Need for Speed Heat brings the 25-year-old racing franchise back to relevancy by combining the best mechanics from previous entries with a few new ones. I slow to a stop at a bend on a two-way street.

The reveal trailer shows off the new open world setting of Palm City, which appears to be inspired by Miami. Need for Speed Heat has two different racing series. The Speedhunters Showdown is a ...

Need for Speed Heat is about to release, so we're here to offer all the pre-launch information you're looking for. Want to know when the game is expected to release, how to preload it and which ...

Publisher Electronic Arts and developer Ghost Games have announced Need for Speed: Heat, the “ultimate street racer-versus-cop fantasy,” for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. It will launch on November ...

The last update for Need for Speed Heat brings the gift of cross-play. Need for Speed Heat's newest update just went live on PC, PS4 and Xbox One. The biggest addition in today's patch is cross-play, ...

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Earlier this month, Need for Speed Heat arrived on consoles and PC in celebration of the franchise’s 25th anniversary. The latest iteration in the series from Electronic Arts set a new record in its ...

In February, Criterion Games was given the reins to Need for Speed again, taking over from Need for Speed: Heat developer Ghost Games. The Burnout Paradise studio has been working on Heat since then, ...

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 ...

EA revealed the official PC system requirements for Need for Speed Heat via its Origin store page. EA recommends using an AMD Ryzen 3 1300X or an Intel Core i7-4790 with 16GB of RAM. EA also ...

For those who are wanting to check out Need for Speed Heat early on consoles, you’ll need to have signed up for an EA Access subscription. This will allow players to check out Need for Speed Heat from ...