Need for Speed Heat Shows Off Blistering Gameplay, Car Customization App Available Now
Last week Need for Speed Heat was unveiled, and now EA has revealed a first look at the game in action.
Need for Speed: Heat
Hustle by day and risk it all at night in Need for Speed Heat, a white-knuckle street racer, where the lines of the law fade as the sun starts to set. By day, Palm City hosts the Speedhunter Showdown,
You can paint up your Need For Speed Heat rides right now
Here’s your first neon-tinted look at Need For Speed Heat gameplay. Last week, we got our first look at EA’s next racer, Need For Speed Heat. It didn’t take long to get a deeper look at Criterion’s next roadster. Need For Speed Heat took the stage during Opening Night Live, with a deeper look at …
Need for Speed: Heat Gamescom 2019 gameplay trailer
Publisher Electronic Arts and developer Ghost Games debuted the first gameplay trailer for the recently announced Need for Speed: Heat during the Gamescom 2019 Opening Night Live show. Electronic Arts also released the Need for Speed: Heat Studio Mobile App, which lets you customize your car for the game now and import them into the …
Need for Speed Heat Gameplay Drags Its Way Out
Today, EA did just that with a new Need for Speed Heat gameplay trailer released just for gamescom 2019!
Need for Speed Heat will have zero loot boxes and very limited post launch paid-DLC
In the last couple of months, video game publishers have been hammered with controversy over the use of those poop boxes (I am totes mature). Faced with a mounting backlash and a riot from fans after the Battlefront 2 straw that broke the camel’s back in 2017, EA has begun to roll back on using that extra dash for cash within a select few games, with Need for Speed Heat joining the list.
Need for Speed: Heat trailer reveals day/night gameplay and the return of the cops
A new Need for Speed: Heat gameplay trailer unveiled today at Gamescom showcases fast cars, deep customization, and the return of the cops. Wait, were they gone?NFS: Heat will have different gameplay options for day and night. During the day, you'll be able to earn money in sanctioned racing events, although the police will still be roaming the streets and looking to slow you down. At night things get a little more frantic: Illegal street races provide an opportunity to increase your rep, but the police come off the leash. The more your "heat" rises, the more they'll do to shut you down. Hideouts and the garage provide a GTA-flavored avenue of escape from pursuit. body .hawk-widget{--trd-blue:#2f6e91;width:100%;letter-spacing:normal;}._hawk.subtitle~.hawk-widget[data-widget-type=price]{margin:16px 0;}@media (min-width:600px){._hawk.subtitle~.hawk-widget[data-widget-type=price]{margin:0;min-height:128px;float:right;clear:none;width:50%;}.fancy_box_body ._hawk.subtitle~.hawk-widget[data-widget-type=price]{float:none;width:100%;}}.icon~.hawk-widget{clear:both;}@media (min-width:400px){body .buyingguide .product .hawk-widget.bg-price{float:right;width:40%;}}Free roaming "AllDrive" multiplayer will be enabled in Need for Speed: Heat at launch, and rides belonging to members of your "crew" will be displayed in your garage, so you'll be able to keep up with their progress and see what sort of machines they're taking to the street. Along with customizing your car, you'll also be able to dress up your avatar as you see fit, complete with what I assume is officially licensed apparel.Need for Speed: Heat comes out on November 8.
New Need for Speed Heat Trailer Shown at Gamescom; Supplementary Mobile App Available to Download Now
EA showed off the first gameplay trailer for Need for Speed Heat today during Gamescom opening night live. New mobile app out now as well.
Need for Speed: Heat will never have loot boxes
Need for Speed: Heat is apparently avoiding one of its predecessor's mistakes and, thankfully, will be free of loot boxes, the scourge of progression systems. Like Star Wars: Battlefront 2, Need for Speed: Payback put its loot box system front and centre, essentially making you use it to upgrade your cars. After the backlash against Battlefront 2, changes were made so more rep and cash were doled out by races, making loot boxes less essential. They weren't removed, though. body .hawk-widget{--trd-blue:#2f6e91;width:100%;letter-spacing:normal;}._hawk.subtitle~.hawk-widget[data-widget-type=price]{margin:16px 0;}@media (min-width:600px){._hawk.subtitle~.hawk-widget[data-widget-type=price]{margin:0;min-height:128px;float:right;clear:none;width:50%;}.fancy_box_body ._hawk.subtitle~.hawk-widget[data-widget-type=price]{float:none;width:100%;}}.icon~.hawk-widget{clear:both;}@media (min-width:400px){body .buyingguide .product .hawk-widget.bg-price{float:right;width:40%;}}Heat won't have any loot boxes, according to EA community manager Ben Walke. He confirmed their absence on Reddit. "There are no lootboxes in NFS Heat and there won't be," he told a sceptical Reddit user. Walke also touched on Heat's post-launch plans, which include DLC car packs and a time-saving pack that will be released this year and will reveal all the collectables on the map. That, however, is all EA is currently planning. These time-saving packs always seem pretty cheeky, though, like an acknowledgement that, yes, this all a bit grindy and boring and maybe if you throw them a few bucks you'll be allowed to skip it. I'm ashamed to admit I spent money on a map so I could find resources that I could then spend on loot boxes in Assassin's Creed Odyssey. No amount of showering will make me feel clean again. This probably isn't quite the beginning of the end for loot boxes, but their grip on games seems to be getting looser. While publishers like EA and organisations like the ESA argue that loot boxes aren't gambling, some concessions have at least been made. From next year, for instance, Microsoft, EA and Ubisoft will start sharing loot box odds across all of their games. Others, like THQ Nordic, have no plans to use them at all. Cheers, VG24/7.
There Won't Be Any Loot Boxes in Need For Speed Heat
After courting controversy with loot boxes in Need for Speed Payback, EA says they won't be a part of Heat.
No Loot Boxes In Need for Speed Heat, EA Confirms
Fortunately, Electronic Arts and Ghost Games already gave us an answer that Need for Speed Heat will not have any kind of loot boxes.
