EA dates Playground, Need for Speed ProStreet

By Emma Boyes, GameSpot UKPosted Aug 29, 2007 6:32 am PT

Two of the company's heaviest-hyped games locked in to dates for the US and Europe.

Electronic Arts has dated two of its key late-2007 titles. EA Playground will be swinging in to North America on October 23 and sliding into Europe on November 2. Racing game Need for Speed ProStreet will be screeching into North America on October 31, stalling very briefly, and then skidding into Europe a day later, on November 1.

EA Playground, developed by EA Canada, is a set of minigames themed around kids' schoolyard antics, including paper aeroplane racing, tetherball, and dodgeball. Designed to be a family-friendly title, EA Playground will be coming to the Nintendo Wii and DS.

Need for Speed ProStreet is the latest in the driving franchise, which started in 1995 with the release of the first Need for Speed game for the PC. In the new game, developed by EA Black Box, players can race in four different styles--grip, drag, drift, and speed challenge--as they try to prove they are the street-racing king. Need for Speed ProStreet is coming to the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PlayStation 2, DS, PC, and mobile.

71 Comments

  • smoresvscoco

    Posted Feb 8, 2008 5:55 pm PT

    cant wait!!!

  • gator288

    Posted Nov 13, 2007 12:11 pm PT

    i hope they don't s*#t the bed like they did with carbon. most wanted was killer. carbon died out of the gates.

  • gurveer2008

    Posted Nov 11, 2007 8:55 pm PT

    I already pre-ordered this game can't wait until i get to play it!!

  • URZDJ

    Posted Nov 3, 2007 12:02 am PT

    when it is goin to come out on the market

  • raine92

    Posted Oct 22, 2007 2:36 pm PT

    i cant wait till this game comes out

  • xgalacticax

    Posted Oct 21, 2007 1:03 pm PT

    been getting need for speed for my bday every year since underground 2. not gonna miss this one this year.

  • Hekynn

    Posted Oct 21, 2007 11:09 am PT

    I CANT WAIT! Gonna grab 2 copies one for me and my dad since he loves racing games when it comes out haha! for pc though

  • AJ-2K7

    Posted Oct 21, 2007 9:09 am PT

    this looks great!!! cant wait to get it, especially now that i can play online on my PS3!!!

  • s010057

    Posted Oct 15, 2007 5:38 am PT

    most wanted rack the blacklist and carbon is playin crew racing and can't wait to see prostreet

  • En_Zi

    Posted Oct 12, 2007 2:00 am PT

    Holy!!!!
    Prostreet!! Yup need to grab this one ASAP!!!!

  • lada2107black

    Posted Oct 6, 2007 1:54 pm PT

    I need this game! I can't wait!

  • Crazy_McGee

    Posted Oct 3, 2007 8:10 pm PT

    GR33DY83 , I agree with u 100% about Forza 2; the online has just stalled out, to use a pun. The Single player is, IMO, too long for a racing game; having to beat all the races in one region to get all the cars in that region, and then switch over to the other two regions means a lot of money, so u'll be playing the game for so long trying to beat it (rather than perfect it) that it becomes monotonous. Say what you will about NFS; at least it keeps things simple, to the point, and generally has a good pace to it (with NFS:MW having the best pace IMO).

  • crazzynagger

    Posted Sep 27, 2007 5:36 pm PT

    sick new cars in this game

  • Eclipse83Lives

    Posted Sep 9, 2007 9:22 pm PT

    Halloween, 31st in the US? Cool. I hope we see more of what we saw in NFSU 2. I hated all arcade racers in'till that game. Even thow the speeds of the cars were BS. And rear wheel cars had no chance "need to fix that." It still was just to fun. So you looked past the BS. Also I hope to see a longer single player game. And you need a 01 Trans Am like mine in the game Why is their never a 4TH Gen TA in any race games? They fly!! And somehow they get away with the over glossed over hyped wet look. And that look was the first appeal "graphics wise" I had to this game.

  • Cono_2007

    Posted Sep 8, 2007 12:21 pm PT

    woop, we have a date of release! can't wait till this game, cant wait till i get to the end boss, then i'll get stuck lol.

  • vikking10

    Posted Sep 7, 2007 10:53 pm PT

    Is it here yet? Ohhhh, WHEN WILL IT COME????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • AranJatt

    Posted Sep 5, 2007 7:53 am PT

    I CAN'T WAIT!!!

  • GR33DY83

    Posted Sep 3, 2007 4:59 pm PT

    and for those who keep implying how NFS sucks......why the hell did you click the link then ???

  • GR33DY83

    Posted Sep 3, 2007 4:36 pm PT

    Man i can't wait for this to come out I MISSS playing online, Forza 2 SUCKS ONLINE, i don't care what ANYBODY thinks, it takes soo god damn long to get a game going, and whats the point of being in a room when a race has already started, i wish a lot of the racing games out there follow in EA games style, with CARBON it was very veryyyy easy to start a race to get into a race and get going, does anyone else agree or am i alone on this

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