Wow, this is pretty nuts. If it's legitimate -- and given the gameplay in the above video, we're not sure how it couldn't be -- this appears to be crazy early footage of the next Need for Speed.
Criterion Games is currently working on a next-gen NFS title, a snippet of which we saw during EA Play 2020. The above video, which comes from racing game YouTuber BlackPanthaa, contains alleged footage taken from a dev build that's obviously not intended for public viewing. It contains lots of placeholder elements from Need for Speed Heat, blocked out buildings and geometry, and in-progress effects. As far as the handling goes, it does look more on the arcadey side, which tracks with Criterion's history. When you see it in motion, it's hard to imagine this is some sort of fake.
That being said, the final game will of course look nothing like this. The footage seemingly dates back to May 2020, and the title is due to arrive sometime next year. It will obviously go through a million changes, and is probably much further along development even now. We're not sure exactly how this leaked, but we'll try to reach out to EA for an official comment.
What do you make of this? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.
[source youtube.com, via purexbox.com]
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We NEED som new IP's
Can't wait! Probably still a long way off mind.
@gamer_since_83 nah, this is one of those IPs I would buy every year without thinking.
Well that's crappy. I guess mobile phones and email accounts will be handed over, because someone is getting sacked for this.
@ankehuber Why need you a new NFS game every year? They all are just looking almost the same.
I think they should keep this look. It's quite abstract and would set it apart from all the other generic racers.
I hope it is decent, I enjoyed 'Most Wanted' the most especially on the Vita. GT7 will be my most anticipated racer but this (for me) is totally different - more arcade racer than sim. I absolutely love Burnout Paradise so a touch of that too would be nice.
Do all YouTubers down a cocktail of coffee, energy drinks and cocaine before recording their videos? They all seem way way way over the top and trigger happy on the edit button.
Have loved NFS games for decades now and look forward to the new one. Can't listen to Theo for more than a minute before wanting to do my ears off though lol. Nonetheless hard to really fork an opinion on such about early builds but I'm optimistic
@skaarj217 that's what I like about them, just newer cars and a new trophy list.
Jesus how does that boy have 1.2m subscribers?
Kids these days will watch any old idiot on the internet.
Bring back DJ atomica!
It feels like we get a NFS game every year, it sure would be nice to have a new Burnout. I actually wish EA was like Activision here and have two studios and each year they alternate between NFS and Burnout.
It should be released "as is" - do something different EA!
The handling looks great! One part of that particular video irked me though: "I don't want more Burnout in Need for Speed, and I'm pretty sure everyone agrees here." Speak for yourself man, I for one welcome our new (returning) Criterion overlords.
"Leaked" by EA. They blatantly want to know what the community want after the last two were greeted with a lukewarm reception. What better way than to send a build to an "influencer" with a brief & say it was an unknown leak.
I cannot believe for one second that this was unintentional.
@skaarj217 its like why do footie fans need a new fifa every year? Why a new call of duty every year? Why cant i have a new golf club game every year? Why are religous nuts still allowed to knock on my door? Why?
Not that it'll happen, but I'd honestly settle for NFS Underground's 1 & 2 on the sadly short lived ps2 classics on ps4 digital range! No MTX nonsense,just a decent old fashioned racing game & local 2 player! And add SSX Tricky!
I think Need for Speed shouldn’t be like Burnout. Burnout is a great game, but most of they mean crash cameras and overall being a Burnout with a different title, and real cars.
I feel bad for these guys. This game is clearly a long ways away from release and this is the public's first display of gameplay. The fact that this dude is criticizing the game in any way is totally unfair given that there's no way to know what the final version will look like at this point in time.
I hope
Some need for speed comes to PS Plus soon.
games are really gonna shine on PS5 in mid 2022, 2023.. still long way, but very exciting
God just wait it out. 🙄 Got plenty of NFS to tide me over in the meantime. No one has the patience to wait it out these days.
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