List of Need for Speed video games

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The

Ghost Games, whose debut title Need for Speed Rivals
was released in 2013.

The series debuted with

racing video games where the main objective is to win races in a variety of game modes, in the process eluding traffic and police. Aftermarket customization of video game vehicles was an aspect first introduced by the Need for Speed series after the release of the film, The Fast and the Furious; the feature was included in every Need for Speed title developed by EA Black Box from Need for Speed: Underground through Need for Speed: Undercover.[2]

The NFS series is among the best-selling video game franchises with 100 million copies sold.[3] Electronic Arts considers one of the reasons the series has remained so popular is because "the series has long been an ever-evolving franchise, one that changes up its focus, mechanics and style every couple of years".[4]

Primary installments

Title Details

Original release date(s):[5]
  • NA: August 31, 1994
  • JP: December 9, 1994
  • EU: March 20, 1996
Release years by system:
Notes:
  • Developed by Pioneer Studios, a team within EA Canada.
  • A special edition of the game was released later in North America in 1996 for PC.[10]
  • The game was released in Japan as Over Drivin' DX.[11]

Original release date(s):[12]
  • NA: March 31, 1997
  • EU: May 1997
  • JP: July 3, 1997
Release years by system:
1997 – Windows,[13] PlayStation[14]
Notes:
  • Developed by EA Canada.
  • A special edition of the game developed by EA Canada and EA Seattle was released on November 6, 1997 in North America for PC.[15]
  • The game was produced in Japan as Over Drivin' II.[16]

Original release date(s):[17][18]
  • NA: March 25, 1998
  • EU: April 1998
  • JP: September 23, 1998
Release years by system:
1998 – Windows,[19] PlayStation[20]
Notes:
  • Developed by EA Canada and EA Seattle.
  • The game was released in Japan as Over Drivin' III: Hot Pursuit.[21]

Original release date(s):[22]
  • NA: March 1, 1999
  • JP: June 17, 1999
  • EU: March 30, 1999
Release years by system:
1999 – Windows,[23] PlayStation[24]
Notes:
  • Developed by EA Canada and EA Seattle.
  • The game was released in Japan as Over Drivin' IV.[25]
  • The game was released in Brazil as Road Challenge.
  • First game to feature a damage model.

Original release date(s):[26]
  • NA: February 29, 2000
  • EU: June 29, 2000
Release years by system:
Notes:
  • Windows version developed by EA Canada, PlayStation version developed by Eden Games, and Game Boy Advance adaptation developed by Pocketeers.
  • Also known as Need for Speed: Porsche 2000 in Europe, and Need for Speed: Porsche in Germany and Latin America.
  • Last game in the saga to be released for a
    fifth-generation
    console.

Original release date(s):[30]
  • NA: October 2, 2002
  • EU: October 25, 2002
Release years by system:
2002 – GameCube,[31] PlayStation 2,[32] Windows,[33] Xbox[34]
Notes:
  • PlayStation 2 version developed by EA Black Box, and other versions by EA Seattle.
  • First game in the series to be released for the major
    sixth generation
    consoles.

Original release date(s):[35]
  • NA: November 17, 2003
  • EU: November 21, 2003
  • JP: December 25, 2003
Release years by system:
Notes:
  • Developed by EA Black Box.
  • First game to take place in a named city; previous titles took place across multiple different tracks.

Original release date(s):[42]
  • NA: November 15, 2004
  • EU: November 19, 2004
  • JP: December 22, 2004
  • AU: July 27, 2005
Release years by system:
2004 – Game Boy Advance,[43] GameCube,[44] Mobile,[45] Nintendo DS,[46] Windows,[47] PlayStation 2,[48] Xbox[49]
Notes:
  • Developed by EA Canada and EA Black Box.

Original release date(s):[50]
  • NA: November 15, 2005
  • EU: November 24, 2005
  • AU: November 25, 2005
  • JP: December 22, 2005
Release years by system:
2005 – Game Boy Advance,[51] GameCube,[52] Mobile[53] Nintendo DS,[54] Windows,[55] PlayStation 2,[56] PlayStation Portable,[57] Xbox,[58] Xbox 360[59]
Notes:
  • Developed by EA Canada and EA Black Box.
  • First game in the series to be released for the Xbox 360.

Original release date(s):[60]
  • NA: October 31, 2006
  • EU: November 3, 2006
  • JP: December 21, 2006
  • AU: December 26, 2006
Release years by system:
2006 –
Notes:
  • Developed by EA Canada and EA Black Box.
  • Last game in the series to be released for the GameCube, Xbox, and Game Boy Advance; first game to be released for the Wii and PlayStation 3.
  • To date, the only one released for
    Mac OS X
    .

Original release date(s):[69]
  • NA: November 14, 2007
  • AU: November 22, 2007
  • EU: November 23, 2007
  • JP: January 31, 2008
Release years by system:
2007 – Mobile,[70] Windows,[71] Nintendo DS,[72] PlayStation 2,[73] PlayStation 3,[74] PlayStation Portable,[75] Wii,[76] Xbox 360[77]
Notes:
  • Developed by EA Black Box.

Original release date(s):[78]
  • NA: November 18, 2008
  • EU: November 21, 2008
  • JP: December 18, 2008
Release years by system:
2008 – Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, Windows, Mobile
Notes:
  • Developed by EA Black Box, Exient Entertainment, and Firebrand Games.
  • Last game in the series to be released for a
    sixth generation
    console.
  • First to be released for iOS.

