Despite EA already confirming there isn't going to be an EA Play this year, it appears big announcements from the studio will be scattered throughout the summer. Most of those announcements will likely go down in July, with big reveals for the rumored next installment in the Need For Speed series, and news on EA's final FIFA game expected next month.
That's according to Exputer's Tom Henderson who has revealed EA is expected to reveal big news about both series at some point in July, but not necessarily at the same time. “It’s not entirely clear when each game will be revealed, but it’s understood that the Need for Speed and FIFA announcements are likely to take place in the second half of the month,” Henderson writes. EA has already made it clear it will announce games when they're ready rather than saving them all for one big presentation.
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That being said, should all these reports come true and everything goes to plan, July is going to be a very busy month for EA. Not only Need For Speed and the final FIFA, but also the potential reveal of Skate 4. Henderson reported last week that EA is almost ready to reveal the next installment in the Skate series, two months after alpha footage of the game found its way online and EA frantically attempted to take it all down.
Very little is known about the next Need For Speed, but there are a lot of rumors out there that seem likely to come true. It sounds like the next chapter in the long-running racing game will be a lot different than what has come before. A combination of photorealistic and anime styles, with flames and smoke potentially coming off the cars in certain situations.
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