![]() ![]() So, it’s obvious that EA is basically trying to capture a wider audience with the game. Reports of car meet events and betting mini-games have also emerged, and many of these elements have been more or less confirmed with the leaked footage that surfaced recently. There’s also an anime-inspired style element to the presentation alongside a bustling open world with plenty of NPCs roaming about. Reportedly set in a fictionalized recreation of Chicago, the game in question seems to be deviating a fair bit from its roots, with notable elements like drag races and drift events being absent from the game. Taking these factors into consideration, there are two paths that EA could take – either try to crunch and finish the game for a release this year or take a blow to its release structures and delay Need For Speed 2022 over to next year.īefore deciding on any of these options, it’s necessary that we consider the reports surrounding what the game would entail. And for all its worth – it could be footage from a months-old build of the game but it seems fair to say that the game is nowhere near complete which is most likely why the developer is shying away from showcasing it to the public. A recent leaked clip showed untextured and primitive environments with no map geometry. So, that leaves EA with less than a handful of months to spare between a reveal and a release, and we still haven’t received any reveal trailers or any reassuring information with regards to Need For Speed 2022. Jump to now, and Jeff Grubb of VentureBeat has recently stated that the game may have been delayed from its planned release of November to sometime in December. But then again, we got rumours of a release date being planned for sometime during September and October with nothing to show for it. However, in the absence of any information surrounding the game – the rumours eventually fizzled out. Rumours of the game being internally delayed started doing the rounds as soon as news of Criterion assisting DICE hit the internet. Sure, this might not be the entire narrative – but it’s fair to assume that productivity did take a considerable dip at this time, and supporting this statement is the fact that EA has integrated its newly acquired Codemasters’ Cheshire studio into Criterion Games as a support studio to help finish this highly-anticipated game. Of course, with Battlefield 2042 nearing its deadline – many at Criterion were busy assisting DICE on its work, while its original project Need For Speed 2022 remained on life-support by the remainder of the developers – which is something that industry insider Tom Henderson has also reported on. Criterion Games, the talent behind many of Need For Speed’s biggest hits, was also one such support studio – which was also simultaneously working on Need For Speed 2022 alongside providing support for completing DICE’s upcoming first-person shooter at the time. As is the case with multi-studio conglomerates like EA, the publisher assigned DICE (the developer on Battlefield 2042) many support studios to distribute the work and hopefully, manage to finish the game to make it in time for expected release dates. ![]() Before Need For Speed 2022 was the next big game to be released by EA, there was Battlefield 2042 – which endured a turbulent development cycle thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. To really understand what’s going on with Need For Speed, we need to go to a little ways back. To that end, we can’t help but ask the question – what the hell is going on with Need For Speed 2022? Hell, there hasn’t even been any official announcement for the game, which paints a really bleak picture for this much-anticipated title. The last game that we saw in the franchise was Need For Speed: Heat which was released in 2019 for eighth-gen consoles, and EA has confirmed that a new game in the franchise is in the works that is slated for a 2022 release through its quarterly earnings report.īut what we don’t know at the point of writing this feature of course, is what the game would exactly entail, what changes to expect from the game, and which franchise features will be making a return and the like. One of its biggest and most valuable assets has to be Need For Speed, which is its premier racing franchise that has survived and thrived throughout multiple console generations. EA is one of the most renowned publishers in the industry, and the gaming giant has no shortage of valuable IPs under its belt. ![]()
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