PC

Should You Buy Need For Speed: The Run? No.

With a cinematic slant, a Gumball Rally premise and the in-game assets of Mad Men star Christina Hendricks, Need for Speed: The Run is EA’s latest and in many ways most interesting attempt at keeping the ageing racing brand relevant.


November 16, 2011
PlayStation

Go For A Run With The Launch Trailer For New Need For Speed

Black Box’s Frostbite two-powered racer puts the pedal to the metal today and EA’s released a trailer that’ll take you from 0-60 as far as Need for Speed The Run‘s story and gameplay features.


November 5, 2011
PC

Michael Bay’s New Trailer For Need For Speed: The Run Is… Awesome, Actually

This new trailer for Need for Speed: The Run was directed by none other than Mr Bad Boys himself, Michael Bay. It’s got cars, and racing and quick-quick-quick cuts!


November 3, 2011
PlayStation

Need For Speed The Run’s New Multiplayer Trailer Puts The Pedal To The Medal

The newest video for EA Black Box’s cross-country racer shuns all that out-of-car stuff for some good ol’ online drafting-and-passing action. The ability to create playlists of the various race types gets shown off, as well as some apparently new Autolog functionality.


October 18, 2011
News

Need For Speed The Run’s New Challenge Series In Action

Over the course of EA’s upcoming racing game, you’ll be tearing across the country in an underground competition for big ol’ gobs of money. But, there’s going be another singleplayer mode for Need for Speed The Run that parcels out the game’s environments into bite-size chunks.


October 11, 2011
In Real Life

Enhance Your Out-Of-Car Action With These Need For Speed The Run Sneakers

I’ve owned a few pairs of video game-themed sneakers over the years. But the ones I’ve actually worn out IRL? Only one pair — the Pumas tied into True Crime: New York — have won that honour. The colourway and city-street grid worked with an understated branding that was surprisingly subtle and with what I already had in my closet. I’m particular about this kind of thing. Ask Totilo; he’ll tell you.


June 18, 2011
PlayStation

Need For Speed: The Run Is Mostly Not Running

Mirror’s Edge meets Need for Speed: That’s what I was expecting, hoping for as I stood in line last week to see Electronic Art’s new racing game.


April 30, 2011
Nintendo

Need For Speed The Run Brings The Story Back To Street Racing

Yesterday we posted the leaked trailer for the next instalment of Need for Speed, The Run. Today EA makes it official and tells us what’s so special about this round of illicit, high stakes racing.


April 29, 2011
Nintendo

EA’s Next Need For Speed Leaks Early, On The Run In November

Looks like we’re getting a peek at the next Need For Speed a little earlier than publisher EA planned. Details on Need For Speed: The Run appeared on UK retailer ShopTo.net earlier today, a title heretofore unannounced by Electronic Arts. So… what’s The Run?