The Need for Speed series will continue, developer Criterion Games has pledged. However, the Electronic Arts-owned studio also suggested that the next Need for Speed game is still a long way off.
Between NFS 2 (1997) and NFS Rivals (2013), the Need for Speed series consistently received annual installments. Four new mainline entries were released over the next 11 years, in addition to one mobile game—Firemonkeys Studios' NFS: No Limits, which debuted in 2015.
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The 2022 Need for Speed Unbound is still the latest entry in the franchise, with its sequel being nowhere in sight. While the series appears to have lost some steam in terms of release pace, it still has a future. Developer Criterion Games said as much in a recent statement to Eurogamer, pledging that the franchise isn't dead. And though another Need for Speed game will materialize eventually, the Guildford, UK-based studio currently has different priorities.
"The Need for Speed team at Criterion are joining their colleagues working on Battlefield," a company spokesperson told Eurogamer. Criterion was already involved in the development of Battlefield 2042,...
