together. :-x

vamsi_krishna said:
Does this sound like simulation to any one?

Also, Shift was totally entertaining. But, for particular gamers, it just wasn't their plate of meal.

Oops..my bad...
thought would be similar to shift coz the same logo used by EA

EA got criterion. and after NFS, Burnout is one of best arcade game that comes to mind. sadly Crash will be only for XBOX360 & PS3. looks like NFS is all that EA can offer us (pc gamers).

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Hmmmm....

HP2 and MW has remained good till date.

Also I tried NFS: World , pretty much like MW but they are regularly updating it. The game has grown and is growing everyday.

Got 1000 boots as well for FREE!

Now will see and try NFS:RUN. Hope it does not disappoint.