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"Need for Speed" is a racing video game franchise published by Electronic Arts that has been popular since its debut in the 1990s. The series is significant because it helped establish arcade-style racing games as a major genre in gaming and continues to attract millions of players worldwide through its focus on high-speed driving, customizable cars, and competitive gameplay.
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Need for Speed (NFS) is a racing game franchise published by Electronic Arts and currently developed by Criterion Games (the developers of the Burnout series). Most entries in the series are generally arcade racing games centered around illegal street racing, and task players with completing races of various types while evading police pursuit. Some entries also do not follow the basic setup of most titles and are instead simulation racers, focus on legal circuit races, feature kart racing game elements, or feature illegal street racing but do not also feature police pursuits. Need for Speed is one of EA's oldest franchises not published under their EA Sports brand.
The series' first title, The Need for Speed, was released in 1994. The latest installment, Need for Speed Unbound, was released on December 2, 2022. Additionally, a free-to-play mobile installment released in 2015, Need for Speed: No Limits, is actively developed by Firemonkeys Studios (the developers of Real Racing 3).