Original release date(s):[79]
  • NA: September 15, 2009
  • AU: September 15, 2009
  • EU: September 17, 2009
  • UK: September 18, 2009
  • JP: November 12, 2009
Release years by system:
2009 – Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Windows, Mobile
Notes:
  • Developed by Slightly Mad Studios and EA Bright Light.
  • Last game in the series to be released for the PlayStation Portable.

Original release date(s):[80]
  • NA: November 3, 2009
  • EU: November 6, 2009
Release years by system:
2009 – Wii, Nintendo DS
Notes:
  • Developed by Firebrand Games and EA Montreal.
  • Nintendo platform exclusive.
  • Another version, titled Nitro-X,[81][82] was released for the Nintendo DSi on November 15, 2010 in North America,[83] and November 26 in Europe.[84]

Original release date(s):[85]
  • NA: July 27, 2010
  • EU: July 27, 2010
  • AU: July 27, 2010
Release years by system:
2010 – Windows
Notes:
  • Developed by EA Singapore.
  • The only PC exclusive Need for Speed to date.

Original release date(s):[86]
  • NA: November 16, 2010
  • EU: November 19, 2010
Release years by system:
2010 – Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows, Wii
Notes:
  • Developed by Criterion Games.
  • Wii version was developed by Exient Entertainment.

Original release date(s):[87]
  • NA: March 29, 2011
  • EU: March 31, 2011
Release years by system:
2011 – Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows
Notes:
  • Developed by Slightly Mad Studios.

Original release date(s):
  • NA: November 15, 2011
  • EU: November 18, 2011
Release years by system:
2011 – Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows, Wii, Nintendo 3DS
Notes:
  • Developed by EA Black Box.
  • Last Need for Speed made by Black Box Studios.

Original release date(s):
  • NA: October 30, 2012
  • EU: November 1, 2012
Release years by system:
Notes:
  • Developed by Criterion Games as their last mainline title; they would do additional work for the next title, Rivals.
  • To date, the only game released for the PlayStation Vita.

Original release date(s):
  • NA: November 15, 2013
  • EU: November 21, 2013
Release years by system:
2013 – Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Notes:
  • Developed by Ghost Games and Criterion Games, the latter providing additional work.
  • The eighth generation versions were released simultaneously with the seventh generation versions; last game in the series to be released for seventh generation consoles and the first game to be released for eighth generation of consoles.

Original release date(s):
  • WW: September 30, 2015
Release years by system:
2015 – iOS, Android
Notes:
  • Developed by Firemonkey Studios.

Original release date(s):
  • NA: November 3, 2015
  • EU: November 5, 2015
Release years by system:
2015 – Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Notes:
  • Developed by Ghost Games.
  • Reboot of the series.

Original release date(s):
  • WW: November 10, 2017
Release years by system:
2017 – Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Notes:
  • Developed by Ghost Games.

Original release date(s):
  • WW: November 8, 2019
Release years by system:
2019 – Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Notes:
  • Developed by Ghost Games as their last Need for Speed title.
  • Last game developed by Ghost Games before being downgraded to a support studio under its original name of EA Gothenburg.
  • Last game released for the eighth generation of consoles.

Original release date(s):
  • WW: December 2, 2022
Release years by system:
2022 – Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S
Notes:
  • First mainline Need for Speed game developed by Criterion Games after 2012's Most Wanted reboot; their last work for a game in the franchise was 2013's Rivals.
  • First game released for the ninth generation of consoles.

Other games

Title Details

Original release date(s):
  • JP: December 20, 1996
Release years by system:
1996 – Sega Saturn
Notes:
  • Localised Japanese retail release of Road & Track presents: The Need for Speed for the Sega Saturn featuring only Nissan vehicles, including various generations of models such as Skyline GT-R and Fairlady Z.

Original release date(s):
  • JP: February 10, 1997
Release years by system:
1997 – PlayStation
Notes:
  • Localised Japanese retail release of Road & Track presents: The Need for Speed for the PlayStation featuring various generations of the Nissan Skyline.

Original release date(s):[88]
  • NA: September 30, 1997
Release years by system:
1997 –
Notes:
  • First entry in the standalone V-Rally series, the game was originally produced by European based company Eden Studios. However, Electronic Arts bought the publishing rights to the game and distributed it in North America under the Need for Speed banner.[93]

Original release date(s):[94]
  • NA: October 31, 1999
  • EU: 1999
  • JP: January 27, 2000
Release years by system:
1999 –
Notes:
  • V-Rally 2: Championship Edition is the second entry in the standalone
    Test Drive banner. It was the last entry in the V-Rally series to be marketed in North America under a third-party racing franchise's name.[98][99]

Original release date(s):[100]
  • NA: October 29, 2001
Release years by system:
2001 –
Notes:
  • The game runs on a modified engine used for High Stakes on PC and was originally produced as Need for Speed: Motor City, but was disassociated from the Need for Speed name after being stripped from its single player campaign and turned into a MMO, online-only experience.[102]
Need for Speed: Edge

Original release date(s):
Beta
: December 10, 2017
  • WW: cancelled
  • Release years by system:
    2017 open beta – ),
    Notes:
    Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered

    Original release date(s):[104]

    • WW: November 6, 2020
    Release years by system:
    2020 – Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Windows, Nintendo Switch
    Notes:
    • Developed by Stellar Entertainment.
    • Remaster of Criterion Games' Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit.

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