Need for Speed World News

EA Closing Battlefield Heroes, Need for Speed World, FIFA World, and More

Publisher ending all support for a handful of free-to-play PC games, but Star Wars: The Republic will live on .

Free Play Friday: Rocket Jumps, Through Balls, 15,000 Porsches, Codes!

Justin Calvert tears himself from League of Legends for just long enough to dole out more free codes and free-to-play gaming suggestions.

EA's free-to-play label hits 25 million users

Battlefield Heroes and Need for Speed World hit 10 million each this month; Battlefield: Play 4Free, Dragon Age: Legends, Battleforge, and Lord of Ultima combine for 5M.

EA rolls out $100 car for Need for Speed World

Koenigsegg CCX "Elite" Edition added to free-to-play racer; available for a limited time at a 25% discount.

EA Origin installs hit 3.9 million

EA CFO Eric Brown says online distribution service is growing steadily; freemium brand extensions bringing in new customers.

Need for Speed World grabs 5 million users

Electronic Arts' free-to-play racing game reaches new milestone; Audi A1 Clubsport Quattro available to rent in-game for free today through Saturday.

Need for Speed World flags down 1 million

EA's online racing game hits platinum point, opens up upper levels of microtransaction-driven game; new co-op pursuit mode incoming.

Shippin' Out July 25-31: Starcraft II

First part of Blizzard's long awaited, trifurcated real-time strategy sequel finally arrives alongside BlazBlue: Continuum Shift, Clash of the Titans.

Shippin' Out July 18-24: Need for Speed World

Light week of new releases highlighted by Electronic Arts' open-world racer, not much else.

Need for Speed World open beta revs up

Free-to-play online racer enters four-day public beta ahead of its full release.

Need for Speed World green-flagged for July 20

Electronic Arts' free-to-play massively multiplayer online racer launching on PC with $20 Starter Pack; DLC preorderers starting engines July 13.

Need for Speed: World beta revs up

Electronic Arts gives players an early chance to try out massively multiplayer online racer, full release set for summer.

Need for Speed: World First Look

Black Box is bringing EA's long-running racing series to a PC near you.

2010 Need for Speed confirmed, Medal of Honor reboot details soon

Criterion-developed next installment in racing series set for next year; shooter reboot information coming "in the months ahead."

Need for Speed series sells 100M, Shift moves 309K

Q&A: EA VP Keith Munro explains 15-year-old racing series' long and winding road to sales mega-milestone; latest installment posts decent Sept. showing in US; Need for Speed World Online due ...

Need for Speed in Criterion's garage

While talking Project Natal, EA COO reveals Burnout developer is now under the hood of the publisher's street-racing series; EA CEO says shop crafting "revolutionary" new entry in franchise--which may ...

APB, EA MMA top EA's E3 event, EA Sports Active sells 600,000

E3 2009: So-called "Grand Theft Auto MMOG" will be published by EA Partners; new extreme fighting franchise revealed; workout game fastest-selling EA Sports Wii game ever; Fight Night Round 4 ...

EA readying Need for Speed threesome

Q&A: Publisher trifurcating its street-racing franchise into trio of new properties: the MMOG NFS World Online, the Nintendo-only NFS: Nitro, and NFS: Shift for the PS3, 360, PSP, and PC. ...