In their constant quest to turn the Need for Speed franchise into something more than just a racing game, EA tapped it’s Black Box studio to create The Run, a game driven by equal parts speed and narrative. How’d that turn out? See for yourself.
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.
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!
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.
We already knew that Mad Men‘s Christina Hendricks will be voicing the female lead in the upcoming Need For Speed: The Run. Electronic Arts is now saying that Sean Faris, star of The Vampire Diaries, will be assuming the role of the male lead, Jack Rourke.
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.
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.
With so many highly anticipated titles coming out in November, the next entry in the Need for Speed franchise isn’t getting nearly as much attention as it should, so EA plays its T&A card.
