EA publishes trailer for 'Need for Speed Payback,' coming this holiday season

[Shawn Knight]

EA and Ghost Games earlier this week teased the next game in the long-running Need for Speed franchise. On Friday, the duo published a full reveal trailer and even supplied a tentative launch date for what it describes as an “action driving blockbuster.”

Need for Speed Payback will feature intense heist missions, epic cop pursuits, a gripping story of betrayal and revenge, high-stakes car battles and jaw-dropping set pieces with “blockbuster” gameplay never before seen from the series.

As EA highlights, it’s no longer just about being the first to cross the finish line or racing to prove who is the best, it’s about building the perfect ride, getting behind the wheel and playing out an action driving fantasy.

Marcus Nilsson, the game’s executive producer, says Payback is their vision for what action driving entertainment means today.

The first Need for Speed arrived way back in 1994 as a pure racing simulator. The franchise’s racing focus slowly veered off course with subsequent releases with many feeling as though it went past the point of no return with Need for Speed: Underground in 2003 (right around the time that the Fast and the Furious movie series took off). Ever since, the racing has taken a backseat to the storyline.

Indeed, based on the trailer for Payback, you’d be forgiven for thinking it was a game adaptation of a Fast and Furious film. Then again, this is apparently what sells these days and EA is going to follow the money.

Need for Speed Payback is slated to race onto the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows PC on November 10, 2017.

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[davislane1]

I miss the days when racing games were about racing.

 

[Colby D]

I miss the days when racing games were about racing.

Right? This looks like a Fast & Furious Telltale game... Press X to slam your laptop closed when it warns about danger to your intake manifold!

 

[Adhmuz]

"Ever since, the racing has taken a backseat to the storyline."

That made me laugh real hard, trying to imagine the storylines in these games as being good, granted it's not hard for it to be better than the driving mechanics, which in themselves seem to be absolutely miserable in the last few games. EA needs to stop using shooter engines to run their racing games to begin with, then stop making them all together, then disappear off the face of the earth and not be missed... This game is just going to be another pass.

 

[axiomatic13]

Need for Speed "Paycheck."

 

[amstech]

I was really excited about the (newer at the time) 2010 Need For Speed Hot Pursuit game when I picked it up on Steam for pennies. Looked and looked and looked to change the settings to shift manually...there is no shifting manually. Un-installed the game, haven't touched it since and don't plan to ever play it. Ever. Meh, spent $5 on worse things.

 

[Nobina]

I can already hear the shitty voice acting.

 

[Puiu]

I'll lose all respect for this franchise if they don't include splitscreen.

 

[kissx]

They have a commercial showing how bad the voice's are.

I can already hear the shitty voice acting.

 

[Nobina]

I'll lose all respect for this franchise if they don't include splitscreen.

I have a feeling they won't.

 

[noel24]

'...action driving entertainment' with steady 30fps and innovatory 'always online single player', especially useful during internet peak hours or rainstorms... no, thank You.