Need for Speed Payback

2017 video game

Game data

Metacritic 61

Released: 2017-11-07
User rating: 3.20 / 5
Genres: Racing, Arcade
Platforms: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4
ESRB: Teen

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Game details · IGDB

54Critic score · 16 ratings

60User score · 229 ratings

"This explosive adventure is filled with intense heist missions, high stakes car battles, epic cop pursuits and jaw dropping set pieces. It’s blockbuster gameplay never before seen from the series, fueled by a gripping story of betrayal and revenge. With Need for Speed: Payback, it’s no longer just about being the first to cross the finish line or racing to prove to be the best, it’s about building the perfect ride, getting behind the wheel and playing out an action driving fantasy. Set in the underworld of Fortune Valley, players will drive as three distinct characters reunited by a quest…

Released: 2017
Genres: Racing, Sport
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Engine: Frostbite 3
Franchise: Need for Speed, Formula 1
Developer: Ghost Games
Publisher: Electronic Arts

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Key facts

Developer: Ghost Games
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Director: William Ho
Producers: Jeremy Chubb Patrick Honnoraty Johan Peitz John Wikberg
Designer: Riley Cooper
Programmer: Jonathan Janesjö
Artist: Abdul Khaliq
Writers: Daniel Roy Zack Betka Ben Blumenthal Mikael Hedberg
Composer: Joseph Trapanese
Series: Need for Speed
Engine: Frostbite 3
Platforms: PlayStation 4 , Windows , Xbox One
Release: November 10, 2017
Genre: Racing
Modes: Single-player , multiplayer

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Need for Speed™, one of the world’s bestselling video game franchises, returns with a vengeance in the new action-driving blockbuster Need for Speed Payback. Set in the underworld of Fortune Valley, you and your crew are reunited by a search for ve

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Encyclopedic overview

Need for Speed Payback is a 2017 racing video game developed by Ghost Games and published by Electronic Arts. It was released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One on November 10, 2017. It is the 23rd installment in the Need for Speed series. The campaign of Payback revolves around a crew of racers working together to bring down a cartel named "The House", who control Fortune Valley, the game's take on Las Vegas, Nevada.

Upon release, Payback received mixed reviews from critics, who welcomed the return of offline gameplay modes, but criticized the game's loot box mechanics and use of microtransactions. The game was succeeded by Need for Speed Heat in 2019.

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