Presented with a unique real-world meets street art aesthetic, the visual style teams the realistic look of the featured cars with customisable graffiti flair featuring energetic visuals, sound effects, nitrous boost, and a new boost element. The game's development was pushed back by a year in March 2021, with Criterion pausing development of their Need for Speed game to assist DICE and their in-development 'Battlefield 6', which would later be revealed as Battlefield 2042. Alongside Criterion, Codemasters Cheshire began assisting in development of the game and the Need for Speed series as a whole. A three day early access period for those that pre-order the game was also announced, starting on November 30, 2022.įirst announced on Jas part of Electronic Arts' 'EA Play Live June 2020' presentation, it was shown during a section about the publisher's next generation series of games, targeting the then unreleased PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S hardware.Īn official reveal in June 2020 outlined the yet untitled game was described to 'include a new Need for Speed game that is bringing some astounding visual leaps, developed by the Criterion team, who have launched some of the most highly-rated games in franchise history'. It was announced on Octoby publisher Electronic Arts to be released for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S on December 2, 2022. Need for Speed: Unbound is the thirtieth game in the Need for Speed series and the first since Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) to be mainly developed by Criterion.

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