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EA once again gave me the opportunity to get an early taste of the next Need For Speed title: The Run, together with representatives from many other NFS communities. I am sorry that I'm so late with my report, as the game will be out in many countries in a matter of hours as I'm typing this, and will be released before the end of the week in the rest of the world. Still, if you want to know more about the The Run and my opinion on it, please click here to read the full story.
Videos that show more and more NFS The Run gameplay are being released on an almost daily basis now, not just by EA themselves, but also by the major review sites like Gamespot and IGN... it would be pointless to link them all, so I''l just pick two that show some parts of the game that haven't been shown before; first above is a new trailer by EA, showing what The Run brings in terms of multiplayer, second one below is by Gamespot, which shows some of the coolest locations in the game (in my opinion), if only because it reminds me so much of old-school NFS.
By the way, sorry to keep you waiting for my hands-on report, I'm aiming to have it up this weekend.
As of today, the demo for Need For Speed is available for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.
The demo will feature two cars, the LP550-2 Valentino Balboni and the next generation Porsche 911 Carrera S, and will let you drive on the Desert Hills and Independence Pass tracks that we all have seen in previous trailers.
For more details on where and how to get the demo, please refer to the official NFS: The Run FAQ. Remember that the demo is only available from October 18th until November 1st!
Meanwhile, here's another trailer showing off some more cars as well as a little more scenery than we've seen until now. Expect the promotion machine to shift up a few more gears as the game's release is less than a month away.
I was invited along with many other representatives from the Need For Speed communities to the EA Studios in Vancouver last week, to get a chance to play an early version of the game. Expect a report with my opinions in a few days.
I know I'm a little late with this, but anyway: the 4th NFS: The Run trailer popped up online earlier this week, showing a McLaren MP4-12C and a Pagani Huayra dueling on the Million Dollar Highway.
A few days before, it was announced that a demo for The Run will be available on October 18th for PS3 and X360; just like last year's Hot Pursuit demo, it will likely only be active for a limited amount of time. Sadly, there won't be a PC demo.
More info here.
Finally, NFS-Planet has published the following minimum and recommended specs for the PC version of The Run. Although no official word on this has come from EA's own channels yet, these system requirements probably won't be far from the truth.
Two interesting NFS: The Run trailers got released earlier today, the first one being the 'official' third trailer for The Run, called "Buried Alive" showing main character Jack battling an Audi R8 and dodging avalanches at the same time.
The second, is a demonstration video from the presentation at Gamescom in Germany, giving you a quite intense first-person impression of the 'avalanche' race from the official trailer, and showcasing a little bit more what the Frostbite engine can do for the next Need For Speed game.
Following up shortly on last week's second trailer, the Limited Edition video shows us the exclusive cars for the LE, with the much-anticipated new Lamborghini Aventador, the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, and the 2011 Porsche Carrera S (the latter being only a blur, as the real car hasn't been presented yet). We also see a little bit more variation in the scenery.
For more information, as well as some pre-order bonus offers, see here.
The second trailer for Need For Speed: The Run has been released, and, as if to address the critics of the first trailer that was revealed at E3 (that it showed too much out-of-car action and not enough driving), this one consists of 100% racing gameplay. Run to the Hills shows a Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0 racing opponents driving a variety of old and new cars, through the desert hills of Nevada.
Additionally, here's an article on IGN with more details on The Run, as well as their own preview movie.
The news that many PC fans of Shift 2 Unleashed have been waiting for was finally announced today: both the Legends and the Speedhunters DLC packs WILL be available for the PC version of Shift 2 as of June 30.
What's even better though: it will be completely free! Both DLC packs will be available from Origin.com, EA's new online distribution system.
For more details on how and where to download these packs, see the full story at EA's Shift 2 News page.
A couple of hours ago, we finally got a look at some actual gameplay from the upcoming NFS title: The Run. The five minutes of gameplay (which is pretty heavy on the cutscenes and scripted events, and doesn't show that much actual racing) were uploaded to Youtube and Needforspeed.com soon after.
By the way, the the official NFS The Run site also got a few updates, including some more details on the gameplay as well as listing the first few cars from the car roster.
