Need for Speed News

NFS Pro Street officially announced

Mike
May 31, 2007 9:01:34 am PDT
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General NFS, All Versions

Yup, that's right. Pro Street.

EA SHIFTS GEARS WITH NEED FOR SPEED PROSTREET
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - May 31, 2007 - Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) announced today that the blockbuster Need for Speed™ franchise is introducing a new version that drives the series in a new direction. Need for Speed™ ProStreet is a ground-breaking Need for Speed experience where you're thrust to compete head to head against the best street racers in a multitude of racing showdowns. The game is being developed by EA Black Box in Vancouver, B.C., and is slated to ship this fall.

"Need for Speed ProStreet accelerates street racing culture by providing the ultimate stage for the pursuit of street racing supremacy," said Executive Producer, Larry LaPierre. "This is a game about building the ultimate performance-tuned battle machine, taking it to multi-disciplinary showdowns all over the world and pitting your skills and reputation against the very best street racers."

Need for Speed ProStreet boasts impeccable precision and impressively detailed photo-realistic graphics, effectively transporting you to the center of the action. It pushes the "Autosculpt™" technology to a new level, allowing you to directly impact your car's performance for the first time as well as personalize its appearance. Need for Speed ProStreet is a true taste of raw adrenaline and racing with consequences. Every dent, every scratch and every crumpled body panel is a battle scar, proof of your commitment and competitive mettle. With an aggressive and skilled AI system, you become immersed in an unmatched believable race experience. Add in a revolutionary online mode that will redefine the meaning of competitive social play, and Need for Speed ProStreet is the ultimate formula for an emotionally charged street racing showdown.

Need for Speed ProStreet will be available for Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, and Wii? as well as the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, Nintendo DS™, PSP® (PlayStation® Portable) handheld entertainment system, PC and mobile. More information can be found at www.needforspeed.com. Press can download assets at http://info.ea.com.

The main NFS: Pro Street page is located here, http://www.ea.com/nfs/prostreet/home.jsp

As you know, I am currently at the community day in Vancouver, and I'll have much more information for you this afternoon.

Comments 7

TS20 years ago

Damage = Good
PS2 Version = Good
*Everything Else = Meh.

*subject to change.

MikeAdmin20 years ago

it will change :) we got a short hands on with it yesterday. It's not anything like the UG-Carbon series.

Sinister20 years ago

from what i've heard.. its immense in the detail going into the actual performance.

BMWsport20 years ago

seen enough street racing driven NFS games - maybe next time they will return to their roots...

Jaume0820 years ago

Sounds like the same to me...tunned cars again with a lot of vinyls and stickers, but...oh! "This time this stuff is going to directly impact your car's performance..."
The problem with Nfs is that Underground series bring them to tunning world and now there are a lot of people that directly relate nfs with rice, and probably Ea see a great business here. I guess that it's very difficult to change this trend.

5thhorsman20 years ago

so the lame duck messed up carbon will be left as it is?
whats wrong with these people?
do they even care at all that there putting out pure garbage?
my guess is Pro Street will be even worse and bigger waste of money with a new buggy engine that will disappoint PC users as they crash to desktop repeatedly an some horribly non functional UI with a bunch of music tracks that you will never be able to select from and more rip off downloads from EA link.
I can't wait untill EA files chapter 11 bankruptcy that will be a great day for PC gamming.
NFS has been dead to me after the horrible excuse of a game called Carbon.
they put all the cars I wanted into a game and then made the game itself a pile of crap.
go forbid they made the cars compatible with NFS MW so I could drive the cars on a somewhat less buggy NFS MW game.
I really wish them bad luck and the EA NFS series quick death.
FU EA U SUX

rapzeh20 years ago

at 5thhorsman :
Yeah man , Carbon made me sick 2...... , but I still like NFS , and I hope ProStreet will be good because i'm kinda' tired of MW (1 year and a half of gameplay , but Carbon.... 4 DAYS !)