New Need for Speed Confirmed For 2019 Release, But Won’t Be At EA Play

Over the past few weeks, we’ve reported about a new Need for Speed game that Electronic Arts has admitted to be in development but not properly announced it. It looks like E3 2019 nor EA Play will serve that purpose, neither, even though the game is still scheduled for a release this year.

Over the past few weeks, we’ve reported about a new Need for Speed game that Electronic Arts has admitted being in development but not properly announced it. It looks like E3 2019 nor EA Play will serve that purpose, neither, even though the game is still scheduled for a release this year.

In a blog post issued today, Electronic Arts has confirmed the existence of the upcoming Need for Speed game and that it will be releasing as early as 2019, so over the next seven months, but also claimed that it won’t be revealed very soon and you should not expect that to happen in June.

“Are you going to hear more about the next NFS title? Yes. Is it being released this year? Yes. Will we be doing anything in June? No. It’s as simple as that, but we wanted to give you a heads up before you started asking “where are you?”,” says the NFS Team at Ghost Games in a blog post.

“Our goal is to deliver a truly memorable high-speed entry into the 25 years of NFS, rather than a series of promotional events. The game matters most – a sentiment we bet you share with us,” the post adds, before hinting at a south location for the next title in the franchise.

The developer has not shared many details about how and what the game will be like, but hinted at the fact that it’ll be a very Need for Speed title in all the aspects you would expect: “cars naturally top the list. You could say that the cars and customization of NFS are the beating heart of what we do.”

“Without either of these, NFS fails to exist as we know it. These two elements play a pivotal role in the series and are two aspects that we consider to be foundational, meaning they aren’t going anywhere because NFS wouldn’t exist without them.”

This is a rather clear message, and in the past few weeks EA also said that it would work on the “cops vs. racers fantasy,” so, together with the hint at the location, you could anticipate something in the vein of Need for Speed Underground.