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The Need for Speed Franchise Is Dead—Its Tombstone Reads: ‘Here Lies The King of Street Racing Games’
Modern gaming is a radically different hobby in comparison to the games we loved two decades ago. The prevalence of “downloadable content” brought a new generation of so-called “games as a service”, which have transformed the creative process as a whole. Perhaps the best example of this is EA’s Need for Speed series – which happens to be nearly unrecognizable these days. If you ask any fan, they’ll most likely tell you that the series peaked in 2004, with the release of Need for Speed Underground 2. But with gaming evolving so dramatically, can EA ever recapture the magic that made it legendary? Sadly, for many, the answer is clear: Need for Speed is dead.