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Need for Speed Heat

Platform

PC, PS4, XBox One

Genre

Racing

Publisher

Electronic Arts

Developer

Ghost Games

UK Release Date

08/11/2019

Hustle by day and risk it all by night in Need for Speed Heat, a thrilling race experience that pits you against a city’s rogue police force as you battle your way into street racing’s elite.

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Need for Speed™ Heat Official Launch Trailer

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Our Review

7 /10

The good

Lots of varied gameplay elements
Satisfying drifting mechanics
Extensive car customisation options

The bad

Some low powered cars locked out too long
No interior views
No wheel support

Summary

Need for Speed Heat is a solid arcade racer that steers the long-running series in the right direction. Although it doesn’t reinvent the wheel, the missions, events, and mini-games are varied enough to make for a fun experience overall, finishing the series on this generation in a better place. As a result, we can look forward to the next-generation NFS titles as long as Ghost Games can build upon the foundations set by Heat.

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News Need for Speed Heat now supports racing wheels

These are words I didn’t believe I was going to write this generation, however, I’m extremely happy to report that Need for Speed Heat now officially supports racing wheels. Coming as part of a late January update, Need for Speed Heat now officially supports several racing wheels, as seen below (the development team also state […]

Reviews Need for Speed Heat review

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News Need for Speed Heat releases across PS4, Xbox One & PC

Need for Speed Heat is now available across the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Origin for PC platforms. Need for Speed Heat is set in the fictional Palm City, a brand-new open world which will see you, a street racer, earn cash via sanctioned events by day, and risking it all to build Rep in […]

News Watch the Need for Speed Heat launch trailer here

As promised, EA has released the Need for Speed Heat launch trailer ahead of its worldwide release on November 8 across the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC platforms. As expected, the production values of the trailer are off the hook, check it out for yourself below. Need for Speed Heat puts you in the […]

News Need for Speed Heat’s launch trailer premieres this afternoon

Need for Speed fans have a big reason to be very excited today: the Need for Speed Heat launch trailer will go live this afternoon. Scheduled for 15:00 GMT, the official Need for Speed YouTube channel will premiere the launch trailer for Need for Speed Heat which you can catch live via the video below. […]

News Team VVV Video Podcast 59: PS5, NFS Heat, WRC Esports, GRID, GT Sport,

The Team VVV Video Podcast gives you the opportunity to listen in as we have a chat on all the latest happenings in the world of racing games and video game hardware. This week we discuss the recently revealed PlayStation 5 haptic feedback controller technology and debate the cost of such a controller along with […]

News Need for Speed Heat’s Polestar 1 cover car is getting a real-world replica

The extremely modified Polestar 1 plug-in hybrid on Need for Speed Heat‘s box art isn’t too wild for the real world, it seems, as the cover car is being faithfully recreated in a one-off project. According to Khyzyl Saleem, a concept artist at the Need for Speed developer Ghost Games, the crazy car he created […]

News Need for Speed goes gold, new gameplay clips

Need for Speed Heat has now officially gone gold meaning the finished game is being pressed into retail discs right now. The news came courtesy of EA’s community manager Ben Walke who also dropped a few short gameplay clips of Need for Speed Heat which can be seen below. The game has gone gold, and […]

News Need for Speed Heat seemingly won’t have wheel support at launch

Videogame site Ulvespill recently conducted an interview with Need for Speed Heat Senior Game Designer Yoni Rabinowitz and Producer John Wikberg. When asked whether or not the game will feature racing wheel support, Wikberg answered: “Right now we don’t have any wheel support for the launch”. Wheel support is just one element that we believe […]

News Here’s the full car list for Need for Speed Heat

Just days after the official Need for Speed Heat reveal, Electronic Arts has surprisingly revealed the complete car list for the racer which is scheduled to release in November across the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Need for Speed Heat will see the series return to its “ultimate street racer versus cop fantasy” and […]

News Check out the Need for Speed Heat gameplay trailer

Following the official reveal a few days ago, EA has today released a gameplay trailer of Need for Speed Heat giving us a tantalising glimpse of what’s to come. The lengthy trailer (which gives us around three and a half minutes gameplay) first introduces us to the fictional setting of “Palm City” before teasing us […]

News Need for Speed Heat coming November 8, watch the new trailer

Electronic Arts (EA) have today confirmed the latest game in the long-running Need for Speed franchise is indeed called Need for Speed Heat. The arcade racer, developed by Ghost Games, will release worldwide on November 8 across the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC platforms. If you can’t wait that long, you can get in […]

News It’s looking more likely the next Need for Speed is called ‘Heat’

More Need for Speed rumours have surfaced very recently lending more weight to the supposed “Heat” name. Reddit user DanLiGamin (via GTPlanet) spotted the URL “nfs-heat-reveal-trailer” which redirects to the official Need For Speed YouTube channel. The same Reddit user even a captured thumbnail supposedly from the upcoming reveal trailer giving us a look at […]

News Need for Speed 2019 to be revealed on Wednesday, August 14

Fans eagerly awaiting the reveal for the upcoming Need for Speed title will not have long to wait. A countdown has appeared on the official Need for Speed website which points to the game’s reveal this Wednesday, August 14 (3pm UK time). Following the reveal this Wednesday, the game will also be shown off at […]

News “Need for Speed Heat” listed on Austrian video game store

An entry for “Need for Speed Heat” has been listed on Austrian video game store Gameware.at along with what looks like an obvious placeholder box art. Sadly no new information is obtainable from the listing (seen below) on a game that is expected to be officially revealed at Gamescom in just a few short weeks. […]

News Need for Speed 2019 will not be shown at E3 this year

Electronic Art’s Global Community Engagement Manager Ben Walke has today revealed that the upcoming Need for Speed title (expected to release before the end of the year) will not feature at this year’s EA Play E3 showcase. Walke wrote the following on the official Electronic Arts website, “Are you going to hear more about the […]

News Need for Speed 2019 will return to “racer vs cops” action

Electronic Arts has reported its fourth-quarter earnings which include some fresh details on their upcoming portfolio of games including none other than the upcoming Need for Speed title. First of all, EA has confirmed (after some ambiguity) that a new Need for Speed will indeed release in 2019 for consoles and PC. According to the […]

News New Need for Speed 2019 game looking likely

Electronic Arts recently reported on its third fiscal quarter earnings and in the process revealed the existence of upcoming entries in the Plants vs. Zombies and Need for Speed series’. The press release revealed a new Need for Speed title is coming, however, there is some ambiguity with the statement (below) regarding when. It’s not a […]