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SHIFT 2 Takes Racing Realism To New Limits

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5:30PM February 24, 2011 | Mark Serrels

Despite realistic racers not really being my thing, I remember being very impressed by the original Need for Speed SHIFT. Now that the brand is working to create its own unique vision outside of Need for Speed, Slightly Mad Studios is really stretching the boundaries of realism within the racing-sim sub-genre with SHIFT 2 Unleashed. More »


Shift 2 Unleashed Takes Some Gorgeous Screenshots

5:20AM December 1, 2010 | Mike Fahey

The first step in creating a new Need for Speed game is making sure the screenshots look amazing. Slightly Mad Studios nails it with these screens for Shift 2 Unleashed. More »


SHIFT 2 UNLEASHED: New Trailer

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10:30AM November 17, 2010 | Mark Serrels

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit comes out tomorrow in Australia, which is why we’ve found it so surprising that info on SHIFT 2 UNLEASHED has started leaking all over the web. But then it hit us, the ‘Need for Speed’ moniker is curiously absent from this sequel. It seems that, much like Modern Warfare before it, EA isnow concentrating on allowing SHIFT its own space and brand within a brand, which we think is a good thing.

This new trailer is also a good thing. More »


Need For Speed Shift Review: Switching Gears

8:00AM September 26, 2009 | Monty Phan

Need for Speed Shift is about an apt a title as you’ll find, referring not only to, obviously, its auto-racing genre, but also to EA’s efforts to take the series in a new direction — namely, toward more serious simulation-style fare and away from the cops-and-robbers, anything-goes attitude of the game’s predecessors. More »


Vaughn Gittin Jr. Drifts Through Need For Speed: Shift

2:40AM July 18, 2009 | Mike Fahey

Slightly Mad Studios is serious about drifting in the upcoming Need for Speed Shift, tapping champion drifter Vaughn Gittin Jr, to make sure everything feels just right. More »