Need For Speed

The next generation of the Forza Motorsport empire is already on its way, but now Need For Speed fans will have something to keep them anxious: Need For Speed Rivals. To be available on Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Playstation 4, the new game lets the driver play as either the street racer or the cop...

The Need For Speed franchise is heading to the big screen, and to help take it there will be a slew of the latest supercar models, including the new McLaren P1. A burnt orange example of the McLaren, similar to the original prototype that debuted at the 2012 Paris Auto Show, was recently spotted on...

When it comes to driving games centered around running from the police, the best rules are no rules at all. While we’re at it, it would be great if we had access to any car we wanted at the start of the game, and better still if the ability to roam freely throughout an almost unlimited...

After confirming just last month that a new movie based on the popular Need For Speed video game series was in the works, DreamWorks Studios, the production company that acquired the rights to make the film, has now announced that it will be releasing it in theaters on February 7, 2014. The project...

After months of speculation, software publishing giant Electronic Arts has confirmed that a movie based on its popular Need For Speed video games title is in the works. DreamWorks Studios has acquired the feature film rights to the game, it was announced jointly this week by DreamWorks CEO Stacey...

A few weeks back we told you that Hollywood director Michael Bay would be teaming up with Electronic Arts to help direct a new trailer for the video game publisher’s latest Need For Speed title, Need For Speed: The Run. Now, following yesterday’s sales launch of the game, the completed...

To promote it's latest Need For Speed game, Electronic Arts hired acclaimed action-film director Michael Bay to create a trailer for the game's release.

Ford was an early adopter of promoting its products through video games and driving simulators, and it believes this strategy has boosted brand awareness and brand consideration.

Yesterday news broke that Electronic Arts (EA), the publisher of the long-running Need For Speed franchise, was giving away a brand new 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera S to drum up excitement for the series’ latest installment, Need For Speed: The Run. And today we have news that EA, together with...

If Sports Illustrated swimsuit models weren’t enough, you now have another reason to be excited about the upcoming installment of the long-running Need For Speed series, Need For Speed: The Run, which hits store shelves on November 15. The publisher of the Need For Speed series, Electronic...

Teenage boys all around the world now have another reason to purchase the latest Need For Speed title, due out on November 15. The new driving simulator, Need For Speed: The Run, will feature several Sports Illustrated swimsuit models, rendered perfectly for your computer or television screen, and...

We've known for months now that the next issue from the Need For Speed video game series would feature the 2012 Porsche 911 (and the Lamborghini Aventador and Camaro ZL1, among many others). While the rest of the Web whinges about how the NFS series is an "also ran" or simply isn't their fanboy...

Occasionally, the All Car Tech team gets pangs of nostalgia for times gone by, and we often yearn for the days of 1980s excess, when braces were red and Porsches were white with whale-tail spoilers. Inevitably, the subject of video games will pop up. We love a good racing game here, and the...

While we all want a Ferrari 458 Italia, not all of us are fortunate enough to have the means. Luckily, Thrustmaster has come to save the day with a new Ferrari 458 steering wheel set-up for the Xbox 360. Thrustmaster worked with both Microsoft and Ferrari during the development of its steering...

Need for Speed: The Run is now available for pre-order and ships on November 15, 2011.

If you're unfamiliar with Alex Roy, or his book, The Driver, you should remedy that deficiency ASAP. He's a bit of a legend and certainly a personality, and his exploits are the stuff of many a gearhead's dreams. But soon you'll be able to emulate his particular brand of insanity without all the...

Brushing the red line, grabbing top gear and clipping the apex, AllCarTech brings you our full review of the latest racing title to hit your PlayStation 3, Need For Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed. Last week we brought you our first impressions of the EA Games and Slightly Mad Studios racer and with a few...

Thanks to the kind folk at EA Games we've got hold of a copy of the latest game in the long-running Need For Speed franchise, Shift 2 Unleashed (S2U), in PlayStation 3 format. As with the previous Shift title, Unleashed errs more on the simulation side of racing titles rather than the franchise's...

The latest installment in the classic Need for Speed franchise, Shift 2 Unleashed, is about to be launched--on March 29 to be exact--and in the lead up to the game’s arrival we have the final trailer to get the adrenaline flowing and the heart pumping. This is the official launch trailer for...

Need For Speed Shift 2 Unleashed is shaping up to be an epic racing game. It might not have the 1,000+ cars or bajillion tracks of GT5, but it looks to be an order of magnitude more concerned with realism and actual racing. We'll have to withhold judgment until we get our hands on its shiny game...