Need For Speed Leak Shows Off Impressive Gameplay Footage

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A new Need for Speed game seems to be heading to mobile, with impressive gameplay footage seemingly leaked online. It’s been a few years since a new entry in the Need for Speed franchise was released and some of its older titles have even been removed from sale. NFS Carbon and other series titles were delisted from digital retailers last year and their online services were eventually shut down as well, with publisher EA attributing the move to low player numbers that made it no longer feasible to keep supporting the titles.

The release of 2019’s Need for Speed Heat also saw a big change for the franchise as it would become the last title in the series made by Ghost Games, a developer that has been working on the series since 2013’s NFS Rivals. After the release of NFS: Heat, EA handed the reins of the franchise back to Criterion Games, the developers of the Burnout series as well as NFS: Hot Pursuit and NFS: Most Wanted. The studio is now working on the next main installment in the franchise, which is set for release sometime this year. However, it’s been reported that the new NFS won’t release on last-gen consoles.

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Reddit user Clxbsport shared a video on the Need for Speed subreddit showing supposedly leaked gameplay footage from a recent test of Need for Speed Mobile, which is said to be coming sometime this year. The 45-second clip shows open-world gameplay set in an urban area during the day, as well as a nighttime race. According to the person who initially shared the leak, NFSLYY, the new game is being made in Unreal Engine 4 and features handling similar to the now-defunct Need for Speed Edge with included drift boost effects. The game